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Cyber-physical systems

COLUMN: INIT

Cyber-physical systems

By Haining Mo, Neeti Sharad Wagle, Michael Zuba, March 2014

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Seismic activity

DEPARTMENT: Milestones

Seismic activity

By Jay Patel, March 2014

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Feeding a hungry world

SECTION: Features

Feeding a hungry world

The fusion of next generation sensors and advanced information systems, combined with advances in unmanned aircraft systems that have emerged through aerospace engineering technologies, will contribute to the challenge of feeding our future world in a sustainable manner. Without these advances, the world may find itself short of food and perhaps on the brink of global conflict.

By Wayne Woldt, Eric Frew, George Meyer, March 2014

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Journalism with flying robots

Journalism with flying robots

The use of unmanned aerial drones will revolutionize news reporting, but many issues need to be resolved before things can really take off.

By Matt Waite, March 2014

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A dexterous crabster robot explores the seafloor

A dexterous crabster robot explores the seafloor

Crabster CR200 is a giant crab robot with six legs and 30 powerful joints developed at the Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering. The robot can help explore ancient shipwrecks in areas of harsh tidal currents and turbid water, where traditional underwater vehicles have trouble operating.

By Bong-Huan Jun, Hyungwon Shim, March 2014

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Jumping into the water

Jumping into the water

How a Ph.D. graduate went from theoretical computer scientist to water-sensor analyzer.

By Amitai Armon, June 2012

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Shared values, clashing goals

Shared values, clashing goals

The difference between aggregating public data and investigative journalism.

By Sarah Cohen, December 2011

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Smarter Cities: Making societies smarter

SPECIAL SECTION: Online Features

Smarter Cities: Making societies smarter

In this article we outline the technological characteristics and features of "smart cities," describe how these are being implemented in the real-world, and explore some of the challenges these characteristics present to communications technologies.

By Peter J. McNerney, Ning Zhang, December 2011

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The networked vehicle 1.0

SECTION: Features

The networked vehicle 1.0

The electric car revolution is back in gear and ready to plug into the mass market.

By Steven Letendre, Willet Kempton, Jasna Tomić, June 2011

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Bacterial computing

Bacterial computing

Undergraduate students find that a genetically engineered machine can solve Hamiltonian Path Problems.

By Jeffrey L. Poet, A. Malcolm Campbell, Todd T. Eckdahl, Laurie J. Heyer, September 2010

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IT for synthetic biology and DNA nanotechnology

IT for synthetic biology and DNA nanotechnology

Somewhere between the studies of information technology and organic chemistry, researchers are trying to make tiny robots out of DNA molecules.

By Masami Hagiya, Fumiaki Tanaka, Ibuki Kawamata, September 2010

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