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Popular Mechanics January 2010 Tyghe Trimble	3 Next-Gen Fixes to the Coming Hard-Drive Crisis Hard drives could reach their limits by 2015 unless researchers can find new ways to cram more information onto their disks.
National Defense February 2010 Austin Wright	Military Medical Advisor Calls for Development of 3D Human Models A medical advisor to the U.S. military is urging the government to support the development of modeling technologies in order to create advanced computer simulations of the human body.
Popular Mechanics January 13, 2010 Larry Webster	70 Teams Down, 41 To Go in Auto X-Prize Competition Steve Wesoloski, the Director of Technical Operations, and his group of experienced auto engineers poured over the blueprints and judged the potential safety, manufacturability, and economy of the designs.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John Keller	UUV Mothership to Deploy Intelligence-Gathering Unmanned Underwater Vehicles in Development by SAIC U.S. Navy researchers are developing an autonomous submarine that gathers military intelligence information in coastal waters and harbors by deploying and operating small unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John Keller	Army Approaches Industry for Ideas on Developing a Vehicle-Mounted, Sniper-Detection Sensor System U.S. Army leaders are beginning the process of developing a sensor system mountable to Army tactical vehicles that can detect the presence of enemy snipers and marksmen before the enemy has a chance to shoot.
Popular Mechanics February 2010 Erik Sofge	How 4 Climate Control Plans Could Crash and Burn The term geo-engineering -- direct technological interventions to reshape the planet -- calls to mind the dark laughter of a science-fiction villain.
National Defense February 2010 Grace V. Jean	Helping Computers Understand Natural Human Speech The U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research and Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Services have paired up to fund the development of a medical voice documentation system that will allow medics and surgical teams to collect patient information as they administer care to casualties.
National Defense February 2010 Jean & Wright	Laser "Fizzles" IEDs, Rendering Them Harmless Boeing researchers have demonstrated that the company's laser weapon system can destroy improvised explosive devices while mounted to a combat vehicle.
National Defense February 2010 Jean & Wright	Portable Armored Wall System Replaces Sandbags Marines in Afghanistan might soon scrap the sandbags. Instead, they're snapping together armored walls that connect like Legos.
IEEE Spectrum January 2010 Robert W. Lucky	Reflections: Driven to Distraction Engineers created the problem of cellphones in cars, but they may not be able to solve it
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