IEEE Spectrum Podcast

Helping paralyzed people and those with spinal injuries to stand and walk

Sensors use the brain’s electrical signals to power a robotic arm

Using a California snail to treat Alzheimer’s and autoimmune diseases

An economist taps into payment apps for their every financial transaction

North Korea has a flourishing information technology industry that’s eager for your business

An AI program is already in the 99th percentile—now can it win?

Did journalist David Sanger discover the true story behind Stuxnet, or was he caught in a deeper web of deception?

Educational achievement has been stagnant for three decades. Can online learning help?

Saudi Arabia is developing a new RFID chip to be embedded into its currency

Long-term prediction is hard, but researchers are on the case

Rumors of an Amazon smartphone are too loud to be ignored

How do we authenticate a birth certificate if it’s just ones and zeros?

There’s new data on the complicated genetic basis of depression and happiness

The social news website explains why top publications and editors sometimes get banned

When your friends use Facebook apps, they compromise your privacy, too