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Great strides are being made toward the long-sought goal of constructing MOSFETs that are suitable for large-scale digital ICs using GaAs or similar III-V semiconductors.

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Denise Gray had to take a city bus to her first job at GM, but now she holds the company's green-car future in her hands.

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An Arizona firm has found a way to make solar cells in panels vastly larger than anyone could manage before, allowing for far more cost-effective energy generation.

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Four Brazilian geeks dream of creating the next big hit in massive online games--with creativity, a bit of luck, and an IBM mainframe.

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A novel form of data compression effectively doubles the memory in embedded systems while barely slowing them down.

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Kiva Systems wants to revolutionize distribution centers by setting swarms of robots loose on the inventory.

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Forget cameras, actors, and elaborate sets: a new generation of filmmakers relies only on a video game, a computer, and a little imagination.

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If you're waiting to upload your consciousness into a computer, don't hold your breath; the rapture of the geeks could be a long time in coming.

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Jonathan Sawyer spent $30 000--and voided the warranty--to add a plug to his Prius hybrid.

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Now that the Toyota production system has been applied to chip making, the electronics industry may never be the same.

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The Pentagon is trying to find out if chip makers are building electronic trapdoors in key military hardware.

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Organic photovoltaics could be dirt cheap, but even proponents say a recent spate of record-breaking performance claims smacks of hype.

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Obsolete electronic parts are the hidden scourge of aging systems, potentially leading to budget-busting expenses or even the loss of life.

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Whether as rescue robot or flying spy, a micro-aerial vehicle could change how we look at the common housefly.

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The recommendation systems that suggest books at Amazon and movies at Netflix will soon bring you personalized news.

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Laptop computers are desperately in need of a new battery, and Christina Lampe-Onnerud says she's got one.

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Powering a car on nothing but energy from the sun may sound like an outlandish thing to do.

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Cheap silicon transceivers broadcasting in this still unlicensed band may usher in the hi-def wireless home.

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From deploying robots in the rain forest to testing fitness products in triathlons, engineers are living their dreams and redefining "work."

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In IEEE Spectrum's special January issue, the focus is on winners and losers, and readers can participate in the online voting.

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The stun gun shocks without killing--but how safe is it?

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We need to exploit the science of order and disorder to protect networks against coming generations of superworms.

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A company's research budget tells you very little about its prospects.

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This year IEEE Spectrum recommends gifts for geeks of every age and price range.

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Find out how a Michigan geek tamed the online masses.

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Terrorists are leveraging information technology to organize, recruit, and learn--and the West is struggling to keep up.

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U.S. patent awards continue to rise sharply, feeding a perception that those laying claim to intellectual property are at an unfair advantage.

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The power of Google plus the heat of the sun equals a cool installation that could be a model for other businesses.

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Brute-force computation has eclipsed humans in chess, and it could soon do the same in the ancient Asian game of Go.

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IEEE Spectrum visits one of the world's leading makers of anthropomorphic test devices to find out how it makes its dummies smart.

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Advances in nanotechnology are making amazing products and processes possible, but researchers worry about environmental and health effects.

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Can a stock market for ideas help companies predict the future?

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Hybrid electric cars need much better batteries--and A123, a plucky Massachusetts startup, says it's got them.

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New software from Microsoft may unite the robotics world--and rewrite the company's future.

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DNA databases help solve crimes but aid and abet racial discrimination.

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Some extremely smart hackers pulled off the most audacious cell-network break-in ever.

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Terahertz radiation can see through clothes and tell if that's Play-Doh in your pocket or a pound of plastique.

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Life in a megacity has its advantages, but the challenges are formidable and can require technological solutions.

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We should start developing the means to control climate rather than just trying to minimize our effects on it.

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Flapping wings could revolutionize aircraft design.

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Why can't a computer be more like a brain?

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Advances in computer graphics may breathe life into digitally animated faces.

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Are we on the way to everyone being chipped?

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Radio frequency identification tags, commonly embedded in barcode labels, have become much more personal--one man implanted himself with tags rather than carry his house keys.

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Locked away in a suburban New Jersey warehouse, a quirky corporate archive preserves funky but priceless relics of the electronic age.

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Permanent burial of nuclear wastes is a cumbersome process, but nuclear advocates in the United States say there's a better solution--based on recycling of spent nuclear fuels.

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From scaling volcanoes to designing high-performance electric sports cars to digging up dinosaur bones--you won't believe what some engineers get to do for a living!

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In IEEE Spectrum's annual special January issue, the focus is on "winners and losers," but the voting isn't over yet.

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PlayStation 3 rewrites the rules for game software.

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Benetech is no ordinary startup and its founder, Jim Fructerman, is no ordinary entrepreneur; he just may change the world.