December 2007 Opinions

NEWS ANALYSIS

$280 Million Robot Dustup

Roomba maker accuses military contract winner of stealing trade secrets
Fueling a Robotic Arms Race

Rocket propellant to make prosthetic arms better, stronger, faster
Slower light for faster telecom networks

Promising research could yield better optical data storage

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Electric Atmosphere at Electric Vehicle Symposium

Plug-in hybrid cars definitely on the way, but what about vehicle-to-grid technology?
Automakers Big and Small Show Off Electric Cars

Spectrum takes a look at the crowd-pleasers at the Electric Vehicle Symposium
From Academic Entrepreneur to Small-Business Executive

Ansoft chairman Zoltan Cendes chats about how he turned his research on electromagnetic fields into one of the fastest growing small businesses around

The Player

An engineer reinvents herself as a video-game developer
Build Yourself An Electric Gun

Why? Because you just plug it in, aim...and fire
The Foreign Patent Money Trap

You may well need patents in many countries, but that doesn't mean you can afford them

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