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IEEE Spectrum July 2007 John Boyd	Let There Be (a New Kind of) Light Organic LEDs seem set to transform the business of light bulbs. A major challenge all OLED manufacturers face is how to make their products cost-competitive with the ultracheap incandescent and fluorescent lighting products on the market.
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 Willie D. Jones	Putting Electricity Where The Rubber Meets the Road In-wheel motors improve fuel economy and safety. Though cars with wheel-hub motors won't roll off assembly lines any time soon, companies like GM and Siemens VDO say electric wheels are the future of automotive propulsion.
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 Mark Anderson	Virtual Jamming The major problem facing musicians who play together on the Web? Lag. Now new technology cuts lag down to a manageable size. Just what's manageable depends, however, on how far apart the band members are.
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 Terry Costlow	Hiring Heats Up Nobody's expecting a return to the hot markets of the dot-com era, but there's general agreement that demand for engineers is growing.
Chemistry World June 29, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Nanowire Shines Light on Subwavelength Microscopy Researchers in the US and Japan have created a nanoscopic 'torch' that shines visible laser light on nanoscale structures, imaging them with high resolution.
Popular Mechanics June 26, 2007 Nick Mokey	DIY Rally 2007 Runners-Up, Part 3: Beaten by the Propeller Trike It was tough to pick the best, wildest, most creative reader projects of the year, but Damon Vander Lind's propeller trike blew us away. Here are four similar bike-themed submissions that didn't quite make the cut.
Popular Mechanics July 2007 Savage & Hayden	Blade Runner at 25: Why the Sci-Fi F/X Are Still Unsurpassed All the technology -- like flying cop cars called "spinners" -- meshes perfectly. It's one of the reasons this movie just doesn't date.
Popular Mechanics June 21, 2007 Jancy Langley	Army Corps Turns to Google for Post-Katrina Answers in N.O. An important new report on the strength of levees on the Bayou turns up a tech-savvy feature: interactive maps.
IEEE Spectrum June 2007 Jon Zurn	Mobile Domes: Coming to a Parking Lot near You Seeing stars is just the beginning: Scientists, designers, moviemakers, and a whole lot of professionals in between have discovered that dome visualization can enhance the way they work, share information, and solve problems.
National Defense July 2007 Robert H. Williams	Protective Glasses Don't Compromise Hearing FullPro has created protective shooting glasses that connect directly to earmuffs, eliminating pressure points against the head and enhancing hearing protection by as must as three to seven decibels.
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