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big Data Comes to the Forest
When a tree falls in the forest these
days, everybody knows.
by Eliza Strickland

radon revealer
Turn an old webcam into
a radioactive-gas detector.
by ryan h. griffin

13 Accurate Quantum Computing
16 Breaking Through the BloodBrain Barrier
20 Europe's Smartphone
Supercomputer

24 Profile: Danny Jones,
Flight-Sim King
26 Cybersecurity Degree Courses
100 Dataflow: The Next 50
Years, as Envisioned by
Moviemakers

Spectral lines
On our 50th birthday, we can't resist
thinking about what the world will
look like in 50 years-just as Isaac
Asimov did the year IEEE Spectrum
was born. But can we do any better
than he did? by glenn Zorpette

Videos of the Future
Meet Chris Harrison of
Carnegie Mellon and see the
future of augmented reality;
get inside the mind of Google
Glass pioneer Thad Starner
[above]; and choose your own
questions in an interactive
video with renowned physicist
Freeman Dyson.

04 Back Story
06 Contributors
28 Technically Speaking

aDDItIoNal rESourCES

Tech
Insider / Webinars
Available at spectrum.ieee.org/webinar

The
Institute
Available 06 June at theinstitute.ieee.org

Groundbreaking Smart Polygeneration Microgrid Project:
University Campus of Savona, Italy-5 June
The Use of High Performance Computing in Multiphysics Modeling-12 June
Getting It Right the First Time: Three Ways Requirements Management Can Help
Save Time and Money-17 June

SMaRt cItIeS This special issue of The Institute focuses on projects
that are making cities smarter, more efficient, and maybe even happier.
IEEE is lending a hand through its Smart Cities initiative, in which members
work with cities such as Guadalajara, Mexico, to implement technologies
that can solve local problems.

IBM RatIonal SMaRteR PRoductS
http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/ibm-rational-smarter-products
IBM RatIonal InduStRy SolutIonS lIBRaRy
http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/ibm-rational-industry-solutions-library
WhIte PaPeRS
http://spectrum.ieee.org/whitepapers

Q&a WIth the candIdateS Frederick Mintzer and Barry Shoop, who
are vying for 2015 IEEE president-elect, answer members' questions and
share their plans for the future of the organization.
evaluatIng ReSeaRch Gianluca Setti, vice president of IEEE
Publication Services and Products, explains why IEEE has issued new
guidelines for assessing the true impact of research articles.

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