September 2025 - IEEE Spectrum

It has 8 undersea cables, but fiber-optic networks miss half the country
Startups plan to put them in robots, sensors, and medical implants
Access to hardware could transform engineering education in Africa
The parts for my drone arrived broken—but my team was not
Don’t underestimate grid issues and population growth in the sub-Sahara
A dim-bulb tester is a bright idea when fixing vintage electronics
High-bandwidth in-vehicle networks reach 10 Gb/s
CDimension thinks it can cut the 10-year timeline in half
New advance demonstrates fault-tolerant gates
Aspiring Materials is turning olivine into several useful materials
AirComp approaches do more than transmit data from point A to point B
Sub-Saharan Africa needs hardware resources to develop engineers
Read Steven Searcy’s poem from our September 2025 issue
Scientific merit alone won’t guarantee market success
Planning for a wireless future in the air and in space
Its inventor developed the first implantable pacemaker, too
Todd Austin’s LEAN metric prioritizes computing over silicon
Trump policies shift America’s place in global education market
The past reveals potential challenges for tomorrow’s innovations
Redesigned site better showcases offerings and improves usability
She now automates AI platforms to enhance cancer detection
Medal of Honor Laureate Henry Samueli and others shared career advice
The device uses cooling to ward off the side effect
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