Engineering

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Food Engineering February 3, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins	The Art of Observation The man who invented the stretch wrapper for palletizing 36 years ago is spending his golden years reinventing the machine.
Reactive Reports Issue 72 David Bradley	Small and Sensitive A tiny prototype sensor device that can quickly sniff out minute quantities of hazardous gases, including toxic industrial chemicals and chemical warfare agents, is being developed by researchers.
IEEE Spectrum February 2008 Samuel K. Moore	Printing Technology Makes Miniature Energy Harvesters, Antennas, and Fuel-Cell Parts EoPlex Technologies miniaturizes for multiple markets.
IEEE Spectrum February 2008 Sandra Upson	Across the Outback on Photons Alone With Australia's desert as its raceway, the World Solar Challenge illuminates some of the best electric-vehicle technology
IEEE Spectrum February 2008	Dispatch From Down Under A look at the Panasonic World Solar Challenge in Australia.
Popular Mechanics January 31, 2008 Erik Sofge	The Inside Story of When Jet Packs Really Are Coming News of a cheaper, lighter rocket belt gets the sci-fi geek in all of us excited. But serious technical issues, delays and lawsuits stand between jet-propelled hype and practical liftoff.
Chemistry World January 30, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Piezoelectric Compound Performs Under Pressure Piezoelectric materials could soon be made far more simply.
Popular Mechanics February 2008 Jennifer Bogo	Geothermal Power in Alaska Holds Hidden Model for Clean Energy At Chena Hot Springs Resort, a visionary owner and an ingenious engineer tap into one of the world's most overlooked energy resources to produce electricity, heat buildings and soon, they hope, generate hydrogen.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Neil Savage	Phase-Change Materials Could Boost Reconfigurable Chips More powerful FPGAs and other reconfigurable chips could come from vertical wires made from phase-change material.
Fast Company February 1, 2008 Elizabeth Svoboda	Fueling The Future The oil well of tomorrow may be in a California lab full of genetically modified, diesel-spewing bacteria.
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