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Wind Battles Coal for access
to China's Grid
Coal interests oppose technologies and rules that would prevent
the waste of pollution-free power.
By Peter Fairley

Integrated Circuits are
for Wimps
James Newman built his own
CPU-out of 42,300 handsoldered transistors.
By stephen Cass

steM Crisis? What about
the sts Crisis?
Scientists and engineers bear
responsibility for the technical
futures they are creating.
By susan Hassler

11 The Next High-Performance
Transistor
12 The Internet of Fewer Things
14 Lidar for the Rest of Us
16 The Big Picture: Bot-Built
Superstructure on Display

21 Careers: Finding and
Retaining Minority Engineers
22 Hands On: A New Musical
Instrument Is Born
72 Past Forward: Nuking
Sandwiches, Circa 1946

04 Back Story
06 Contributors
24 Numbers Don't Lie: The Successful Failure That Is Nuclear Energy
25 Technically Speaking:
The Language of IoT

Controversy Over
Pacemaker Hack
A cybersecurity firm claims to have
hacked cardiac devices made
by St. Jude Medical to prove that
they're riddled with vulnerabilities,
and predicts that class-action
lawsuits could cost the company
US $6.4 billion. But medical device
security expert Kevin Fu says
the evidence isn't strong. See
his takedown at http://spectrum.
ieee.org/pacemaker1016

addItIONaL resOUrCes

from left: China Photos/Getty imaGes; James newman; istoCkPhoto

Tech
Insider / Webinars
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Simulation of Planar Magnetic Components-Possible or
Impossible?-4 October
Simulation of RF Interference in Electronics-13 October
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The
Institute
Available at theinstitute.ieee.org
sociaL enGineerinG Hackers don't always have to rely on their
computer skills to break into a system-some simply ask victims the right
questions to gather personal information. Researchers used this tactic to
check for security vulnerabilities in one of the largest telecommunication
companies in Croatia.
ProtectinG whistLeBLowers When software engineers find a
security flaw in a system or device, they shouldn't have to think twice about
bringing it to the developer's attention. But they often face a legal dilemma.
FiLLinG a GaP Many computer science students aren't being trained
in cybersecurity. That's why IEEE Member Roy Wattanasin helped create a
cybersecurity and policy program at Brandeis University, in Waltham, Mass.

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