November 2005 Feature Articles

Here Comes The Wallet Phone

Japan's DoCoMo gets ready to put your money where your mouth is

My New Laptop

Holiday Gifts

Gifts and gadgets for technophiles of all ages

Fly Guys

Networking Know-How

Using online networking sites could land you your next job

Neptune Rising

The biggest undersea observatory ever conceived is taking shape off North America's Pacific coast

For Love of Money

Malicious hacking takes an ominous turn

Showing Some Class

Universities reach out to those affected by Katrina

No Place to Hide

Portable radar devices see through walls and report what's inside

Fly like a Fly

The common housefly executes exquisitely precise and complex aerobatics with less computational might than an electric toaster

Born to Run

Could an 18-year-old double amputee perched on a pair of carbon-fiber springs have an edge over able-bodied athletes? Spectrum Online asked leading experts, and the answers are as different as they are surprising.

Brothers of Invention

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