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Wired
March 2001
Andrew Tilin |
Formula 2001 220 mph, 17,000 rpm, 500,000 lines of code: Fast-forward computational dynamics are in the driver's seat of today's F1 cars. This isn't just a race - it's a technology war...   |
Wired
February 2001
Erik Davis |
Forging the Dragonslayer QuesTek's superstrong cyber-alloy promises to reinvent steel. The toughest broadsword in history is just the beginning... |
Wired
January 2001
David Pescovitz |
Stuff Love The latest new materials, from a stronger-than-cement plastic concrete that floats on water to a polymeric coating that completely prevents rust... |
Wired
January 2001
Ed Regis |
Zip Drive NASA scientists are building a hot little ride: Vasimr, a rocket that runs on million-degree plasma and could someday fuel a fast-track trip to Mars... |
Wired
December 2000
Evan Ratliff |
O, Engineers! Twenty years ago, Tracy Kidder published the original nerd epic. The Soul of a New Machine made circuit boards seem cool and established a revolutionary notion: that there's art in the quest for the next big thing.... |
Salon.com
December 7, 2000
Bill Kowinski |
"Laser" by Nick Taylor The whiz-kid inventor of that $200 billion light beam spent 30 years fighting for the credit... |
CIO
November 15, 2000
Lew McCreary |
Going with the Flow Information wants to be free. All Bob Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet technology, did was open the door... |
CIO
November 15, 2000
Sara Shay |
Gearing Up In a ploy to immortalize themselves in the Guinness Book of World Records, a team of engineers in Michigan created a 6-foot by 12-foot clock replete with 11 working gears, made entirely of ice... |
Inc.
November 15, 2000
Gerard J. Holzmann |
MEMS the Word MEMS devices may be almost too small to see, but they pack a wallop. MEMS, which is short for micro-electro-mechanical systems, are tiny machines -- complete with minuscule mirrors, gears, and wheels -- that are built on chips... |
Information Today
November 2000 |
NIST Demonstrates New Reading Device for the Visually Impaired The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the release of a new Braille reader that may soon bring the benefits of electronic books to the visually impaired... |
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