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March 2016 Issue

Next-Gen Sensors Make Golf Clubs, Tennis Rackets, and Baseball Bats Smarter Than Ever

Sensor fusion and integrated MEMS are essential tools for today’s athletes

An Electric Car Battery That Will Get You From Paris to Brussels and Back

The metal-air battery carries more energy per kilogram than today’s lithium-ion batteries

Harnessing Cosmic Rays to Peer Into Fukushima’s Deadly Reactors

Physicists use particles called muons to map the melted nuclear cores

Will the NSA Finally Build Its Superconducting Spy Computer?

The U.S. government eyes cryogenically cooled circuitry for tomorrow’s exascale computers

How To Kill A Supercomputer: Dirty Power, Cosmic Rays, and Bad Solder

Will future exascale supercomputers be able to withstand the steady onslaught of routine faults?

“Barefoot” Matriarchs Take On India’s Electricity Gap

Some 240 million people in India don’t have electricity. Can illiterate village women solve the problem with off-grid solar power?

Software Helps Gene Editing Tool CRISPR Live Up to Its Hype

New algorithms make CRISPR as easy as point-and-click

Massive News: Kilogram Redefinition Heads Into Crucial Test

Superprecise standard masses are on their way to Paris for a critical weigh-in

The End of the Smartphone?

It’s time to start thinking about what’s next

To Get Wind Power You Need Oil

Each wind turbine embodies a whole lot of petrochemicals and fossil-fuel energy

Marvin Minsky’s Legacy of Students and Ideas

Deciphering how brains and machines think and learn

This Is What Broadband Satellite Communication Looked Like in 1965

Intelsat 1, the first commercial telecom satellite, could relay 240 phone calls at once

Tilt Brush: The Killer App for VR

Tilt Brush could be a game changer for virtual reality

Hands on: A Ham Radio for Makers

The RS-UV3 lets you build your own Arduino- or Raspberry Pi–based radio

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March 2016 Issue

Sensor fusion and integrated MEMS are essential tools for today’s athletes

The metal-air battery carries more energy per kilogram than today’s lithium-ion batteries

Physicists use particles called muons to map the melted nuclear cores

The U.S. government eyes cryogenically cooled circuitry for tomorrow’s exascale computers

Will future exascale supercomputers be able to withstand the steady onslaught of routine faults?

Some 240 million people in India don’t have electricity. Can illiterate village women solve the problem with off-grid solar power?

New algorithms make CRISPR as easy as point-and-click

Superprecise standard masses are on their way to Paris for a critical weigh-in

It’s time to start thinking about what’s next

Each wind turbine embodies a whole lot of petrochemicals and fossil-fuel energy

Deciphering how brains and machines think and learn

Intelsat 1, the first commercial telecom satellite, could relay 240 phone calls at once

Tilt Brush could be a game changer for virtual reality

The RS-UV3 lets you build your own Arduino- or Raspberry Pi–based radio

Explore more issues

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