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Popular Mechanics October 15, 2007 Erik Sofge	Scrap Yard Cybernetics Build Cheaper Robo-Hand for Third World One myoelectric hand can cost $35,000 and up -- more of a concept than an option for many amputees around the world. So when a team of Mexican graduate students began working on a new prosthetic hand, their goal was simple: Cut costs.
Chemistry World October 16, 2007 Jonathan Edwards	3D Nanoprinter Makes Oxide Sculptures Researchers have made inks that can print tiny three-dimensional patterns using metal oxides. The inks could allow fast, easy printing of micro-fuel cells, sensors and photonic crystals, the scientists say.
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 John Voelcker	Can Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Keep the Electric Grid Stable? Speakers at an IEEE-USA symposium on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles debate the promises and challenges of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Morgen E. Peck	Geneva Vote Will Use Quantum Cryptography A system that produces unbreakable encryption based on the quantum properties of light will be used to secure the electronic transmission of votes in a Swiss election next week.
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Morgen E. Peck	Physicists Figure Out How Microscopic Wires Fail The culprit? Kinks caused by nanometer-scale avalanches.
Chemistry World October 11, 2007 Jonathan Edwards	'Tuneable' Polymer Can Separate Anything An international team of scientists have made a polymer with pores which can be fine-tuned to speedily separate different small molecules -- with applications ranging from carbon capture to fuel cells.
Chemistry World October 11, 2007 Ananyo Bhattacharya	Exclusive Interview: EPSRC's New Chief Executive, David Delpy UK chemists have been too content to 'fill the gaps' instead of tackling big, exciting problems. That's the view of medical physicist David Delpy, who recently started work as the chief executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Justin Mullins	The Technology Behind the Formula One Scandal A British team that got secrets about Ferrari's tech tricks by e-mail was recently fined an unprecedented $100 million.
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Robert N. Charette	Smart Systems Make It Easier to Find a Parking Space From an airport system that directs drivers toward open spaces to cities' replacing meters with pay stations, technology is changing the way we park.
Chemistry World October 2007 Stuart Haszeldine	How to Bury the Problem Carbon capture and storage could allow us to burn fossil fuels without climate consequences - but only with more investment in R&D.
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