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Electrifying Formula One
Formula E cars will have the best
EV tech around. Will it be enough?
By Lucas Laursen

Secret Surfing
Create a Wi‑Fi access point with
built‑in anonymity software.
By Stephen Cass

Spectral Lines
Free flow of STEM labor around the
world is the wave of the future.
By G. Pascal Zachary

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20 Geek Life: Rent a Satellite
22 Start‑ups: Shapeways offers
3-D printing for consumers
23 Q&A: Chenyang Lu
84 Dataflow: Fukushima's
Fossil Fallout

04 Back Story
06 Contributors
24 Reflections

Who's Who in Bitcoin
These are interesting times
for Bitcoin. The original idea
was for an online currency that
would be accessible to all and as
anonymous as cash. But Bitcoin
is now facing a different reality.
Morgen Peck interviews the
people behind its evolution.

News

Super MRI Under Construction
Software Speeds CPU Memory
Data for the 31st Century
The Big Picture

Resources

Opinion

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Automated Design Testing Procedures Using Software
Simulation Tools-5 November
Wireless Power Transfer and Microwave Energy Harvesting-7 November
EMC Simulation in the Design Flow of Modern Electronics-14 November
Traveling Wave Tube Design With Simulation-21 November
New Product release library
http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/new‑product‑release‑library
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

uNcoveriNg oceaN Mysteries Learn about the
contributions made to oceanography by the many incarnations of
England's Royal Research Ship Discovery, the first of which set sail
in 1901.
history of the MagNetic coMPass The IEEE History
Center traces the origin of the instrument that helped seafarers
transport goods, explore new territory, and navigate the world's oceans.
trauMa alert Roozbeh Ghaffari, an IEEE member, helped
develop the CheckLight, a cap for athletes to wear under their helmets to
detect serious head injuries. The product is now sold in Reebok stores.

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