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CES 2009: World's First 3-D Webcam

IEEE Spectrum checked out the first camera with two imagers and onboard processing that creates real-time, 800x600 red-cyan anaglyphs at 30 frames per second.

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Usability Test

Internal test of previous gen web site

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Pocket-sized projectors: CES flashback

As a preview to CES 2009, IEEE Spectrum looks back at one technology's journey from prototype to product.

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From Engineer to Chocolatier

IEEE Spectrum visits the Fancy Food Show in New York City to talk to a couple engineers who gave up technology for confections.

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Balloon Robots at SIGGRAPH Asia 2008

Balloon robots from the University of Tokyo at SIGGRAPH Asia art gallery.

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SIGGRAPH Asia: virtual history art installation

Software engineers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore created an immersive virtual reality installation of a scene from local lore about the last tiger in the country.

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6-Minute Memristor Guide

R. Stanley Williams, whose team discovered the memristor (the fourth fundamental circuit element) gives us a quick whiteboard talk about how the device works.

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Hands-On with Biscuit, the Somewhat Obedient Dog

Hasbro's US $180 animatronic dog only listens to some voice commands. For more on the review, visit http://spectrum.ieee.org/nov08/6916/5

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Playing Guitar Hero Without Hands

Scientists hope that the next generation of prosthetic arms will be controlled by electrical signals from residual muscles. Training a computer to recognize the right commands, however, can be a repetitive, tedious, and demoralizing task for amputees. Thats why researchers have developed Air Guitar Hero—its a way to calibrate the arms control system while having fun at the same time. For more information, read http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/nov08/6994

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Hologram Teleconferencing at the Army Science Conference

Highlights from the 26th annual Army Science Conference in Orlando, Florida. Here, a demonstration of Live 3D teleconferencing developd at the Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California.

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The BEAR at 26th Army Science Conference

Highlights from the Army Science Conference in Orlando, Florida, December 1-4. Vecna Technologies demonstrates the BEAR--Battlefield Extraction and Assist Robot.

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Highlights from the 26th annual Army Science Conference in Orlando, Florida

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Maker Faire: Sashimi Tabernacle Choir Art Car

It's a Volvo with more than 250 singing and dancing lobsters and fish, and was a highlight of the 2008 Maker Faire in Austin, Texas. IEEE Spectrum (www.spectrum.ieee.org) talked to co-creator Richard Carter to find out how the whole contraption works. For more, visit www.SashimiTabernacleChoir.org

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Can Synthetic Fuels Give the Air Force Energy Independence?

IEEE Spectrum (http://spectrum.ieee.org)visits an Air Force lab that is testing all sorts of jet fuel alternatives, made from coal, algae, and other sources. But true energy independence remains elusive, as many of these fuels have carbon footprints worse than conventional, kerosene-based jet fuel. To read more, check out http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/sep08/6694

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Highlights from Eyebeam: Untethered

For more info, see www.eyebeam.org.

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Geothermal Energy in the Military

Geothermal power on a NAVY base

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KOTA: When Pleo Just Isn't Big Enough

Two kid testers get a sneak peek at KOTA, Hasbro's dinosaur that you can ride (sort of-it doesn't actually go anywhere). Although it doesn't really buck or move, the kids weren't too disappointed.

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A Look Back at 20 Years of Hot Chip Conferences

This year's Hot Chip conference was the 20th time industry all-stars gathered to discuss high-performance microprocessors, and IEEE Spectrum was there to look back at two decades of predictions about the future. General-purpose graphics processing units were the big topic this year, but what seems inevitable today may seem silly in a couple of years. For more, see "Confessions of a Hot Chips n00b" (http://blogs.spectrum.ieee.org/tech_talk/2008/09/confessions_of_a_hot_chips_n00.html)

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CERN's LHC: Engineering the Big Bang

IEEE Spectrum visited CERN for one last look at the guts of the Large Hadron Collider before it was sealed up.

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The World's Oldest Phonebook

IEEE Spectrum ( spectrum.ieee.org ) visited Christie's auction house to get a look at the 1878 New Haven, Connecticut phone directory, the earliest of its kind. Hardly the antiquated paper brick we know today, the New Haven directory only had 40 pages. It contained names of individuals and businesses, but no numbers. (It also gave instructions on how to begin and end phone conversations). It turns out that some phonebooks still have some (considerable) value to them.

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