Engineering

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National Defense July 2007 Robert H. Williams	Camera Finds and Spotlights Transfixed Intruders A Las Vegas company has paired a low-light camera and spotlight that can detect and track intruders up to one and half miles away.
National Defense July 2007 Robert H. Williams	Troops Converse With Iraqis Via Compact Translator Troops in Iraq now have access to a voice-to-voice translator.
National Defense July 2007 Robert H. Williams	Improved Protective Eyewear Available for Troops Upgraded ballistic protection goggles are being produced by Panoptx Eyewear.
Popular Mechanics July 2007 Erik Sofge	DARPA's Better Bionic Arm: Our Most Limb-Like Prosthetic In a first for prosthetics, a new mechanical arm gives its user the sense of touch.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2007 Toby Shute	Go, Go, Google Hybrid! Through its nonprofit arm, Google.org, the company is taking up the cause of electric vehicles. Investors, take note.
Chemistry World June 20, 2007 Simon Hadlington	More Sugary Solutions for Petroleum Substitutes Two independent research groups have demonstrated how sugars can be catalytically converted to hydroxymethylfurfural, a possible intermediate for the production of plastics, and dimethylfuran, which can be used as a fuel.
PC Magazine June 20, 2007 Erik Rhey	Future Watch: Ultra-Hard Materials Scientists have created a lower-cost material that rivals diamond's strength.
Smithsonian June 2007 Eric Jaffe	Presto! Concealing an object from human vision would require metamaterials dramatically smaller than their present size.
Popular Mechanics July 2007 Melissa Wagenberg Lasher	The Multimachine: DIY Rally 2007, Part 2 Two old car-engine blocks and a hodgepodge of other castaway auto and machine parts transform into a mini machine shop.
Popular Mechanics June 19, 2007 Nick Mokey	DIY Rally 2007 Runners-Up, Part 2: Beaten by the Multimachine Four homemade hand-operated machines: A Green wi-fi node, log splitter, linear crankshaft, and hand-crank paper shredder.
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