October 2004 Feature Articles

Half-Speed Ahead

Author Carl Honor chronicles slowing societies

Energy Tangle In China

Rolling blackouts tie production in knots

Chip Shots

Implanted semiconductors will allow drugs to be delivered exactly when and where they are needed

The Perils of Polling

Electronic voting may avert a repeat of the 2000 Florida debacle, but it also creates new problems

Electrical Fuse Lets Chips Heal Themselves

IBM engineers turn a fault into a feature

Why So Few Women, Still?

Engineering's image problem is driving down enrollments

CERN Turns 50

Five decades of breakthroughs, from the W particle to the World Wide Web

East Asia Rising

China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are drawing together and gaining ground fast, but at what cost to the rest of the world?

A Brand-Name Generic

A UK company has a smarter way to commercialize R and D

Carbon Pillars Power Microbatteries

California researchers close in on chip-scale energy

X Prize Upate: SpaceShipOne Takes the Gold

US $10 million Ansari X Prize goes to Mojave team

Beyond the X Prize

Winner already working on tourist spacecraft; contest for orbital flight rumored

Et Tu, E-Voting?

Silicon Carbide Circuits on the Way

Silicon's tougher cousin will have applications in high-power and high-frequency devices

World Cyber Games Finals

U.S. team beats legendary geeks from 58 other countries in computer and video game Championships

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