Heinrich Rohrer: The Modest Pioneer of Nanotechnology
Co-inventor of the STM and winner of 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics Dies at 79
Cornell Tech to Receive $133 Million from Qualcomm Founder Irwin Jacobs
Innovation Institute at new university campus to be named after IEEE Medal of Honor Recipient
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Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013): Chemistry Major, UK Prime Minister, Climate Hawk
The late UK leader called for "sacrifices, so that we do not live at the expense of future generations"
Basketball and Biology: A Tale of Two Social Networks
A systems biologist looks at basketball games through the prism of graph theory
Robot Combat League: Heather Knight Tells Us About Her Experiences on the Show
CMU roboticist Heather Knight describes her experiences on Syfy's new robot combat show
Steve Mann’s Better Version of Reality
His vision systems have been mediating and augmenting reality for three decades
The Most Popular Résumé in the World
Philippe Dubost turned himself into an Amazon product page that got a million page views
Steve Mann: My “Augmediated” Life
What I’ve learned from 35 years of wearing computerized eyewear
Big Data Versus Little Data: Predicting the Academy Awards
A Microsoft Research economist’s focus shifts from presidential prediction to Hollywood handicapping
Is Wikipedia a Real-Time News Source?
After a mass shooting or natural disaster, Wikipedia’s volunteers are on the story within hours and make thousands of edits in the first days
Is Micropublishing the Death of Publishing—or Its Salvation?
Self-publishers are putting out thousands of books that almost nobody will read, and making money at it
Workweek Creep Is Turning Leisure Into Weisure
Social media is just the latest technological assault on our free time, and on our language
Special Report: Dream Jobs 2013
Engineering careers come in all shapes and sizes
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Simon Hauger Revs Up High Schools with Car Projects
Simon Hauger helps inner-city high schoolers build cars and start businesses
PlanetSolar’s Christian Ochsenbein Sails the Seas on Sunshine
Christian Ochsenbein was the engineer on board the only solar boat to circumnavigate the globe
Khan Academy’s Marcia Lee Builds Tools for Online Education
Marcia Lee shapes the Khan Academy’s tools for Web-based instruction
Bang & Olufsen’s Geoff Martin Pursues the Perfect Sound
At Bang & Olufsen, Geoff Martin brings a musician’s sensibilities and an engineer’s precision to loudspeaker design
Recon Instrument’s Li Chen Augments Skiers' Reality with Heads Up Displays
Li Chen turns ordinary sports goggles into digital dashboards
Why Smart Glasses Might Not Make You Smarter
A Q&A with wearable-computer pioneer Steve Mann
Google Glass Features and Apps Still in Flux
Babak Parviz, head of the Google Glass project, hints at what to expect next
This Is Your Computer on Skis
That is, this is a pair of custom-made skis, when designed by a computer
The Human Face Within Big Data
A new book sees big data as mostly good, a little scary, and full of people
Stanford Names Seven Heroes of Engineering—Who Are Yours?
Yahoo founders, cryptography pioneer, fomer U.S. Secretary of Defense among this year’s class of engineering heroes.
Paranoia Update: U.N. to Take Over the Internet
Beneath the overhyped fears, there are real issues—backbone policies, cybersecurity, the free flow of information—at a major telecom conference
Rewriting the Constitution on Facebook
The Icelandic Constitutional Assembly relied on social media in drafting a new constitution
Son of Sandy
Are we going to just sit back and wait for the next superstorm, or do something about it?
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Answers from Mars
PBS NOVA documentary highlights the engineers behind the Mars missions.
Election 2012: The Vindication of Data
The TV pundits couldn’t predict the presidential election, but the geeks who relied on data did, with stunning accuracy
Training Engineers With Baseball
A new college textbook teaches introductory statistics through America’s pastime
Profile: Allan Robinson, Tidal Power Engineer
Creating cutting-edge energy systems to tap the tides
Irwin Jacobs: Captain of CDMA
Qualcomm cofounder Irwin M. Jacobs wins the 2013 IEEE Medal of Honor for his pioneering work in digital communications