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Information Today January 22, 2015	Knovel Quick Search for Autodesk Inventor Helps Engineers' Workflows Elsevier launched Knovel Quick Search for Autodesk Inventor, a cloud-based search app that builds reference information into engineers' daily workflows.
Fast Company Benj Edwards	The Untold Story Of The Invention Of The Game Cartridge Making games interchangeable allowed consoles to transcend their hardwired origins, giving birth to the video game as a creative medium with endless potential.
Chemistry World January 12, 2015 Emma Stoye	DNA origami makes moving machines Carlos Castro's group at Ohio State University, US has engineered DNA 'machines' that can open and close like hinges, as well as perform more complicated movements in three dimensions
National Defense February 2015 Valerie Insinna	Scientists Developing Drone-Carried Lidar for Nautical Charting Georgia Tech Research Institute scientists believe they can speed up the mapping process with a miniaturized lidar system currently undergoing testing.
National Defense February 2015 Stew Magnuson	DARPA Contest Seeking Humanoid Rescue Robot The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's latest robotic challenge calls for a human-shaped robot to carry out a series of search-and-rescue tasks.
Fast Company February 2015 Om Malik	The Big Future For Tiny Machines Kano, along with Raspberry Pi and Arduino, are tiny computers that are already inspiring a generation of makers to learn to code and become the hackers of tomorrow.
Fast Company February 2015	This super-powered onesie connects to wifi and cleans the air The BB.Suit is an odd-looking onesie made from a novel fabric custom-woven with microprocessors and a conductive copper yarn, which turn the garment into a GPS -- trackable, mobile Wi-Fi transmitter.
Chemistry World December 18, 2014 Victoria Richards	Catching water with imitation beetle bumps Inspired by both desert beetles and marine mussels, scientists in Saudi Arabia have devised a new method for creating micropatterned superhydrophobic surfaces that efficiently harvest fog.
Chemistry World December 15, 2014 Dannielle Whittaker	From nutshell to supercapattery Scientists in Canada have created a hybrid sodium ion capacitor (NIC) from peanut shells in a pioneering study bridging the gap between conventional ion batteries and supercapacitors.
Chemistry World December 12, 2014 Anthony King	Smart skin for prosthetic limbs senses heat and touch This new stretchable prosthetic skin comes equipped with ultra-thin, single crystalline silicon nanoribbon sensors for strain, pressure and temperature, as well as humidity sensors, heaters and stretchable multi-electrode arrays for nerve stimulation.
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