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Broadband for the Backwoods
Five schemes, some crazier than
others, could bring broadband to the
billions who don't have it now.
By Ariel Bleicher

Computer-Aided Golfing
The SwingTip is in the vanguard of
new sporting gadgets.
By Joshua J. romero

Spectral Lines
If the people engineering the surveillance state can stick to a few basic
rules, we'll be safe from bad actors,
the government, and each other.
By G. Pascal Zachary

Drones in the Desert
The Burning Man festival, held
annually in Nevada, is famed for its
freewheeling culture, sustained
in part by the privacy afforded by
the festival's isolated location. But
what happens when techies bring
experimental drones that could
threaten that privacy? Susan Karlin
reports from the playa.

News

13 Secret Software
14 Hydropower Is Drying Up on the
Colorado River
16 What's Next for Kepler

Resources

20 Hands On: Interfacing With OCR
22 Profile: Gonçalo Abecasis
24 Tools: Google Glass
80 Dataflow: TV audiences are
steady, but viewers are multitasking.

Opinion

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04 Back Story
06 Contributors
26 Technically Speaking

ADDiTiOnAL reSOurCeS

from left: GooGle; SwinGtip; SuSan Karlin

Webinars
& Events
Available at spectrum.ieee.org/webinar
High-Speed Serial Link: Full-Wave EM Modeling Methodology
and Measurement Correlation-1 October
Acoustics Simulation in Microphones, Mobile Devices,
and Hearing Aids-3 October
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Design and Verification for
Embedded Systems-9 October
Democratization of Embedded System Design-17 October
Electromagnetic Simulation of Composite Materials and Cable Harnesses
in Aircraft-31 October
Master Bond White PaPer LiBrary
http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/masterbond-whitepaper-library
iBM systeMs engineering resource LiBrary
http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/ibm-systems-engineering-resource-library

The
Institute
Available 7 October at theinstitute.ieee.org
ieee investigates the WeB 3.0 The next iteration of the Internet
is here. Known as the Internet of Things, it's expected to link approximately
50 billion machines and devices by 2020. IEEE is tackling the topic in 2014
with a new journal and conference.
neXt-generation BroadBand The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working
Group is pursuing a new physical layer standard that will enable cable
operators to offer an end-to-end Ethernet network capable of efficiently
supporting next-generation services.
history of raiLroad signaLs The invention of the train presented
a new challenge for engineers: How could they contact conductors when
trains traveled faster than the existing communication technology? Read
about how the telegraph and other innovations revolutionized train travel.

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