Engineering

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National Defense March 2006 Stew Magnuson	City Streets Pose Problems for Unmanned Aircraft The dream of a fully autonomous rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle capable of flying through urban canyons, hovering above city streets or perching on building ledges as it gathers intelligence is one step closer to reality.
National Defense March 2006 Stew Magnuson	Non-Lethal Weapon May Spark Controversy No speakers elicited more questions from the audience at a recent directed energy conference than Stephanie Miller, a researcher working on a non-lethal weapon that employs microwave millimeter technology to make human targets recoil from attack by causing debilitating pain.
National Defense March 2006	Ceramic Armor Advance Achieved A researcher has perfected a process that makes boron carbide harder and poreless in high temperature manufacturing. The result is a material with remarkable ballistic armor properties.
National Defense March 2006	High Tech Porta-Potty Introduced A self-contained processing system employs a novel system that relies on dehydration and maceration to convert human waste into a powdered ash.
Scientific American February 19, 2006	Why is Turing's Halting Problem Unsolvable? A key step in showing that incompleteness is natural and pervasive was taken by Alan M. Turing in 1936, when he demonstrated that there can be no general procedure to decide if a self-contained computer program will eventually halt.
Chemistry World February 21, 2006 Jon Evans	Nanotechnologists Set Viruses to Work Nanotechnologists are employing viruses as construction workers to help build lithium-ion batteries and solar cells. The program follows the successful development of a method for creating ordered layers of M13 bacteriophage viruses.
Job Journal February 19, 2006 Rich Heintz	Career Snapshot: Engineering Everything you need to know if you're considering a career in engineering in California.
Scientific American March 2006 Mark Fischetti	Spin and Swing Portable consumer products such as music players, cameras and cell phones are becoming ever smaller. Miniaturized electronics deserve some of the credit, but so do ever shrinking motors.
PC Magazine February 15, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	Fits You Like a Glove Researchers have developed a glove that can clue in software applications to your emotional state.
PC Magazine February 15, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	High Five Did you know that the flow of subcutaneous deoxidized hemoglobin in the veins of your hands is completely unique?
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