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August 2007 Archives

August 1, 2007

China Reaches For the Red Planet

Joint project with Russia anticipates retrieving soil from
the Martian moon Phobos

The YouTubing of Games

Video games get personal

Plans for Next-Gen Chips Imperiled

Dim lights casting a shadow on extreme-ultraviolet
lithography's debut date

The Trap Technique

Toward a Chip-Based Quantum Computer

Deeply Superficial

Hackers must develop new tricks to modify the guts of
today's surface-mount hardware

Slideshow: Making the Ghosts Live

Check out how our cover goes from initial idea to final design

Steam power is a technology whose time may have come and gone

The history of steam power in big cities such as New York
points to a technology whose time may have come and gone

Tired vs. Wired

The Trading Test

A big-time financial firm is recruiting tech talent by
offering prizes to the college kids whose software chooses
the best investments

Forum: Our Readers Write

Low Power to the People

A South Carolina city is the latest battleground for
low-watt community radio

August 2, 2007

A Global Search Engine For Geospatial Data

Scientists inch toward a standardized, universal system

Security Experts Question Leading E-Voting System

Diebold's software scrutinized

To Print or Not to Print: California Studies Electronic Voting Security

State debates whether touch-screen voting machines could
foil future elections

Security Experts Question Leading E-Voting System

Diebold's software scrutinized

To Print or Not to Print: California Studies Electronic Voting Security

State debates whether touch-screen voting machines could
foil future elections

Stellar Performer

The Big Picture

Dealing With the Media

You'll probably have to deal with reporters from time to
time. Here are guidelines on how to handle them

August 3, 2007

Time's Up?

A new documentary considers humanity's dubious future

...And More Forum

Source of New York Steam Blast Is a Literal Mystery

Steam power is a technology whose time may have come and gone

Security Experts Question Leading E-Voting System

Diebold's software scrutinized

Science For the Layman

Can you fit everything that everyone needs to know into a
single book--and make it fun?

News Briefs

August 6, 2007

The Future of Music

Part One: Tearing Down the Wall of Noise

NASA's Phoenix Mission to Mars Launches

Its search for life starts in May

August 7, 2007

The Future of Music

Part One: Tearing Down the Wall of Noise

Stellar Performer

The Big Picture

Electric Flex

Electrically activated plastic muscles will let robots
smile, arm-wrestle, and maybe even
fly like bugs

Electronic Antidepressant Up for Review

Cyberonics hopes to win regulators' approval for an implanted nerve stimulator to treat chronic depression

Master of Convergence

Patent Profiteers

Acacia Technologies is laying claim to the innovations that
move video and music through cyberspace. Could this tiny
company be the next Internet powerhouse?

August 8, 2007

NASA's Phoenix Mission to Mars Launches

Its search for life starts in May

August 9, 2007

Patent Conflicts Ahead in Nanotech, Says Patent Lawyer

Forum: Our Readers Write

From Outsourcing To Botsourcing?

If Sony's cute little Qrio wants orchestra conductor Kurt
Masur's job, will he want yours too?

Scramjet Breaks Mach 7 in NASA Test

In the Eye of the Beholder

Scanning light beams to the retina could revolutionize
displays for everything from cellphones to games

Beat the Heat

Of all the issues facing chip and computer designers, none
is more burning than the soaring levels of power flowing
through integrated circuits

The Lost History of the Transistor

How, 50 years ago, Texas Instruments and Bell Labs pushed
electronics into the silicon age

Samsung, Fujitsu, End Plasma Display Battle

Top 2 manufacturers drop lawsuits

The End of Spectrum Scarcity

New technologies and regulatory reform will bring a
bandwidth bonanza

U.S.-Russian Space Cooperation in Doubt

Unease spreads on former Soviet side

August 10, 2007

The Globalization of Nuclear Weapons

UPDATE: Electronic Antidepressant Likely to be Approved

FDA advisory panel gives the thumbs up to Cyberonics's implanted nerve stimulator's use in treating depression

Taking Tokyo By Swarm

Iran's Nuclear Program Reaches Critical Juncture

The country's evident pursuit of an atomic bomb tests a new, more aggressive IAEA

Samsung's Plasma Displays Barred From Japanese Market

Fujitsu and Samsung will slug it out in court

A Beautiful Noise

Without Gerd Binnig's Nobel Prize-winning microscopes,
nanotechnology would not exist

A Wider Welcome Mat

Achieving a diverse workplace should be more than a token
gesture--and it may be easier than you think

Samsung, Fujitsu, End Plasma Display Battle

Top 2 manufacturers drop lawsuits

Top U.S. Officials Successfully Defend IEEE's Wi-Fi Standard

China agrees to postpone conflicting WAPI system

The End of Spectrum Scarcity

New technologies and regulatory reform will bring a
bandwidth bonanza

The Indefatigable Inventor

An IEEE Fellow offers a humorous take on engineers and inventors

Top 10 Tech Cars

Here come the hybrids