IEEE Spectrum 2008 - Abstracts

IEEE Spectrum 2008
TitleSubjectAuthors
Above & beyond: James Brown.(Dream Jobs 2008)(Cover story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSusan Karlin
A plug-in motorcycle: Brammo's Enertia puts bikers on the grid.(Tools & Toys)(Product/service evaluation)Engineering and manufacturing industriesBrian Santo, Mark Santo
As i clearly stated... loser.(back story)(Philip E. Ross changes his position on Nantero's ability to produce data storage using carbon nanotubes)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
A weaker, cheaper MRI: magnetic fields that would barely budge a compass might find tumors faster.Engineering and manufacturing industriesNeil Savage
Book-scanning robots digitize delicate texts.(update)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMichael Dumiak
Brake-by-wire comes to freight trains: electronically controlled pneumatic brakes could help stop accidents and speed cargo.Engineering and manufacturing industriesRobb Mandelbaum
Can wind energy continue double-digit growth?(Update)Engineering and manufacturing industriesPeter Fairley
Engineers graduate from new Afghan military academy: "East Point" technologists to rebuild Afghanistan's infrastructure.(update)(National Military Academy of Afghanistan)Engineering and manufacturing industriesWillie D. Jones
Engineer turned jet jockey: on a doctor's advice, an EE decided to become a fighter pilot.(careers)(electrical engineer Robert Rickard)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Everything is illuminated: Ash Nehru.(Dream Jobs 2008)(Cover story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJean Kumagai
Gadgets gab at 60 GHz: cheap silicon transceivers broadcasting in this still-unlicensed band may usher in the hi-def wireless home.(Technical report)Engineering and manufacturing industriesBehzad Razavi
Hired to invent: your company may own your brainchild.(Invention)Engineering and manufacturing industriesKirk Teska
IM doing fine: instant messaging comes to cellphones at last.(tools&toys)(Product/service evaluation)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSteven Cherry
Intel makes a big jump in computer math: long the ugly stepchild of computer arithmetic, division is getting a much needed makeover.(Update)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSamuel K. Moore
Into the wild: Ney Robinson Salvi dos Reis.(Dream Jobs 2008)(Cover story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesErico Guizzo
Make your very own virtual world with OLIVE. Forterra's OLIVE software makes the business of virtual-world environments real.(Forterra Systems' On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDavid Kushner
Nights at the opera: Mark Schubin.(Dream Jobs 2008)(Cover story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJean Kumagai
One format war is over. Is another beginning?(Spectral Lines)Engineering and manufacturing industriesTekla Perry
Power ranger: Salinee Tavaranan.(Dream Jobs 2008)(Cover story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDean Adams
Searching the sky: image-recognition software for astronomy pictures brings professional and amateur astronomers together.(update)(image-recognition software for astronomy pictures)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJoshua J. Romero
Snowclone is the new cliche.(Technically Speaking)Engineering and manufacturing industriesPaul McFedries
Solving the oil equation.(WINNER: GEOPHYSICS)(Repsol YPF's efforts at solving the two-way wave equation to better search for oil)Engineering and manufacturing industriesErico Guizzo
Sprint's broadband gamble: a new cellular service will sell high-speed data access instead of phones and phone calls.(WINNER: TELECOMMUNICATIONS)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSteven Cherry
Still waiting for nanotube memory chip: Nantero's alternative to flash memory has reached its sell-by date.(LOSER: NANOTECHNOLOGY)(WINNERS & LOSERS 2008)Engineering and manufacturing industriesPhilip E. Ross
Technical publications and the internet.(reflections)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRobert W. Lucky
The sound of music: Bruno Putzeys.(Deam Jobs 2008)(Cover story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesGlenn Zorpette
Travel tips: get more out of business trips by applying project-management skills.(Careers)Engineering and manufacturing industriesCarl Selinger
Untangling a new breast cancer screening technology.(Update)(Fermiscan Holding's breast-cancer-screening technology uses hair samples to detect cancer)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMorgen E. Peck
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