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Wired September 2003 Douglas McGray	The Best Defense Is a Good Upgrade This $4.5 billion piece of next-gen naval hardware is already obsolete -- by design. Welcome aboard the flexible technology platform called the USS Ronald Reagan.
Wired September 2003 Michael Abrams	Wingman Want to soar like an eagle? Then go with a parasail or a hang glider. But for those who dream of screaming through the air like a superhero, there's the Skyray - a solid, triangular, carbon-fiber contraption that lets skydivers shoot above the clouds at 186 mph for two exhilarating minutes.
CIO August 15, 2003 John Edwards	Spin Control Spintronics might sound like the name of a long-lost '80s pop band, but it's actually a scientific field that may someday lead to more compact and useful mobile devices.
Wired September 2003 Jeffrey M. O'Brien	The Bounty Hunter The richest shipwreck in history has been sitting beneath a half mile of ocean for 300 years. Greg Stemm is sending a robot down to get it.
PC Magazine August 13, 2003 Bill Howard	Driving the Future The Audi A8 L is one of the finest computing devices ever to roll off a production line.
Technology Research News August 13, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Skulls gain virtual faces For decades, forensic experts have identified the dead by using clay to sculpt faces on skulls. The effort to computerize the process has taken a big step forward with a tool that builds virtual muscles and skin on a 3-D skull scan. The models can even be animated to show different facial expressions.
Technology Research News August 13, 2003 Ted Smalley Bowen	Viewer explodes virtual buildings Being immersed might be a good way to play Doom, but isn't necessarily the best way to watch the action unfold. Software that takes the tops off digital buildings could turn computer games into a spectator sport. It could also make it easier to evaluate trainees as they go through their paces in simulators.
Technology Research News August 13, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Tool blazes virtual trails Navigating through large computer models like ships and manufacturing facilities is often a frustrating experience that leaves you drifting along, dream-like, with little sense of moving through a real space. Software that keeps your virtual feet on the ground could bolster the realism of 3-D environments.
Technology Research News August 13, 2003 Eric Smalley	Quantum computer keeps it simple Controlling fleeting quantum particles usually requires making extraordinarily precise devices. A proposal that calls for chaperoning pairs of particles and getting all of the particles in a quantum computer to sing the same tune could ease this burden.
Technology Research News August 13, 2003	Video keys off human heat Researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed a method for segmenting out the human parts of a video stream that does not require a particular background.
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