October 2003

from the editor
A Clear Vision

letters
Waterpowering The Garden
Yen's Tornado
Do Your Math
A Different Challenge
U.S. Entry Into WWII
Intelligent Evolution
It's ME, Not PE or TE

news and notes
Californians Seal Water Deal
Legal Union
Can Permafrost Give Us Gas?
Web Searchers Measure Site's Appeal in Seconds
Briefly Noted

computing
Shipbuilder Links Sites To Product Lifecycle
A Program That Plays At Many Design Stages
CAD Contributes to Quicker Takeoff
Lower Software Piracy Rates
Putting Life Into Death
Set Up for Snappier Purchase Decisions
Faster, Safer Car Seats
They Put the Bite on Mosquitoes
Teaming Up to Handle Information Overload
Briefly Noted

technology focus, part 1
Interpreting Ultrasound
Laying Down Gaskets
Where the Fringe Meets the Mainstream
Ordnance Sensing From the Air

technology focus, part 2
Wheelchair Balancing Act Gets FDA Nod
Dazed and Confused
New Steps Toward Safer Firefighting Planes
NIST Test Methods Set MEMS Standards

input/output
Special Delivery

washington window
Engineering Societies Shore Up Iraq

 


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