IEEE Spectrum September, 2010 - 3

volume 47 number 9 north american

9.10

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AVAilAble 10 september

Video: Office Life
Through a Robot's Eye

crASH Week IS comING

This month's cover story
describes an IEEE Spectrum
editor's experiences working
through robotic telepresence.
In a behind-the-scenes video,
see what the interactions were
like, both for the remote pilot
at home and his coworkers in
the office. Watch as the robot
attends meetings, navigates
treacherous hallways, and
makes small talk. Judge
for yourself whether robot
avatar technology is suitable
for your own job or whether
it needs a few more years
of development.

PhOtOs, ClOCkwIsE
FROm tOP: RandI
sIlbERman klEtt;
stEVEn JOhnsOn;
may tRuOng (2)

my fiRsT yEaR
WiTh sOLaR: After
installing photovoltaic
panels on his roof and
letting them run for
a year, an engineer
crunches the numbers
and discovers that solar makes good sense.

tecH iNsider WebiNArs

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check out all webinars, including these below,
at http://spectrum.ieee.org/webinar

AVAilAble 8 september

oNLINe WebINArS
& reSourceS
n 21 sEpTEmbER:

Introducing Ansoft
Designer 6.0
Sponsored by Ansys
Hall
effect measurements
for Semiconductor
and other materials
characterization
Sponsored by Keithley

n 23 sEpTEmbER:

n 30 sEpTEmbER:

the top three
prototyping challenges
in robotics
Sponsored by
National Instruments

Contains over 25%
Renewable Resources

is yOuR iphOnE dropping calls again? Did your
online banking site just go down? Are the brakes on
your neighbor's toyota a little wonky? Join contributing
editor robert N. charette and a crack team of computer
scientists and Spectrum journalists as we try to document
as many software and hardware failures as we can
during the week of 1 to 8 october. you can help by
reporting crashes via twitter and our Web site during this
unprecedented social experiment.

n White paper:
10 Ways to establish
a Strategic Advantage
in managing change
Sponsored by IBM
n White paper: Five cIo
challenges Addressed
by better change
management
Sponsored by IBM
n check out the design
resource library by maxim:
http://spectrum.ieee.
org/static/maximresource-library
n check out the design
resource library by texas
Instruments: http://
spectrum.ieee.org/static/
ti-resource-library

WhERE ThE
candidaTEs sTand
the election for 2011
Ieee president-elect is
at hand, with ballots
sent out in August. The
Institute asked candidates
Gordon W. Day [left] and
Joseph v. Lillie [right] to
weigh in on important issues.
they discussed topics such
as which technological areas
Ieee should be involved in,
ideas for boosting society
membership, and ways to
help unemployed members.

hiGh-TEch hEaLER
Sanna Gaspard is developing
a device that mimics a
manual infant massage and
might significantly influence
neonatal care. the Ieee
graduate student member's
work landed her on the list of
the u.S. National engineers
Week Foundation's New
Faces of engineering for 2010.
cOmmuniTy sERVicE
pROGRam Expands
read about the engineering
projects in community
Service (epIcS) in Ieee,
an outreach program in
which section volunteers
and Ieee student and
graduate student members
mentor high schoolers on
engineering projects that
help their communities.
epIcS is expanding to Ieee
sections around the world.

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