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National Defense December 2007 Grace Jean	What's Next for Ground Robots? As the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's automated car challenge gets more successful, the agency must think ahead about what will be the goal for next years competition.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Peter Fairley	Power Transmission Without the Power Electronics GE's variable-frequency transformers transfer power between out-of-sync grids without the problems of semiconductor power electronics
Popular Mechanics January 2008 Seth Porges	Real-Life Transformer Could Be First Robot to Fire in Combat New specialized war robots can be quickly modified to the mission at hand.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Prachi Patel-Predd	Artificial Joints That Talk Smart technology could reduce risks of hip and knee replacement surgery.
Popular Mechanics December 2007 Erik Sofge	Robot Surgeons From Baghdad to Mars Are Closer Than You Think New robots are being designed to treat wounds that would otherwise be fatal within 30 minutes.
Chemistry World November 6, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Soybeans Strike Nanogold A simple mix of soybeans, water and gold salts may hold the secret to producing gold nanoparticles without harming the environment, according to one team of US researchers.
Popular Mechanics November 6, 2007 Mike Allen	If It's Already Broke, Why Do I Have to Fix It? Too much of what we design and manufacture today is broken from the get-go. How can you effectively design a car that needs to be repaired and maintained if you've never actually worked on one?
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Morgen E. Peck	Why Toddlers Love Robots Entertainment robots have become sophisticated enough that they can charm toddlers for weeks, or even months, and could soon be useful to teachers as permanent educational assistants, according to research.
Chemistry World November 5, 2007 Ned Stafford	Joining up Nanocircuits A team of scientists have covalently bonded strings of porphyrin molecules on a gold surface -- a step forward in the quest to develop nano-electronics.
Food Engineering November 4, 2007 Kevin T. Higgins	Ice Cold Nanotech Heat degrades food nutrition and flavor, and size reduction can impart tremendous heat. Cryogenic fine grinding is being tested to deliver superior foods and new packaging materials.
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