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IEEE Spectrum November 2005 Steven Cherry	Total Recall A Microsoft researcher's project, MyLifeBits, can capture and digitize life and store it in a database. If MyLifeBits looks good on its own, it seems even better in combination with other research being done at Microsoft.
IEEE Spectrum November 2005 Peter Fairley	Neptune Rising The biggest undersea observatory ever conceived is taking shape off North America's Pacific coast.
IEEE Spectrum November 2005 Rafal Zbikowski	Fly like a Fly The common housefly executes exquisitely precise and complex aerobatics with less computational might than an electric toaster. Several groups have succeeded in building electronic sensors that mimic the fly's vision and other flight control apparatus.
IEEE Spectrum November 2005 John Boyd	Here Comes The Wallet Phone NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest cellphone system operator, recast the cellular handset as an electronic wallet -- in effect a prepaid wireless cash card -- and now it's getting ready to make it a full-fledged wireless credit card. The company is working with major travel and banking organizations to extend the reach of its e-wallet service.
IEEE Spectrum November 2005 Willie D. Jones	No Place to Hide New through-the-wall radar devices that rely on ultrawideband, a fairly new technology known mainly as a promising high-speed, low-power radio communications transmission technique, are now available to municipalities and law enforcement agencies.
IEEE Spectrum November 2005 Robert W. Lucky	My New Laptop The author discusses how his new laptop computer epitomizes the world of technology today: ordered electronically, assembled with worldwide parts, delivered via a sophisticated logistics system, and replete with ingenious technological concepts.
IEEE Spectrum November 2005	Fly Guys Turning to nature for scientific and technological inspiration is not new, and you could argue that most human-made designs are derived from natural phenomena.
IEEE Spectrum November 2005	Brothers of Invention In 1948, inventing what Matare and Welker called the transistron months after the AT&T team had already gotten the job done with its revolutionary device wasn't going to win them a Nobel Prize. But their achievement is worth much more than just a historical footnote.
IEEE Spectrum November 2005 Amy D. Wohl	Interface Lift User interfaces for Internet browsers get an extreme makeover to cope with today's torrent of information.
IEEE Spectrum November 2005 Michael Riordan	How Europe Missed The Transistor The most important invention of the 20th century was conceived not just once, but twice.
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