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Low-Power Liquid Lens: By Kate Greene | 10/01/2008 | 8 Comments; An adjustable-focus lens made of two drops of water could be used in small cameras.

Tracking Laptop Thieves Safely: By Erica Naone | 09/30/2008 | 0 Comments; New software tracks a stolen laptop without tracking its owner.

Teaching Robots New Tricks: By Rachel Kremen | 09/29/2008 | 1 Comment; Robotic helicopters learn complex tricks by analyzing demos.

Counting Every Vote: By Erica Naone | 09/26/2008 | 0 Comments; California's secretary of state says open-source software is needed to safeguard electronic voting systems.

Craig Mundie's Cloud Vision: By Erica Naone | 09/25/2008 | 0 Comments; Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer discusses ways to transform personal computing.

Android Has Arrived: By Kate Greene | 09/24/2008 | 8 Comments; Google's phone has plenty of potential, but some say its mechanism for delivering applications could lead to problems.

Building a Self-Assembling Stomach-Bot: By Kristina Grifantini | 09/22/2008 | 0 Comments; Modules that self-assemble inside the stomach could perform more-sophisticated diagnosis and treatment.

A Face-Finding Search Engine: By Kate Greene | 09/17/2008 | 1 Comment; A new approach to face recognition is better at handling low-resolution video.

Turning Social Networks Against Users: By Erica Naone | 09/15/2008 | 1 Comment; Applications built on social networks may be the ideal way to distribute malicious code.

Self Surveillance: By Kate Greene | 09/10/2008 | 2 Comments; A new device tracks activity and sleep patterns 24-7.

A Model for Hurricane Evacuation: By Brittany Sauser | 09/10/2008 | 3 Comments; Software developed at MIT could save lives and money by improving hurricane planning.

A Way to Find Hidden Fingerprints: By Brittany Sauser | 09/04/2008 | 6 Comments; Scientists have developed a better way to identify fingerprints on bullets and fragments of explosives.

A Network That Builds Itself: By Michael Fitzgerald | 09/03/2008 | 2 Comments; Ad-hoc wireless networks may soon tell emergency workers how to deploy transmitters.

Google Rewires the Browser: By Kate Greene | 09/03/2008 | 10 Comments; Chrome is designed to make online applications faster, more stable, and easier to use.

A Chinese Challenge to Intel: By Kate Greene | 09/02/2008 | 24 Comments; Researchers have revealed details of China's latest homegrown microprocessor.

Moving Security to the Cloud: By Kate Greene | 08/26/2008 | 0 Comments; Combining scanning approaches could keep PCs safe from viruses.

Road Tolls Hacked: By Duncan Graham-Rowe | 08/25/2008 | 9 Comments; A researcher claims that toll transponders can be cloned, allowing drivers to pass for free.

Intel's Power Play: By Kate Greene | 08/21/2008 | 5 Comments; Details emerge of a chip design that will make computers faster without draining more power.

Spintronics Goes Organic: By Prachi Patel-Predd | 08/20/2008 | 0 Comments; Measuring spin in an organic LED is an important step toward a spintronic device.

Sept • Oct Issue
Broadening Technology's Reach: By Johnny Lee | 0 Comments; Researchers should switch from the race for the best to bringing new technologies to rest.

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An Easier Upgrade to Holographic Storage
Friday, October 10, 2008
Watch Brian Lawrence, manager of GE’s Integrated Polymer Systems Lab, in Niskayuna, NY, discuss the history of recording media. He also explains how holographic storage discs are made and how data is written to them.
(7min 48sec)

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