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September 2007 Archives

September 1, 2007

No Exit

Russians Prepare to Go to Mars Without Leaving the Ground

500 days in suburban Moscow

Scheme for a Single-Photon Transistor

A step toward optical computers

Nano particles Without Macroproblems

Quick and dirty advice for keeping nanotech clean

Lithium Batteries Take to the Road

Hybrid electric cars need much better batteries--and A123,
a plucky Massachusetts start-up, says it's got them

Swimming to Europa

A robot designed to explore Mexican sinkholes is pointing
the way to Jupiter's watery moon

426 000 Discarded Cellphones

The Big Picture

September 2, 2007

Bet on It!

Can a stock market of ideas help companies predict the future?

Exploring the Extreme

September 3, 2007

Amphibious Adventure

The Back Story

Power Up

Could an agency modeled on DARPA recharge U.S. energy R&D?

Lost in Space

The Space Station's woes show what's wrong with NASA and
hints at how to put it right

Dot-to-Dot Design

Researchers are connecting tiny puddles of electrons in a
chip and making them compute--the quantum way

September 4, 2007

Kids, Do Try This at Home

We built a backyard cannon, and you can, too

Engineers at War

Considering a job in Iraq or Afghanistan? Here's what to expect

September 5, 2007

Indian Start-ups Lure Silicon Valley Cash

Tech giants invest in Bollywood, e-government, and more

The Future of Music

Part One: Tearing Down the Wall of Noise

Slideshow: The Future of Music

Part One: Tearing Down the Wall of Noise

Animated Article: The Future of Music

Part Two: Will Musicianship Matter?

The Zero-Zero Hero

David Kaneda's San Jose office building will use zero
electricity, produce zero carbon dioxide, and still be a
comfortable workplace

Slideshow: The Future of Music

Part One: Tearing Down the Wall of Noise

Math Blues

September 6, 2007

Forum: Our Readers Write

Portrait of a Mature Grid Operator

With electricity deregulation, independent authorities have
been established to manage regional power systems. But not
all are created equal

Portrait of a Mature Grid Operator

With electricity deregulation, independent authorities have
been established to manage regional power systems. But not
all are created equal

September 7, 2007

Portrait of a Mature Grid Operator

With electricity deregulation, independent authorities have
been established to manage regional power systems. But not
all are created equal

September 8, 2007

Dot-to-Dot Design

Researchers are connecting tiny puddles of electrons in a
chip and making them compute--the quantum way

September 10, 2007

Top 10 Tech Cars

Here come the hybrids

Top 10 Tech Cars

Here come the hybrids

Top 10 Tech Cars

Here come the hybrids

The Secret Life of Birds

How do you study a thing that doesn't want to be studied?

September 11, 2007

Closing in on the perfect code

Turbo codes, which let engineers pump far more error-free
data through a channel, will be the key to the next
generation of multimedia cellphones

Commentary: WiMax and Wi-Fi: Separate and Unequal

The important but widely misunderstood IEEE 802.16 standard

Neural Engineering's Image Problem

Despite a string of successes, implanted prostheses remain
in the shadows

Forum: Our Readers Write

Animated Article: The Future of Music

Part Two: Will Musicianship Matter?

The Illusion of Web Privacy

Nowadays, on the Internet, everyone knows if you're a dog

Dream Jobs 2004

These 10 EEs have the jobs of their dreams--and maybe yours as well

Chips Go Vertical

Looking for new ways to make ultrafast chips, designers
explore the third dimension

Who owns streaming media?

Acacia Research is demanding patent royalties from porn
sites--and plenty of others as well

A Better Way of Making Blue Laser Diodes?

Sharp's
new technique could bypass the intellectual property
problems of the standard manufacturing procedure

September 12, 2007

A Static RAM Says Goodbye to Data Errors

The immunity comes from two extra capacitors in each memory cell

Voice over IP's Threat to Privacy

When the Internet becomes our phone network, wiretaps won't
be needed

Cellphones Pose No Gas Station Hazard

Telecom's Turbocharged Next Act

Can the Hubble Telescope Be Saved?

NASA's decision to stop servicing the Hubble Space Telescope has
agitated astronomers and the general public

Tomorrow's TV

A dark-horse technologythe Grating Light Valvemay join the
competition to dethrone the CRT

Sizing Us Up

New 3-D body scanners are reshaping clothing, car seats,
and more

The Whistle-blower's Dilemma

Speaking out may be the ethical thing to do, but too often
it comes at a steep price

Peer-to-Peer Traffic Dominates

Summaries of Research and Inventions from Science and
Technology Journals

Foundry vs. Foundry

TSMC vs. SMIC highlights China's Wild West legal environment

Psyching Out Computer Chess Players

Chess programs keep getting better, but grandmasters have learned
to anticipate their game

426 000 Discarded Cellphones

The Big Picture

These Legs Are Made for Walking

Night Life as Seen From Space

Scientists plan satellite to snap pictures of cities at night)

Slicing the Ham From the Spam