October 2005 Feature Articles

A League Of Extraordinary Women

A new program hopes to attract girls to engineering

Sins Of Transmission?

Vatican Radio's high-power antennas stand accused of causing cancer

Laissez les Bons Ingénieurs Rouler

Call Me, Ishmael

The Silicon Solution

In the future, ordinary silicon chips will move data using light rather than electrons, unleashing nearly limitless bandwidth and revolutionizing computing

The VoIP Backlash

Internet-based telephony saves consumers money by bypassing traditional carriers—but new software lets the carriers block those pennies-per-minute calls

Juice From Solar Concentrate

Interdisciplinary team in New York state devises new type of photovoltaic collector

Light From Silicon

For decades, silicon was a semiconducting dim bulb, but now we can make it into LEDs that match the best made from more exotic materials

I, Roboticist

I wanted a robot butler, so I built one

Fiber to the Brain

Polymer nanowires threaded through the bloodstream may be a practical way to enter the cranium

Exoskeletons Around the World

A photo gallery of exoskeletons and wearable robotic systems in the U.S., Europe, and Asia

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