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September 2001 Issue

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Security, Fear, and National ID Cards

Our reporter demonstrates the weakness of ID cards

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News

Insight and analysis on the latest advances in technology

"Surveillance Technology: Tracking Terrorists and Protecting Public Places"

Transcript of IEEE Spectrum/ New York Academy of Sciences Press Briefing

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On the Air

Bringing broadcast back after the loss of 1 World Trade Center

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September 2001 Issue

Keeping Cars from Crashing

Adaptive cruise control is here, the first step toward systems that can help cars keep their distance on crowded highways

Security, Fear, and National ID Cards

Our reporter demonstrates the weakness of ID cards

Teaching From A Clean Slate

Ingenious new engineering programs stress teamwork, creativity, business, society

China's Big Dams

Do the huge dams solve more environmental and social problems than they create?

Mindstorms: Not Just a Kid’s Toy

Grownups are gleefully turning smart Lego bricks into autonomous gadgets

Hard Questions to Answer

In the critical few minutes after the first hijacked plane's transponder stopped sending data to air traffic controllers, what should have been done? And what was done?

"Surveillance Technology: Tracking Terrorists and Protecting Public Places"

Transcript of IEEE Spectrum/ New York Academy of Sciences Press Briefing

Thyroid-Blocking Potassium Iodide in Growing Demand

Threat of radiological attack drive desire for Cold War era treatment

News 27 September 2001

A summary of technological developments in the past week

On the Air

Bringing broadcast back after the loss of 1 World Trade Center

Loss of People, Not Data or Equipment, Felt Most Keenly

How Wall Street rebooted after the attacks

An Engineer's View of Venture Capitalists

VCs know how to deal with engineers, but engineers don't know how to deal with VCs

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September 2001 Issue

Adaptive cruise control is here, the first step toward systems that can help cars keep their distance on crowded highways

Our reporter demonstrates the weakness of ID cards

Ingenious new engineering programs stress teamwork, creativity, business, society

Do the huge dams solve more environmental and social problems than they create?

Grownups are gleefully turning smart Lego bricks into autonomous gadgets

In the critical few minutes after the first hijacked plane's transponder stopped sending data to air traffic controllers, what should have been done? And what was done?

Transcript of IEEE Spectrum/ New York Academy of Sciences Press Briefing

Threat of radiological attack drive desire for Cold War era treatment

A summary of technological developments in the past week

Bringing broadcast back after the loss of 1 World Trade Center

How Wall Street rebooted after the attacks

VCs know how to deal with engineers, but engineers don't know how to deal with VCs

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