What to do about bolts from the blue
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Scientist say a preemptive defense for preventing a 'near-earth object' (NEO), such as an asteroid or a comet, from colliding with Earth is feasible. Such a potentially disastrous collision is said to be improbable but not impossible. The way envisioned to prevent it involves sending nuclear-armed rockets to intercept the incoming NEO as far away from the Earth as possible. The first thing that needs to be done is to establish a detection system. An example of such a system, called the Spaceguard Survey, was proposed in 1992.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1998
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More treasured texts: from the 1940s to the 1980s, these books led engineers all the way to semiconductors and the Information Age
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Classic electrical engineering (EE) textbooks that appeared between 1940 and 1980 are identified, described and discussed.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2003
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How venture capital thwarts innovation
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The reasons behind the failure of innovations by venture capital firms are examined.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2005
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