Engineering

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Fast Company December 1, 2006	Tsunami Relief Could your PC prevent the next global disaster? An Austrian researcher is developing a peer-to-peer software program that measures hard-drive vibrations in computers around the world to sense earthquake activity.
Fast Company December 1, 2006 Michael Dumiak	Moon Over Munchen The Powermoon HeliMax spreads 16,000 watts of light over an area a mile in diameter. It can light everything from road construction to the scenes of earthquakes, floods, and refugee crises.
Popular Mechanics January 2007 Ben Hewitt	Energy Family Part Four: Power Pioneers At the end of a yearlong quest, our man off-the-grid taps into the wind, ramps up his solar array and surveys the future of energy production.
IEEE Spectrum December 2006 Justin Mullins	The First Electronic Device, Ever? A set of lightbulbs belonging to Thomas Edison could fetch $500 000 when it goes under the hammer. But the star of the collection is one of Edison's unappreciated inventions: a bulb that may well have been the world's first vacuum tube.
Popular Mechanics January 2007 John Matson	Tech Watch: Theater Home A new wave of ultra-efficient light-emitting diodes could one day turn your entire house into a flat-panel display.
Chemistry World December 5, 2006 Michael Gross	Hydrogen Generation Mimics Photosynthesis Hydrogen is often touted as an environmentally-friendly fuel -- but the gas is only as clean as the method used to make it. Now, however, scientists have invented a solar-powered method for splitting water which they claim is the most efficient to date.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Build Your Own Robot iRobot's adoption of the open-source movement is a smart, strategic move. To the extent that hackers are successful, it will be good news for both iRobot and its investors, because it will mean that the firm's bots will become the base platform for new capabilities.
PC Magazine November 29, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	Robo Decisions Teaching robots to make more humanlike decisions.
PC Magazine November 29, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	NeoNews Katie Couric, look out. Here come the virtual news anchors.
Chemistry World December 2006 Mark Haw	Comment: A Tale of Two Disciplines Teaching as well as research can help bridge the no-man's land between chemistry and chemical engineering.
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