Weekly output: Uber and Lucid’s robotaxi, Craig Newmark on dodging scams, Jensen Huang on engineering, Better Offline podcast

I got back from CES Friday morning, which means I’ve now more or less caught up with my sleep deficit from those frenetic five days in Las Vegas but still have a lot of writing to do.

1/5/2026: This Is the Robotaxi That Lucid and Nuro Are Building for Uber, PCMag

I wrote the first version of this off an embargoed copy of Uber’s announcement, then did an in-person inspection of Uber’s forthcoming self-driving version of the Lucid Gravity electric vehicle and updated the story two days later.

1/7/2026: Craiglist’s founder has some simple rules for not losing your mind—or money—on the internet, Fast Company

My video interview with Craig Newmark happened back in December–without any PR minder on the call–but online scams are an unfortunately evergreen topic.

1/7/2026: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: This Is Why I’m Lucky to Be an Engineer, PCMag

It was a treat to see Huang accept the engineering group IEEE’s annual medal of honor at a private event and gush a little about his chosen profession–the same one that my dad picked in college.

1/8/2026: CES 2026: Part Seven (Thursday), Better Offline

As I did last year, I wrapped up CES by joining tech gadfly Ed Zitron’s Better Offline podcast at the hotel suite he booked in Vegas for a lengthy conversation about what we saw at the show and what that says about the state of technology. My fellow guests in this Thursday night recording session: standup comedian Chloe Radlciffe and fellow writers Garrison Davis, Robert Evans, Westin Lee, and Ed Ongweso. After some post-recording banter, I went from there to the airport and fell asleep within maybe 10 minutes of takeoff.

#autonomousVehicle #BetterOffline #ces #CraigNewmark #Craiglist #EdZitron #IEEE #JensenHuang #LasVegas #LucidGravity #Nvidia #onlineScams #PauseTake9 #podcast #robotaxi #selfDrivingCar #Take9 #Uber #Vegas

#IEEE #TassenFreitag

Diese Tasse ist aus den späten Neunzigern. Ich war Vorsitzender der IEEE Student Branch an der #RuhruniversitätBochum und IEEE schickte jedes Jahr einen Scheck über etwa 100 Dollar um die Branch zu unterstützen. Die Gebühren zum einlösen wären viel zu hoch gewesen, also haben wir damit immer Merchandise bestellt und das dann an Mitglieder und Unterstützer verkauft. Eine meiner Lieblingstassen wegen der Farbe und der Rechte-Hand Regel.

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NVIDIAのジェンスン・フアンCEO、「IEEE栄誉賞」を受賞
https://japan.cnet.com/article/35242551/
#japan_cnet #NVIDIA #IEEE栄誉賞 #GPU #IEEE

CES (Consumer Technology Association) 2026 isn't just about gadgets.
It's about where technology meets humanity.
IEEE - Advancing Technology For Humanity .

I had the honor of speaking with Mary Ellen Randall, President and CEO of IEEE, from Las Vegas during CES this week.

#IEEE — the world's largest technical professional society — has been around for over 140 years. 500,000 members. 190 countries. And a mission that cuts through the noise: advancing #technology for the benefit of #humanity.
Not for hype. Not for quarterly earnings. For humanity.

We talked about Jensen Huang receiving the 2026 IEEE Medal of Honor. Yes, #NVIDIA built the chips powering the AI revolution, but the recognition goes deeper — it's about the entire ecosystem enabling breakthroughs in #healthcare, autonomous systems, drug discovery, and beyond.

Mary Ellen shared something that stuck with me. She sees this moment as a new Renaissance. Like Florence in the 1400s — painters collaborating with sculptors, scientists exchanging ideas across disciplines — we're at an inflection point where everything is intersecting.

(I wonder why a reference to the Rinascimento resonated with me 😅)

The difference? We have the tools to do it globally, instantly.
But speed without ethics is reckless. IEEE is developing standards for #AIbias prevention, certification programs for responsible development, even protections for young people online. The slow, unglamorous work that lets innovation happen safely.

"Engineering with purpose" — that's the phrase she kept returning to.
In a world obsessed with moving fast and breaking things, it's refreshing to talk with people committed to building things that last. And building them right.

You can watch the interview https://youtu.be/CqSSleJm1wk or listen to the podcast on Redefining Society and Technology podcast — 

Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/CqSSleJm1wk
Audio Podcast: https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com
Event Coverages: https://www.itspmagazine.com

#CES2026 #IEEE #JensenHuang #NVIDIA #TechnologyAndSociety #AI #Engineering #Innovation #RedefiningHumanity #cybersecurity

Sean Martin, CISSP Studio C60

Happy New Year! 🎉

We’re kicking off 2026 at full speed. From 9–12 Jan, OneSource represents @COP_PILOT_Horizon at #IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (#CCNC2026) in Las Vegas, presenting a paper (“Resource-and-Latency-Aware PSO — A Novel Algorithm for Intelligent and Contextual Cloud-Native Resource Scheduling") and a live demo on intelligent cloud-native scheduling.

🔗 https://cop-pilot.eu/

🔗 https://ccnc2026.ieee-ccnc.org/

#EdgeComputing #Cloud #5G #Research #Innovation

@blubberfrosch Das coole ist ja, das echte Industriestandards auch gemeinsam von den Mitbewerbern / Konkurrenten eines Marktsegmentes aufgestellt werden. Da werden auch Organisationen aus dem opensource Umfeld beteiligt.

#printerworkinggroup #iso #ansi #ietf #gcia #din #ctsg #ieee #w3c #ogc #osnm #eia
@2ndStar

Milestones listed in the article.

"On 21 October, IEEE representatives, Nokia Bell Labs leaders, and alumni of the storied institution gathered to celebrate seven technological achievements recognized as IEEE Milestones"

https://spectrum.ieee.org/7-bell-labs-ieee-milestones

#BellLabs #Technology #Engineering #IEEE #Milestones

#ModConFlex researcher Qian Liu recently co-authored a paper in #IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics journal.

It comprises research on developing advanced control strategies for inverter-based resources (e.g., solar photovoltaics, wind turbine generators) to ride through contingencies in electric grids.

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11249469

#gridforming #IBR #powersystem #powerelectronics #renewables #stability #protection #relay

#horizonEU

@Natasha_Jay that’s Prof. Steve Mann far left. Legend in the wearables/algorithms community. I bet every eyewear tech effort uses his ideas.

Without industrial design/engineers tech looks dorky but the basic science behind it is fundamental. You can read about Steve and #EyeTap etc #MIT / #IEEE / #engineering / #Toronto / #Canada / #SteveMann <https://spectrum.ieee.org/engineer-conjured-up-extended-reality>

元上司が「IEEE」を「イェ～～」と呼んでいた件と、IT業界の初見殺し単語帳
https://qiita.com/Shiro_Shihi/items/5cec24f4a67cc49dfb0c?utm_campaign=popular_items&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=popular_items

#qiita #雑記 #IT #IEEE

30 лет без проводов: Wi-Fi готовится к юбилею. Часть 2

В этой статье мы продолжим изучать историю технологии Wi-Fi. В прошлый раз мы остановились на то, что внимательно изучили передовую технологию 802.11a и очень расстроились, что она не снискала популярности. Но ведь в один год с ней вышла и другая версия стандарта - 802.11b. Что с ней?

https://habr.com/ru/companies/beget/articles/965984/

#wifi #80211 #беспроводные_сети #вайфай #история_технологии #wifi7 #точка_доступа #приемник #ieee #вафля

30 лет без проводов: Wi-Fi готовится к юбилею. Часть 1

В 2027 году технологии Wi-Fi исполнится 30 лет. Юбилей подкрадывается незаметно и с трудом верится, что этот стандарт с нами так давно. Но, факт. Первая спецификация Wi-Fi под названием IEEE 802.11-1997 вышла в далеком 1997 году. Что стало катализатором взрывного роста технологии? Были ли неудачные версии стандарта? Что значит аббревиатура “Wi-Fi”? Успеет ли восьмое поколение выйти к юбилею? Правда ли, что технологию изобрела голливудская актриса? Или австралийский астроном? Или американский крипотоаналитик? Ответы на все эти вопросы в статье ниже.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/beget/articles/965976/

#wifi #80211 #беспроводные_сети #вайфай #история_технологии #wifi7 #точка_доступа #приемник #ieee #вафля

🤖⚾ #Robots from the RAI Institute can throw baseballs at 70 mph (113 km/h), catch balls thrown at 41 mph (66 km/h), and participate in batting practice with #humans. The low-impedance robotic platform demonstrates dynamic manipulation and quick reaction times.

👉 https://spectrum.ieee.org/video-friday-baseball-robot

#baseball #engineering #ieee #robotics #technology #tech #sports #automation #innovation #science

We’re incredibly proud of Prof. Vincent Rijmen, whose pioneering work with Joan Daemen led to #Rijndael, now honoured with an #IEEE Milestone as the foundation of the global #AES standard. A landmark moment for KU Leuven and for secure communication worldwide.

Honouring a milestone in cryptography: #IEEE has awarded a Milestone to the #AES standard, originally designed as #Rijndael by KU Leuven’s Vincent Rijmen and Joan Daemen. Their work continues to secure everything from smartphones to critical infrastructure worldwide.
https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/en/ieee-awards-milestone-to-advanced-encryption-standard-used-for-secure-networks-created-at-ku-leuven

2026 #IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Europe (WiPDA Europe) will be held in #Aalborg 20–22 September 2026 🎉

We’ll cover the whole stack from making WBG semiconductors to their applications.

#WiPDA2026 #PowerElectronics #semiconductors #WideBandhap

@sjvn how about #Cisco learns to fucking fix their designs?

• I mean, one may dream, as they refuse to obey #IEEE & #IETF nomenclature!

Conference Paper Accepted |
#IEEE @ieee_bot #AgenticAI #ICA2025 5-7Dec #Wuhan #China
https://attend.ieee.org/ica-2025/cfp-special-track-1/

“Anticipatory #AIGovernance in Practice: #DataSovereignty, #UrbanAI & Trustworthy #GenAI in the #BasqueCountry”

#Preprint @ssrn #OpenScience https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5660050

11月28日(金)16:00-18:30に、 #IEEE #EPS Japan Chapterが『第67回イブニングミーティング ～ 半導体の実装設計分野におけるデジタルツインに向けて ～』を開催。講演4件。東京都千代田区・日本工業大学およびオンラインにて。詳細は https://www.ieee-jp.org/section/tokyo/chapter/CPMT-21/2025/20251128/index.html に。
#EveningMeeting #SemiconductorPackagingDesign #DigitalTwin