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Catching a Wave, Powering an Electrical Grid?
Electrical engineer Annette von Jouanne is pioneering an ingenious way to generate clean, renewable electricity from the sea
July 2009 |
By Elizabeth Rusch
Under the Radar with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
The five-pound RQ-14A takes high-tech reconnaissance to new heights
March 2009 |
By Owen Edwards
Diamonds on Demand
Lab-grown gemstones are now practically indistinguishable from mined diamonds. Scientists and engineers see a world of possibilities
June 2008 |
By Ulrich Boser
The Shadow Knows
Why a leading expert on the history of timekeeping set out to create a sundial unlike anything the world has ever seen
January 2007 |
By Dava Sobel
Interview: Amy Smith, Inventor
Amy Smith, a practitioner of humanitarian engineering, wants to solve everyday problems for rural families in the developing world.
September 2006 |
By Amy Crawford
Peewee Power
The invention of a gas-fueled generator the size of a quarter heralds a future of ever-smaller machines
July 2002 |
By Fred Hapgood
Reaching Toward Space
His 1935 rocket was a technological tour de force, but Robert H. Goddard hid it from history.
February 2001 |
By Tom D. Crouch
Othmar Ammann's Glory
Genius, willpower and thousands of miles of steel wire went into the George Washington Bridge
October 1999 |
By Valerie Jablow
