Engineering

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BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 Nanette Byrnes	Birth Of An Info Tech Miracle David Owen's book Copies in Seconds describes Chester Carlson's quest to create the Xerox Machine, one of the biggest communication breakthrough since Gutenberg.
Industrial Physicist Aug/Sep 2004 Dean Andreadis	Technology: Scramjets integrate air and space As the 21st century unfolds, a revolutionary engine technology is aiming to fly craft at high Mach speeds and seamlessly integrate air-to-space operations.
Industrial Physicist Aug/Sep 2004 Eric J. Lerner	News: Plasmon microscopy A new technique allows far-field optical microscopy with resolutions well below the wavelength of light.
Home Toys August 2004	Understanding Double Layer DVD Recording While consumers around the world have enjoyed burning their own DVDs for a few years now, the inevitable question of "what's next" is now upon the industry. But double layer DVD technology is not new.
Wired August 2004 Oliver Morton	A Machine With a Mind of Its Own Ross King wanted a research assistant who would work 24/7 without sleep or food. So he built one. King's robot can look at the results of a biology experiment, draw a conclusion about what the results might mean, and then set off to test that conclusion.
Technology Research News July 28, 2004 Eric Smalley	Photonic chips go 3D Computer chips made from photonic crystal promise better communications equipment and ultrafast, all-optical computers
Technology Research News July 28, 2004 Eric Smalley	Electric fields assemble devices Several research teams are working to bring the concept of self assembly to larger scales.
Technology Research News July 28, 2004	Process prints silicon on plastic The components could be used in flexible large-area displays, radiofrequency ID tags, sensors, and flexible applications like reconfigurable antennas.
Technology Research News July 28, 2004	Hologram makes fast laser tweezer The researchers devised an algorithm that works quickly enough to control the light beam interactively with a keyboard and mouse.
Technology Research News July 28, 2004	Particle chains make quantum wires The method is a step toward building quantum computers, which have the potential to solve certain types of very large problems.
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