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norway: europe's battery

Resources

Opinion

New high-voltage tech will give the
continent access to northern storage.
by Peter Fairley

the Wheel of excuses
An old OS plus a new Raspberry Pi is
just the ticket for a joke machine.
by stephen Cass

15 Twisted Radio
20 The Microwave Stethoscope
22 Supercomputer Cooling for
Photovoltaics
24 The Big Picture

29 Geek Life: At the New Yorker
Hotel, Joe Kinney Keeps Tesla's
Memory Alive
31 Start-ups: SolveBio
88 Dataflow: A Bloom of Spaceports

spectral lines
What is a nice magazine like
this doing in the radio business?
Expanding our reach.
by Glenn Zorpette

Spectrum.ieee.org
the tao of alcatel-lucent
Writer Douglas Coupland (coiner
of the term "Generation X") spent
months visiting Alcatel-Lucent sites,
from Bell Labs in New Jersey to new
research facilities in Shanghai. In a
"Techwise Conversations" podcast,
he talks about his quest to find out
what being a telecommunications
company really means.

04 Back Story
08 Contributors
32 Reflections

additional resourCes

Tech
Insider / Webinars
Available at spectrum.ieee.org/webinar
The Future of Smart Grid Technology: Utilizing Data to Realize
the Future Grid-4 November
3-D Printing for Machine Design-6 November
Xerox Talks Best Practices for Open-Source Governance-6 November
Efficient Simulation of Optical Devices-13 November
3-D EM Modeling of a DDR4 Memory Channel-20 November

from left: ABB; rAndi klett; Byron dAuncey

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The
Institute
Available 7 November at theinstitute.ieee.org
couNterfeitiNg iN 3-d Anyone with a 3-D printer can replicate brandname items and sell them with the help of open-source libraries that let users
download blueprints. Companies are now implementing anticounterfeiting
technologies such as quantum-dot detection and permanent ink to mark their
products with unique signatures. But will these be enough?
what to ask duriNg aN iNterview To help you get to know a
potential employer and determine whether a job is right for you, we've compiled
a list of important questions that all candidates should ask.
keePiNg the lights oN Member Tanuja Ganu grew up in a small town
near Mumbai, where power outages happen all the time. Now an engineer
with the Smarter Energy Group at IBM Research-India, she has invented a
device that can warn users when the local power grid is likely to shut down.

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