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IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Michael Dumiak	New Tech, Old Fuel Estonia wrests a future from a filthy past -- oil shale supplies between 70% and 90% of the country's electricity. This is not by any means environmental perfection, however it shows what some basic investment and long-term thinking can do.
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Alberto Enriquez	Early Warning For Earthquakes Although evidence that electromagnetic events precede quakes is mounting quickly, the main theory to explain that evidence has had a gash in it the size of the San Andreas Fault. Teasing out the physics behind radio anomalies.
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Paul McFedries	Game On Video games are increasingly being marketed to and, yes, played by, adults. One indicator that video games are growing up is the new academic field of ludology, which is devoted to the study of all games, but video games in particular.
IEEE Spectrum February 2007	Morse Code Is Dead. Long Live Morse Code. Morse code is alive and well in the Amateur Radio Service and is not on life support.
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Stephen Cass	Where the Jobs Are A survey of 752 IEEE members about the past, present, and future technological trends. Overall, the news is encouraging for the tech industry, albeit not spectacular.
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Stephen Cass	Exploring The Third Dimension A pro tool is now available for all. The SpaceNavigator is coming along at a good time, as more and more hobbyists and even regular users are experiencing and developing 3-D content.
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Samuel K. Moore	Cold Fission If a nuclear version of a solar cell sounds like one of the old atomic battery concepts from the 1950s, it is, but with a potentially all-new twist.
IEEE Spectrum February 2007	Breakthrough Here is a photo of Lola. She can bore through 15 meters of earth a day, and has a face (you're looking at it) only a civil engineering contractor could love.
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Harry Goldstein	Andrew Paris: Electric Detective Forensic engineer. If the job title conjures up images of a dead body flash-frozen with the rigor of electrocution, or high-res digital cameras snapping photos at the scene of a suspicious fire, that's absolutely right.
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Jean Kumagai	Nels Peterson: He Digs Dinosaurs Old Bones: An engineer among paleontologists offers a different way of thinking and looking at things.
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