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Wired May 22, 2009 Charles Graeber	Email Transcript: Medeco Objects to "Tobias Attack" Test Conditions Simulating the high-security locks manufactured by Medeco, the author uses engineering to evaluate whether Marc Tobias could truly crack the system.
Wired May 22, 2009 Charles Graeber	Remember Pearl Harbor? This Lock Breaker Does Marc Weber Tobias is a lock breaker. It's what he does for a living, the way he makes some of his money and much of his name.
Wired Charles C. Mann	Beyond Detroit: On the Road to Recovery, Let the Little Guys Drive The automotive startup world is sputtering to life and trying to jump-start the industry with new ideas, vigor, and technology.
National Defense June 2009 Stew Magnuson	Failures Reported in Key Component of U.S.-Mexico Border Fence The Project 28 virtual border fence in Arizona cannot currently deliver live streaming video to Border Patrol agents
PC Magazine May 20, 2009 Lance Ulanoff	The Future of Robots: Prepare to Be Underwhelmed Still waiting for that ultimate robot companion? Don't hold your breath.
IEEE Spectrum May 2009 Prachi Patel	Five-Dimensional DVD Could Store 1.6 Terabytes Data is held in multiple layers, wavelengths, and polarizations
IEEE Spectrum May 2009 Prachi Patel	Laser Probes for Brain Experiments Laser-activated probes stimulate brain cells better, say scientists
Popular Mechanics May 15, 2009 Jennifer Bogo	Making the Coldest Ice Cream in the World--But is it Any Good? The perfect ice cream is a balancing act, as there are other factors besides freezing that affect the quality of ice cream.
IEEE Spectrum May 2009 Willie D. Jones	Burning Biomass to Charge Electric Vehicles Beats Fueling Cars with Ethanol Researchers say bioelectricity delivers more kilometers per cornstalk than ethanol
National Defense June 2009 Matthew Rusling	Customs Employs See-Through Technology at Border The Department of Homeland Security is employing a new device that can peer through vehicles used in cross-border smuggling.
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