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October 2022 Issue

The prosthetics industry is too focused on high-tech limbs that are complicated, costly, and often impractical

The century-old quest for truly realistic sound production is finally paying off

How Kim Choong-Ki helped the nation become a semiconductor superpower

The company, says the company—but other interpretations persist

But can a fire-hose approach solve self-driving’s biggest problems?

Logs and records of its customers’ journeys fill out petabytes—and court case dockets

Mercedes-Benz’s solar-boosted R&D car bested 1,200-kilometers in May

Shady Russian activities at Ukrainian atomic energy plants and agencies risk disaster

National e-currencies aim to centralize money again

The feat brings us one step closer to fully automated surgeries

Or, why three billionaires are girding for battle over spectrum supremacy—and why it matters

Robot conclave, space-based cell tower, and more in this month’s Big Picture

Assistive technologies are often designed without involving the people these technologies are supposed to help. That needs to change.

Decarbonization is a project with no clear beginning or end

The violet ray machine’s Tesla coil could cure almost anything—supposedly

It’s easy once you figure out how to talk to its weird display

Australia’s ReefWorks brings autonomous marine systems out of the lab

Python’s still No. 1, but employers love to see SQL skills

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