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Engineering students demand immediate hands-on experience; the electronics industry needs people versed in fundamentals — something’s gotta give. An interview with Georgia Tech professor Arijit Raychowdhury on educating a modern engineer. Also: The traditional economic model for products ends up with a lot of waste. Engineer Michael Kirschner on why and how the electronics industry is going to have to change. And: EE Times editor Sally Ward-Foxton introduces our Weekend Edition.

Protecting data systems is a never-ending cat-and-mouse game. What if the data could just protect itself? An interview with security expert and Keyavi CEO Elliot Lewis. Also, the trade war exposed the peril of off-shoring production – a lesson the pandemic hammered home. How can the U.S. bring back manufacturing? An interview with international production expert Dan Breznitz.

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Several secretive AI startups finally revealed what they’re doing – a conversation with analyst Kevin Krewell about the revelations from the Spring Linley Conference. Imagination Technologies got itself embroiled in international intrigue – what’s going on there? And the Great Lockdown has had many profound consequences, including effects on what we hear every day – EE Times editors compile a global audio essay.

Advancements in a half-dozen different technologies are leading to a new generation of medical devices that promise improvements not only in medical monitoring to diagnostics, but increasingly active treatment. Waymo tends to be ahead of the curve on autonomous driving technology; right now it is loading its vehicles with sensors – but is that practical?

In 1965, the IC business was dead in the water. Andy Grove had half the solution, and Steve Hofstein had the other half. Their exchange of half a dozen words in a pool in Las Vegas changed the course of history. An interview with industry legend Steve Hofstein. Also, a report on election hacking; we know what the solution is. And, as the world has been upended by the coronavirus, engineers in high places have been stepping up to fill the leadership vacuum.

In the podcast this week: a discussion of Intel’s massive leap to a neuromorphic system with as many neurons as a small rodent; an interview with the programming whiz who put together a web-based multimedia presentation of one of NASA’s biggest disasters and most stunning triumphs; and a virtual conference for the coronavirus era.

Of course the pandemic disrupted the supply chain. But what about what happened after that? EE Times editors get together to discuss how the coronavirus has affected the technology industry and far beyond. Our colleagues from China report on what the rest of us can expect to experience in the next 4 to 8 weeks. And if you’re quarantined, our staff film mavens offer a list of recommended films for home viewing.

Europe is betting on hydrogen fuel. What’s the agenda —and how do hydrogen cars work anyway? Also, holograms were a huge fad in the ‘70s; now the technology appears to be on the verge of a commercial comeback. Also, AMD emerged as the big winner as supercomputers move into the Exaflops Era.

In an insanely complicated maneuver, Northrup Grumman repaired a satellite in orbit; Maxim Integrated come up with a unique way to protect IoT devices; and System Plus goes way, way beyond simple teardowns.

Sample a smorgasbord of stories from Germany, the U.S., Spain, and parts beyond. Subjects include a unique AI that can be trained on an edge device (no, really!), a ferroelectric memory, designing semiconductor wafers for 5G, and more.