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Dual-Degree Engineering Programs Praised For Flexibility. In an article for The Record (NJ) (1/29,), independent college counselor Audrey Kahane writes about combined 3-2 dual-degree programs for students who are interested in studying engineering as well as another discipline. Students begin their studies as normal, and after three years transfer "to an engineering school for two additional ye..

Army Scales Back Robotic Projects. The Wired (1/14, Hodge) "Danger Room" blog reports that the Army "has been seriously scaling back its modernization efforts." According to sources, this includes "canceling plans for an autonomous ground vehicle and a pilotless helicopter," both of which were products of Future Combat Systems, which was canceled last year. "The service is now focused on smalle..

Toyota Developing Night Vision System Based On Insects. Popular Science (1/14, Hsu) reports that engineers at Toyota have developed a night vision system using a "new digital image-processing algorithm" that "takes inspiration from nocturnal dung beetles, bees and moths that can see across a remarkable range of color, brightness and shadow." The system, which requires only "a standard digital c..

DARPA Seeks High-Res 3D Surveillance Technology. Popular Science (1/12, Hsu) reports, DARPA has issued a proposal for "Fine Detail Optical Surveillance (FDOS) technology," which would offer "ultra high-resolution 3D images for rapid, in-field identification of a diverse set of targets." Noting that "the proposal translates the usual needle-in-a-haystack saying into amazing literal bureaucratese..

Google's Nexus One Seen As Boosting Competition In Smartphone Market. The New York Times (1/6, B8, Helft) reports Google introduced Tuesday "a new touch-screen handset called Nexus One that is widely seen as a rival to Apple's iPhone," stepping "up its attack on the smartphone market." Google "said that it would sell the Nexus One, which it called a superphone, exclusively through a new online ..

New Helmet Designed To Reduce Neck Injury. Technology Review (1/6, Gravitz) reports, Researchers at the University of British Columbia are developing a helmet "that could protect the spine during a head-on collision." The helmet utilizes "an outer shell that looks like most helmets on the market today, a rotating inner shell that hugs the head, and a mechanism that connects the two." The design..

Northrop Grumman To Move Headquarters From Los Angeles To DC Area. The Washington Post (1/5, A1, Hedgpeth, Heath) reports, "Giant defense contractor Northrop Grumman said Monday that it plans to move its corporate headquarters from Los Angeles to the Washington area by 2011." The Post adds, "Defense industry experts say Northrop's move is a sign that contractors are fearing shrinking budgets fr..

Cloud Computing Said To Offer Businesses A Pay For Use Model. The Worcester Business Journal (1/4, Butler) reports on cloud computing, which "business and IT executives" are said to believe is "the wave of the future," citing "a recent study by Framingham-based GlassHouse Technologies [that] found that 60 percent of IT executives plan to implement cloud technologies in the next year." Of course..

Robotic Fish Could Help Monitor Water Conditions, Pollutants. The Lansing (MI) State Journal (12/26, Bansil) reported on NEMO (Navigating EAP-Controlled Module with Onboard Resources), a robotic fish developed by Michigan State University researchers "to monitor water temperature, oxygen levels, invasive populations and pollutants." The device could help give researchers a more "accurate pictur..

Military Working To Encrypt Video Feeds From UAVs. The Washington Post (12/19, A10, Nakashima) reported that the Air Force said Friday that it would be "at least until 2014" before the military is able to encrypt video feeds from its unmanned drones. The Post added, however, that the existing drone fleet will not be retrofit when the military obtains the encryption capability. The Army also use..

Nanoparticle Developed To Locate, Destroy Cancer Cells. Popular Science (12/15, Dillow) reports, "Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine" have been developing "a single nanoparticle that can seek out cancer cells, tag them with fluorescent dye, and kill them, all while physicians look on via real-time MRI tracking." The treatment combines several factors, using nanoshells..

Naval Research Lab Says Hydrogen-Powered UAV Flew For Over 26 Hours. Cleantech (12/1, Sibley) reports that, according to the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, "an unmanned air vehicle (UAV)" named Ion Tiger, "which runs on hydrogen-powered fuel cells, recently set an unofficial flight endurance record-taking to the sky for 26 hours and one minute." The vehicle has "the ability to carry a four- to..

New Batteries Made From Paper, Nanotube Ink. In a story on the New York Times (12/9, Mandel) website Greenwire reports, "Ordinary office paper coated with an inky layer of carbon nanotubes or nanowires can make a lightweight, flexible and highly conductive battery or superconductor, according to Stanford University researchers." The researchers "had previously experimented with making batteries..

Nanotech Cocktail Could Halt Spread Of Cancer Cells. The Arkansas Democrat Gazette (11/29, Dungan) reported that "researchers at the state's medical school and its land-grant university have discovered a way to magnetically trap tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream," findings that "might ultimately stop cancer's deadly metastasis and improve early diagnosis of the disease in its various f..

Robotic Arm Opens Doors For Wheelchair Users. Popular Science (11/25, Fox) reports that robotics engineer Erin Rapacki, "continuing a student project she began at University of Massachusetts, Lowell...has created a cheap robot arm that can serve as a door-opening assistant to wheelchair bound humans, or as the primary arm for mobile robots. The trick was finding the right material for the finge..

Los Alamos National Laboratory Fined Nearly $1 Million By New Mexico. The AP (11/24) reports that the New Mexico Environment Department announced Monday it "has fined Los Alamos National Laboratory nearly $1 million for failing to monitor nearby groundwater and surface water for pollution." The state's Environment Secretary Ron Curry says that "reliable monitoring is needed to determine whether..

New Method Developed For Making Nanotube Transistor Arrays. Technology Review (11/23) reports that "researchers at the University of Southern California have demonstrated large, functional arrays of transistors made using simple methods from batches of carbon nanotubes that are relatively impure." The USC engineers have developed a method for creating "large arrays of carbon nanotube transistor..

More Americans Looking Overseas For Jobs. USA Today (11/16, Davidson) reports, with the US unemployment numbers "at a 26-year-high of 10.2%, more Americans are hunting for, and landing, work overseas, according to staffing companies and executive search firms." According to "Jeff Joerres, CEO of Manpower, the No. 1 U.S. staffing company...about 500 clients are seeking jobs abroad, up from a few..

Academic Supercomputer Named Fastest In World. The AP (11/17, Mansfield) reports, "At least for the moment, the world's fastest supercomputer is devoted to solving scientific questions that may save the planet - climate change, renewable energy, new medicines - rather than advances in nuclear weapons that might blow it up." The recently upgraded Jaguar XT5 computer at the Oak Ridge National Lab..

Wright State, Wright-Patterson AFB Partner For New Innovation Center. The Dayton Daily News (11/17), Larsen reports, "Wright State University will partner with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to help to make Dayton the world's center for human-centered innovation and research." The partnership yesterday "announced the university's designation as an Ohio Center of Excellence in Human-Centered In..