June 2006 Feature Articles

Learning From Failure

When success becomes too much of a good thing

The Web, Take Two

Please God, just one more bubble!—Silicon Valley bumper sticker

Cheap Chips for Next Wireless Frontier

Silicon in 60-GHz band promises speedy downloads

Making Committees Work

How to get things done—and enhance your career

Software Development: Game Over?

Gone Swimmin'

An amphibious robot explores aquatic environments and could help save coral reefs, too

Troubled Weather Satellite Program

Delays in critically needed polar instruments could affect all of U.S. environmental monitoring

Moore's Law Meets Its Match

By 2010, the "More Than Moore's Law" movement—which focuses on system integration rather than transistor density—will lead to revolutionary megafunction electronics

Sneak Peek At Cellphone Future

DoCoMo demonstrates wireless transmission at 2.5 gigabits per second

Podcast Picks

Four (Million) Eyes

Q&A With: Jack Hidary

A founder of two successful Internet start-ups spoke with Spectrum Online about today's entrepreneurial environment, Net technology, and being your own boss

Beating the Crunch

The Internet Protocol, the basic building block of our online world, needs an overhaul

Taking Wind Mainstream

Given wind's intermittency, can the power grid handle much larger amounts of variable generation?

Portrait of a Special Effects Whiz

Our Science of Hollywood columnist profiles Allen Hemberger, who's worked as technical director on the Oscar-winning team of Peter Jackson's King Kong

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Securing the World Cup

At the FIFA world championships, those responsible for ensuring the public's safety will have a few high-tech tricks up their sleeves.