Electrical and Computer Engineering | UC Santa Barbara

Moody & Co-PIs – $1.15M for Advanced 3D Printing

Galan Moody and four Co-PIs step into the era thanks to a $1.15 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to purchase cutting-edge 3D printing technology From the Robert Mehrabian ...

Dead-end bitcoin mining wastes as much energy as Switzerland's entire hydropower generation capacity

Researchers reveal that we waste a huge amount of energy on redundant bitcoin mining operations — where different miners try ...

Gen Z is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents but Denmark has a solution

A neuroscientist told Congress Gen Z is less cognitively capable than their parents, and Denmark responded boldly.
AFN

Spring Innovation Fund debuts as first venture philanthropy firm dedicated to animal welfare tech

Are animal welfare and economics always at odds? Not necessarily, say the founders of new venture studio Spring Innovation ...
Tech Xplore

Engineering the next generation of semiconductor materials, one layer at a time

Silicon is an essential element for creating semiconductors, the building blocks of all modern computing technologies.
MIT Technology Review

China has approved the world’s first invasive brain-computer chip—here’s what’s next

The country wants to become a global leader in brain implants. Strong government support is expected to help accelerate that process. One day last October, sitting in the courtyard of his house in ...
Ars Technica

First-generation Chromecast users stressed by devices suddenly failing

Google’s first Chromecast was a hit. With 10 million units sold in 2014, it excelled as an easy solution for streaming TV and movies from the Internet to a TV. Released at a time when dumb TVs were ...
PC World

Googlebooks are the first anti-personal computers

PCWorld explores Google’s new Googlebooks, AI-first laptops featuring Gemini integration and the Magic Pointer tool that predicts user actions and offers contextual suggestions. These systems ...
Science Daily

The hidden atomic gap that could break next-generation computer chips

A major obstacle may be standing in the way of the next generation of ultra-tiny computer chips. Researchers discovered that many promising 2D materials lose their advantages because an invisible ...
The Courier-Journal

I'm a first-generation college student who refused to quit | Opinion

First-generation students often must learn to advocate for themselves and navigate complex financial and professional paths. The experience can create a sense of isolation from family who may not ...
Newsweek

How Gen Z Became Known as the ‘Christopher Columbus Generation’

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Quiet quitting. Silent walking. Rawdogging commutes. While you may not ...
Computer Weekly

Google launches Gemini Agent Platform, eighth-generation TPUs

Google Cloud has unveiled major updates to its enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) stack, staking its future on the agentic enterprise, a workplace where AI agents do more than just answer ...