Issue 04/2019
Digital world

Computing: getting ready for the quantum leap

15 July 2019 by Michael A. Mullane
Engineers and scientists around the world are racing to build quantum computing devices capable of achieving quantum supremacy, which is broadly defined as solving problems that today’s computers cannot. Quantum devices...
Digital world

How the IEC has been preparing for 5G

15 July 2019 by Michael A. Mullane
Fifth-generation cellular networks, known as 5G, look set to transform the way we live and work by connecting not just people but things in the so-called Internet of Things. It’ll mean smarter motorways and smarter...
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Tech & innovation

Standards help achieve SDGs

15 July 2019 by Natalie Mouyal
The United Nations defines 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the core of its blueprint for building a better world by 2030. The SDGs serve as a call for action to all countries to promote prosperity while...
Digital world

IEC prepares for the future

15 July 2019 by Natalie Mouyal
In a city famous for its honking horns and yellow cabs, it is hard to imagine that horse drawn carriages were once the most common form of transportation in New York City. Two images of Fifth Avenue, taken only thirteen...