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IEEE Spectrum March 2013 Robert W. Lucky	Antifragile Systems Nassim Taleb's distinction between "robust" and "antifragile" is worth reflecting on. Evolution improves biological systems through survival of the fittest. Is there is a similar improvement in the performance of electronic systems?
IEEE Spectrum March 2013 Susan Karlin	Augmented Reality for Public Spaces BC "Heavy" Biermann creates high-tech art projects with a civic mission
IEEE Spectrum March 2013 Paul Wallich	Putting the Meter Under the Microscope How a smart-meter kit changed my energy habits
Chemistry World February 22, 2013 Sarah Farley	Electronic tongue develops a taste for brandy A team of Spanish scientists is set to replace the human palette with an electronic tongue that classifies brandy according to taste, and can even discriminate between aging methods.
Chemistry World February 22, 2013 Derry Jones	Life on the edge: Peter Danckwerts Few biographies of chemical engineers list and illustrate eight types of German explosive munition and describe how to defuse Italian frogmen's limpet mines, but such was the early life of Peter Danckwerts as described by author Peter Varey.
Chemistry World February 21, 2013	A biomass bonanza Companies have put biofuels on the back burner to aim for higher margin chemicals
Chemistry World February 11, 2013 Laura Howes	Soft robots take a leap forward It might not be able to leap buildings in a single bound but the latest soft robot to escape George Whitesides' lab is a jumper rather than a crawler and can jump at least 30 times its body height.
Chemistry World February 11, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Footfalls to power static nanogenerator Recharging your laptop battery with energy derived simply from walking has moved a step closer with new research where scientists have developed a novel generator that can produce significant amounts of electrical power from static electricity.
Chemistry World February 8, 2013 Rachel Cooper	Printing crystalline drugs A group of UK chemists has used a desktop inkjet printer to prepare a metastable form of the anti-epileptic drug carbamazepine.
National Defense March 2013 Dan Parsons	Military Seeks Lighter, Stronger Ammo Recognizing that rifle design using gunpowder and self-contained cartridges has neared the zenith of engineering, firearms manufacturers are turning to ammunition as a possible source of further weight reduction.
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