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December 2000 Issue

DIYFeature

EE Gifts for the Holidays

This holiday season, electronics manufacturers--each attempting to create devices that are "all things to all people"--have blessed gadget lovers with a glut of new products that combine the functions of several types of high-tech toys already on the market

12 min read
Features
In-depth articles from top experts, Spectrum editors, and contributors
EnergyFeature

Russia’s Sorry Infrastructure

The loss of the nuclear submarine Kursk and the fire in Moscow’s TV tower are indications of an infrastructure in grievous disrepair

15 min read
ComputingFeature

On the Trail of Intrusions Into Information Systems

Schemes for intrusion detection yield clues to making data safer in the future

11 min read
SemiconductorsFeature

Superconductor ICs: the 100-GHz second generation

In the shadow of high-temperature superconductivity, 35 years of research in low-temperature superconductor ICs quietly comes to fruition, yielding the world's fastest circuits

16 min read
Consumer ElectronicsFeature

Watching the Clocks

Setting VCR clocks automatically created a lot more problems than anyone realized

13 min read
ComputingFeature

Magnetic Storage: The Medium That Wouldn't Die

Researchers stuff more and more bits into each square centimeter of space on a magnetic disk, keeping it king of mass data storage

9 min read
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