July 2006 Feature Articles

Ring of Steel II

New York City gets set to replicate London's high-security zone

EE Salaries Up All Over

Raises are modest in the United States and Europe, big in Asia

Robots Can Ape Us, But Will They Ever Get Real?

Q&A With: Jeannette Wing

The head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon spoke with us about software engineering, education, and computational thinking.

The Indefatigable Inventor

An IEEE Fellow offers a humorous take on engineers and inventors

Tech TV

Record your favorite shows on your computer's hard disk

Famous People

Who Pays for E-Waste?

Washington state sticks manufacturers with recycling tab

Look Out, Beckham: Here Come the Robots

At the "World Cup" for robots, the talk is that one day the humans on the pitch are going to get a run for their money

Wi-Fi Nodes to Talk Amongst Themselves

A new standard for mesh technologies will lower the costs of citywide wireless networks

Metcalfe's Law is Wrong

Communications networks increase in value as they add members—but by how much? The devil is in the details

Forum: Our Readers Write

What If You Had to Build a Socially Responsible SUV?

At GM's Challenge X, turbodiesel electric hybrids running on biodiesel are par for the course. Even hydraulic hybrids and ultracapacitors don't raise eyebrows.

Microsoft and Google Vie for Virtual World Domination

Each acquires a company, hoping to add a new dimension to Internet mapping and searching)