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BusinessWeek April 21, 2011 Ashlee Vance	Innovator: Bruce Thomas's Projection Technology Thomas's Wearable Computer Lab at the University of South Australia has figured out how to do projections on 3D surfaces. It could have serious industrial uses.
Chemistry World April 20, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Putting the cement industry in the calcium loop Scientists in the UK have shown that two major industrial processes that generate large amounts of carbon dioxide could usefully be linked together to deliver significant savings in energy and CO 2 emissions.
BusinessWeek April 14, 2011 Ian King & Ari Levy	Tilera's Chip for the Cloud Computing Age The Silicon Valley startup says its new design will be faster and more energy-efficient than Intel's best
National Defense May 2011 Grace V. Jean	Drones Becoming Special Operations Forces' Indispensible Tools of War Drones are rapidly evolving from airplane-like dimensions to supersized airships with wings the length of football fields and tiny robots that look and fly like birds and insects. Systems are gaining greater intelligence and autonomy.
National Defense May 2011 Grace V. Jean	Marine Special Operators Rely Heavily on Hand-Launched Drones The newest component of U.S. Special Operations Command has quickly embraced drone technology, particularly the small hand-launched aircraft that weigh less than 20 pounds and fly at speeds under 100 knots.
National Defense May 2011 Grace V. Jean	Aerial Drones Going Mainstream In Naval Special Warfare The establishment of Naval Special Warfare Group 10 reflects the increasing importance of drones in the elite forces.
National Defense May 2011 Grace V. Jean	iPads, iPhones Driving Special Operator Demand for Improved Connectivity The challenge lies not only in controlling and communicating with unmanned aircraft but capturing the video and piping it to analysts and operators who are not within line of sight of the drone.
National Defense May 2011 Grace V. Jean	Invisibility, Nighttime Sensing Top SOCOM's Science and Technology Priorities U.S. Special Operations Command is perhaps best known for grabbing technologies off the shelf and adapting them for challenging missions.
National Defense May 2011 Eric Beidel	Manufacturers: Technology Will Make Rotorcraft Faster, Safer The Pentagon's investment in rotorcraft science and technology has decreased dramatically over the past 25 years, but companies have been tinkering around in their own shops trying to fill innovation gaps.
National Defense May 2011 Eric Beidel	European Helicopters Look to Take Off in U.S. Military Market At a helicopter exposition in Orlando last month, CEOs of European manufacturers made it clear: They are both partners and competitors of their U.S. counterparts.
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