Engineering

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IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Anna Basanskaya	Electricity Over Glass Photonic Power offers the option of measuring high currents by placing a transducer directly on the line, obviating the use of transformers to overcome voltage differences, as the power-over-fiber system converts electricity directly to light.
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Guizzo & Goldstein	The Rise of the Body Bots Robotic exoskeletons are strutting out of the lab -- and they are carrying their creators with them. New advances make it possible to envision a future in which exoskeletons are part of our daily lives.
PC World November 2005 Daniel Tynan	Looking for a Few Good Bots: Robots for Work and Play The present and future of automated household machines programmed to do your bidding.
Technology Research News October 3, 2005 Eric Smally	USC's Michael Arbib The Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science shares his views on trends in science and technology, his work, and the links between technology, neuroscience, and behavior.
Wired October 2005 Larry Gallagher	R Is for Robot What robots can teach tots in preschool (and vice versa).
Food Engineering October 1, 2005	Chillin' Out with a New Compressor Fluid A cold storage facility for grapes from South Africa's famous Hex River Valley keeps its cooling systems running at peak operating efficiency despite a warm climate.
Food Engineering October 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins	Carbonation as Market Disrupter Scientists at a leading dairy research center are helping to engineer systems that could make transoceanic shipments of raw milk an accepted practice.
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Stephen Forrest	The Dawn of Organic Electronics Organic semiconductors are strong candidates for creating flexible, full-color displays and circuits on plastic.
PC Magazine September 28, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Home Bot One of the most advanced humanoid robots for consumers goes on sale in Japan in September.
Reactive Reports September 2005 David Bradley	Nano Surprise A surprising mechanism by which polymers form nanocomposite particles could provide researchers with a new tool for controlling the growth of such materials.
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