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PC Magazine July 13, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Mind Meld: The First Computer-Based Human Brain Model IBM and researchers will collaborate to create the first complete computer-based model of a human brain.
PC Magazine July 13, 2005 John R. Quain	DNA Printing Press A group of scientists believes it has an inexpensive nanoprinting technique that could lead to the mass production of DNA-based chips that could revolutionize disease detection.
IEEE Spectrum July 2005 Willie D. Jones	Take This Car And PLUG IT Customer-modified hybrids can be propelled exclusively by their electric motors for, in some cases, more than 30 kilometers without their gasoline engines ever turning on. The factory-built Prius can run on electricity only, but for just a kilometer or two.
IEEE Spectrum July 2005	Progress Summaries of Research and Inventions from Science and Technology Journals: Read My Lips... Solving a Knotty Problem...
Technology Research News July 13, 2005	Invisible Ink is Rewritable Researchers have fabricated a rewritable security paper whose contents are only visible under ultraviolet light.
Technology Research News July 13, 2005	Light Powers Biochip Gears Researchers have fashioned a type of microgear with center slots that pick up the rotational momentum from light, allowing the gears to rotate when illuminated by a type of polarized light. The devices could eventually be used to pump and mix extremely small amounts of chemicals.
Technology Research News July 13, 2005	Self-Assembly Goes Around Bends Researchers have found a way a way to make polymer chains automatically assemble in non-regular patterns, including sharp angles. The method could eventually be used to build precise features as small as ten nanometers.
Technology Research News July 13, 2005	Magnetics Drives Particle Patterns Researchers have devised a way to use electric and magnetic fields to assemble magnetic microparticles into a wide variety of patterns, including clusters, rings, chains and networks.
Inc. July 2005 Melba Newsome	He Took On the Whole Power-Tool Industry Stephen Gass invented SawStop to make a power-saw stop when it hits your hand. The power-tool industry balked at the technology, so Glass built his own small company to build the saws. Now the industry may face lawsuits for negligence.
Wired July 2005 Spencer Reiss	The Dotcom King & the Rooftop Solar Revolution Idealab impresario Bill Gross couldn't wait for the dawn of the sun age. So he built a high-energy, low-cost solar concentrator that will fit on your roof. And overthrow the powers that be.
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