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Fixing the Future

Fixing the Future

Written by: IEEE Spectrum
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 Fixing the Future from IEEE Spectrum magazine is a biweekly look at the cultural, business, and environmental consequences of technological solutions to hard problems like sustainability, climate change, and the ethics and scientific challenges posed by AI. IEEE Spectrum is the flagship magazine of IEEE, the world’s largest professional organization devoted to engineering and the applied sciences.IEEE Spectrum 2020-2024 Politics & Government
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  • Using AI to Clear Land Mines in Ukraine

    Using AI to Clear Land Mines in Ukraine
    May 29 2024

    Gabriel Steinberg, co-founder of the nonprofit Demining Research Community and the startup Safe Pro AI talks with Spectrum editor Eliza Strickland about using machine learning to speed up demining operations in former Ukranian battlefields.

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    28 mins
  • Never Recharge Your Consumer Electronics Again?

    Never Recharge Your Consumer Electronics Again?
    May 15 2024

    Founder and CEO of Exeger, Giovanni Fili, talks with IEEE Spectrum editor Stephen Cass about Exeger's Powerfoyle flexible dye-based solar cells for consumer electronics, which can recharge devices even in indoor light, and how Exeger convinced major companies to incorporate its tech into their products.
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    27 mins
  • The UK's ARIA Is Searching For Better AI Tech

    The UK's ARIA Is Searching For Better AI Tech
    May 1 2024

    The United Kingdom has created a new government agency, the Advanced Research and Invention Agency, or ARIA, similar to the United States' DARPA. ARIA's first foray is into creating new enabling technologies to make AI faster and more energy efficient, and the program director, Suraj Bramhavar spoke with Spectrum editor Dina Genkina about some of the new avenues that ARIA would be helping investigate.
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    25 mins
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