ICYMI: from big physics and data to $1 trillion solar storms

Jan. 5, 2015

This first full business week of 2015 provides an opportunity to take a look at ten items you may have missed in the run-up to and aftermath of the holidays:

MIT offers Online X program on big data.
Are you ready for a self-flying airliner—or at least one without a copilot?
SEMI, IPC praise passage of manufacturing innovation act.
NI highlights ‘Big Physics’ experiments
Researchers apply graphene to lithium-sulfur battery
Electronics plays role in traffic fatality reduction.
NOAA’s DSCOVR satellite to warn of trillion-dollar solar storms.
From street theft to credit mules, smartphones at risk.
Math can shed light on spread of behaviors in social networks.
Ferrari cruises to victory using ANSYS simulation.

About the Author

Rick Nelson | Contributing Editor

Rick is currently Contributing Technical Editor. He was Executive Editor for EE in 2011-2018. Previously he served on several publications, including EDN and Vision Systems Design, and has received awards for signed editorials from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. He began as a design engineer at General Electric and Litton Industries and earned a BSEE degree from Penn State.