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Kathy Pretz

IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

It focuses on increasing public awareness about technology solutions

This Community-Run Internet is Bridging the Digital Divide

The low-power open-source wireless mesh network is portable

A Note From the Editors

Trending Stories

Before Ships Used GPS, There Was the Fresnel Lens

DARPA Wants a Better, Badder Caspian Sea Monster

Practical Power Beaming Gets Real