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December 2007 Archives

December 3, 2007

LA Auto Show: Attack of the 3-Ton Hybrids

Automakers show off hybrids, hydrogen fuel-cell concepts, and their thriftiest vehicles at the "green auto show"

Model Stomach Takes Digestion Outside the Body

Why food engineers, pharmaceutical companies, and organic farmers are lining up for the artificial organ

December 10, 2007

Plastic Computer Memory's Secret Is Gold Nanoparticles

Taiwanese engineers make simple, stable nonvolatile memory
from mix of plastic and nanoparticles

Scientists Start Quest for the Silicon Quantum Computer

Sandia research could link silicon circuits to quantum computers

December 28, 2007

...And More Forum

A Weaker, Cheaper MRI

Magnetic fields that would barely budge a compass might
find tumors faster

As I Clearly Stated...Loser

Book-Scanning Robots Digitize Delicate Texts

21st-century robots read 16th-century Bavarian books

Chip Design Hardwires Security

New microprocessor architecture keeps hackers at bay
without compromising security

Engineer Turned Jet Jockey

On a doctor's advice, an EE decided to become a fighter pilot

Engineers Graduate From New Afghan Military Academy

"East Point" technologists to rebuild Afghanistan's infrastructure

Forum: Our Readers Write

Greenhouse Gas Trends

A tale of two perspectives

Hired to Invent

It isn't fair, but engineers have weaker patent rights than
other employees

IM doing fine

Instant messaging comes to cellphones at last

Laptop Orchestra

the big picture

Loser: Algae Bloom Climate-Change Scheme Doomed

Planktos's ploy to combat global warming by sequestering carbon in the oceans holds no water

Loser: Another Fuel-Cell Charger Flunks

Fuel cells look great on paper, but who wants to run a
laptop off one?

Loser: No Payoff for Galileo Navigation System

Europe's answer to GPS isn't worth it

Loser: Satellite TV Soccer Moms Will Hate

Sirius's car TV may be great technology, but it will drive parents crazy

Loser: Social Networking Goes To The Dogs

A $200 RFID dog tag tells owners--and their neighbors--when
their pets are alive, at home, and sniffing things

Loser: Still Waiting For Nanotube Memory Chip

Nantero's alternative to flash memory has reached its
sell-by date

Microscopic Microwave Oven

News brief

NTT Becomes a Smell-o-Phone Company

Will aroma advertising pass the smell test?

NTT develops a Smell-o-Phone

Preparing for the Worst

Charles Perrow, known for his study of industrial
accidents, turns his attention to terrorism

RFID Tags Guide the Blind

Italian town's buried transponders keep blind people on the
right track

Searching the Sky

Image-recognition software for astronomy pictures brings
professional and amateur astronomers together

Technical Publications and the Internet

Technology Innovation Is Spectrum's Message, Whatever the Medium

Technology will continue to redefine publishing and the way
we develop and share our most creative and powerful ideas

The Other Digital Divide

News brief

Thermal Transistor: The World's Tiniest Refrigerator

Thermal transistors refrigerate one electron at a time and
physicists plan to compute with heat

Visualizing Electronic Health Records With "Google-Earth for the Body"

IBM researchers develop 3-D visualization tool for electronic health records

Why Losers?

We don't do this because we're mean spirited. We do it because we care

Winner: Make Your Very Own Virtual World with OLIVE

Forterra's OLIVE software makes the business of virtual-world environments real

Winner: Restoring Coal's Sheen

Swedish energy company takes a novel approach to carbon capture

Winner: Solving the Oil Equation

A team of geophysicists and computer scientists closes in
on the ultimate seismic-imaging code for finding oil

Winner: Sprint's Broadband Gamble

A new cellular service will sell high-speed data access
instead of phones and phone calls

Winner: Sprint's Broadband Gamble

A new cellular service will sell high-speed data access
instead of phones and phone calls

Winner: The Ultimate Dielectric Is...Nothing

IBM packs wires in vacuum to speed chips and save power

You Tell Us

Winning ideas are often doomed by poor execution or by
nothing more than being ahead of their time. Here are a few
products that could go either way. Tell us how you think
they'll fare.

You Tell Us: An Electronic Pen That Listens and Talks Back

You Tell Us: Dutch Start-up Hopes to Spark Takeoff of Flying Car Market

You Tell Us: Fuel-Cell Motorcycle May Help to Rev Up Hydrogen Economy

You Tell Us: Gigabit Wireless on the Cheap

You Tell Us: Microsoft Surface Runs the Table

You Tell Us: Video Glasses for the Spy in All of Us

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