August 2011 to May 2012 161-170 Click any individual link
August 2011............. "NY Hornblower Hybrid Power - First by Land and Now by Sea"
September 2011 ..... "Indoor GPS is WIFISLAM"
October 2011............"This Fake Tattoo Can Monitor a Person’s Vital Signs"
November 2011........"Hi-Tech Flywheel Turns Kinetic Energy into Electricity"      
December 2011....... "Crash Survival Systems + Car to Car Communication= ..."       
January 2012............ "Cambridge Crude - The Liquid Fuel in a New Battery Architecture"         
February 2012.......... "Using Technology to Make Travel Time Fly"       
March 2012............... "Painless Dentristry"                                                                                    
April 2012................. "Waterproofing Electronics - Evolution to Revolution"                  
May 2012.................."Friction-Stir Welding"                                                                             
August 2010 to May/June 2011 151-160 Click any Individual Link
August 2010............. "The Artificial Leaf"                                                                                                  
September 2010 ..... "The Evolution of the Airplane Black Box"                                                                   
October 2010............"A Redesigned Airplane Black Box for Automobiles"                                        
November 2010........"Web Surfing - No Standard Computer Required"                                              
December 2010....... "The Convergence of Communication Technologies"   
January 2011............ "The Transition is a Flying Car"                                   
February 2011.......... "Digital Technologies Jump Start Telemedicine"        
March 2011............... "Identifying Fingerprints at a Distance"                 
April 2011................. "Internet Based Television"                           
May 2011..................."Net-Zero Buildings"                                           
August 2009 to May/June 2010 141-150 Click any individual link
August 2009............. "Turning Whiteboards into Smartboards & Notebook PC's into Tablet PC's"
September 2009 ..... "The Newest Digital Camera Features Will Surprise You"
October 2009............"Drive by Wire - The Dream Becomes an Incremental Reality"
November 2009........"Recharging Electronic Devices with Ease"
December 2009....... "A Second Chance at Sight"
January 2010............ "Television Joins the internet"
February 2010.......... "EBF3—A ‘Star Trek’-Worthy Replicator"
March 2010............... "The Emergence of the Solid State Drive"
April 2010................. "The Telephone Joins the Internet"
May 2010.................. "Concentrating Solar Power ='s Clean Inexpensive Electricity"
August 2008 to May/June 2009 131-140 Click any individual link
August 2008         - "Running on Hot Air"
September 2008 - "Re-Recording Past and New Analog Recordings into new Digital Formats"
October 2008       - "Cloth fibers that Generate Electricity"
November 2008   - "Picture this" - Digital Frame Revolution"
December 2008   - "Slacker Radio - A New Type of Radio"
January 2009       - "Monitoring How Much Electricity You Use"
February 2009     - "Self-Healing Materials"
March 2009          - "The Dynamic Tower"
April 2009             - "Building a Smart US Power Grid"
May 2009             - "3M Micro Professional Projector"
August 2007 to May/June 2008  121-130 Click any individual link
August 2007         - "Wet Electronics"
September 2007 - "Fashionable Space Travel"
October 2007       - "Sniffing Dangerous Odors"
November 2007  - "DepthX"
December 2007  - "Empowering Children"
January 2008       - "Directed Evolution"
February 2008     - "Running in Place Against the Wind"
March 2008          - "OLED & Laser TV "Two New Picture-Perfect TV Technologies"
April 2008             - "Seeing Beyond Gasoline Powered Vehicles" - The All Electric Tesla Roadster"
May 2008              - "Converting Garbage into biofuel"
August 2006 to May/June 2007 111-120 Click any individual link
August 2006         - " Water Everywhere - But Not a Drop You Want to Drink"
September 2006 - "Holographic Memory"
October 2006      - "Cellular Aluminum"
November 2006  - "It's All about Image"
December 2006 -  "Time and Place Shifting TV"
January 2007      - "Fuel Cell Vehicles"
February 2007    - "A New Construction Paradigm"
March 2007         - "Hydrogen Refueling Stations"
April 2007            - "The Robotic Parking Garage"
May/June 2007    - "Preventing Mad Cow Disease"
August 2005 to May/June 2006 101-110 Click any individual link
August 2005         - " Ceramicrete and Grancrete"
September 2005 -  " The SHIFT Bike"
October 2005      - "Stereographic Video-without the glasses"
November 2005   - "Refocusing Photography"
December 2005  - "The Airbus A380"
January 2006       -  "Tamper-Resistant Embedded Controllers"
February 2006     -  "From Printed Books to Digital Searchable File"
March 2006          - "Video Production"
April 2006             - "Saving Energy One Light Bulb at a Time"
May/June 2006   - " Transparent Electronics"
August 2004 to May/June 2005 91-100 Click any individual link
August 2004           -  "A New Digital Experience"
September 2004    -  "Hypersonic Flight - Traveling Faster than a Speeding Bullet"
October 2004         -  "The Ceramic Camera lens"
November 2004     -   "Operation Safe Commerce"
December 2004    -   "Data Mining the Airwaves"
January 2005         -   " Artificial Muscles"
February 2005       -   "Air Hollywood"
March 2005           -  "PolyHeme: The New Universal Blood Substitute"
April 2005               -   "Heart to Heart"
May/June 2005      -    "The Tweel Tire/Wheel"
August 2003 to May/June 2004 81-90 Click any individual link
August 2003           - "Dynamic Digital Printing"
September 2003    - "A One-Wheeled Motorcycle"
October 2003         - "Color Printers: The Next Generation"
November 2003     - "Instant DVD"
December 2003    - "Intelligent Robots"
January 2004         - "Radio Frequency Identification Tags (RFITs)"
February 2004       - "The Foveon X3 Chip = Digital Film
March 2004            - "Improving Homeland Security"
April 2004               - "The Falkirk Wheel"
May/June 2004      - "Guardian Fish"
August 2002 to May/June 2003 71-80 Click any individual link
August 2002        - "Flexible TFT Screens"
September 2002 - "Satellite Radio"
October 2002       - "The Personal Video Player (PVP)"
November 2002   - "Parachute Away"
December 2002 -  "3D Video Cruising"
January 2003       -  "The Jet Train"
February 2003     - "Deactivating Blood Pathogens"
March 2003          -  "The Universal Translator"
April 2003             - "METEC's Financially Sustainable Recycling"
May/June 2003     - "Polymeric Polyurethane Bridges"
August 2001 to May/June 2002 61-70 Click any individual link
August 2001          - "Bioprocessing Corn into Plastics”
September 2001 - "A Green Internal Combustion Engine”
October 2001        - "The Pocket-Sized Fuel Cell”
November 2001    - "The PDA Revolution”
December 2001    - “The Gateshead Millennium Bridge”
January 2002         - “Safer Skies”
February 2002       - “The Personal Airbag”
March 2002            - "The Egg Lens”
April 2002               - "Thums”
May/June 2002     - "NDE Corrosion Detection”
August 2000 to May/June 2001 51-60 Click any individual link
August 2000         - "Show-Stopping Video Recorders"
September 2000     -"Retractable Hardtops"
October 2000     - "Forever Light"
November 2000 - "Zero Pollution"
December 2000  -"Bridges that Rock and Roll"
January 2001     - “Smart Windows”
February 2001     - “Insulated Concrete Construction”
March 2001          - “Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays”
April 2001          - "Bionic Eye"
May/June 2001     - "Unhinged Ship"
August 1999 to May/June 2000 41-50 Click any individual link
August 1999            - “HDTV”
September 1999     - "Clean, Mean, Driving Machine"
October 1999           - “LifeGuard”
November 1999       - “Robotic Personal Assistants”
December 1999       - “Purifying Water by the Glassful”
January 2000            - “Back From Extinction”
February 2000          - “SuperDisk Technology”
March 2000               - "Microflex Technology"
April 2000                  - "E Cinema"
May/June 2000         - "Food for Thought"
August 1998 to May/June 1999 31-40 Click any individual link
August 1998         - “The Virtual Retinal Display”
September 1998 - “Building the C5 Vette Using Water and Balsa Wood”
October 1998        - “Electricity from the Sea"
November 1998    - “Rapid Protyping & Manufacturing”
December 1998   - “Your Personal ATM”
January 1999         - “A Bridge Over Troubled Water”
February 1999       - “ "Auto Night Vision”
March 1999            - “The Seiko MessageWatch”
April 1999              - “The Iridium World Phone”
May/June 1999      - “Structural Polymers”
August 1997 to May/June 1998 21-30 Click any individual link
August 1997          “The Communication Revolution”
September 1997 “An Ace Bandage for Bridges”
October 1997       “Prowling in an Aluminum Automobile"
November 1997   “Electronic Frisking”
December 1997   “Feeling with Artificial Limbs”
January 1998      "Speed-Up for the 21st Century - The Yamanashi Maglev Test Line”
February 1998     “Look Who's Pumping My Gas”
March 1998          “Eye Dentification”
April 1998             “Re-Engineering Schooling”
May/June 1998      “Anti-Gravity”
August 1996 to May/June 1997 11-20 Click any individual link
August 1996           “The Ekranoplan”
September 1996   “The EV's are Coming”
October 1996 -       “Robodoc”
November 1996     “Digital Money”
December 1996     “Reading, Writing, and CD-R”
January 1997         “Smart Buildings”
February 1997        “Geothermal Heating and Cooling”
March 1997            “Ten Billionths of a Second”
April 1997               “Photographic Developments”
May/June 1997       “Robotic Driving Machines”
August 1995 to May/June 1996 1-10 Click any individual link
August 1995             ”Birth of a Spaceship DC-X"
September 1995     “The Yamato 1"                             
October 1995           “Designing and Building Today's Computer Processing Chips”
November 1995      “Noise + Anti-noise = Silence”
December 1995       “US Money Goes High Tech”
January 1996           “The Boeing 777”
February 1996          “Lite Chocolate”
March 1996               “Virtual Reality Under the Medical Microscope”
April 1996                  “Machine Control by Mental Imaging”
May/June 1996         “Eye Optical Control”
August 2012 to May 2013 171-180 Click any individual link
August 2012............. "Reactive Protective Technology"
September 2012 ..... "Generating Electricity From Drinking Water"
October 2012............"The Curiosity Martian Landing"
November 2012........"Bioengineering the Mosquito Bite"  
December 2012....... "Goodyear's Self-Inflating Tire"     
January 2013............ "Don't be Powerless During a Blackout"        
February 2013.......... " Baxter the Unconventional Robot"  
March 2013............... " Advances in Remote Keyless Entry"                                                  "
April 2013................. " The Universal Translator Telephone"              
May 2013.................."  Reversing the Vulcanization Process"                                                                          
August 2013 to May 2014 181-190 Click any individual link
August 2013............. "The Paperless Office + Time = A Paperless Society?"
September 2013 ..... "3D Printing - From the Simple to the Complex" (3D on Steroids)
October 2013............"A Vertical Transportation Breakthrough"
November 2013........" The Hybrid Jet-Rocket Engine"
December 2013....... "Touching 3D Objects on a 2D Touch Screen"  
January 2014............ "New Glue Might Replace Construction Nails"       
February 2014.......... "Teaching a Bacterium to Fight Global Warming"
March 2014............... "CES-2014-Your Machines Get Personal"                                                 "
April 2014.................. "The New Smartwatch Communicator"
May 2014....................."Controlling Cybernetic Machines with the Human Mind"                                                                           
Academic Year - August 2014 to May 2015 191-200 Click any individual link
August 2014............."Japan to Build an Orbiting Electricity-Generating Station"
September 2014 ..... "Harnessing the Wind When There Is No Wind"
October 2014............ "Foiling the Counterfeiters"
November 2014........"Hydrogen: The Ultimate 21st-Century Fuel"
December 2014....... "Turning Architectual Dreams into Reality"
January 2015............ "The New Tappan Zee Bridge"
February 2015.......... "Sky-High_Elevators_Without_Cables"
March 2015............... "3D Printing is Getting Hot - CES 2015"                                               
April 2015.................. "The Hybrid Commercial Airplane"
May 2015.................... "The Laser Automobile Ignition System"                                                                         
Academic Year - September 2015 to May 2016 201-209 Click any individual link
September 2015 ..... ""Aviation Goes Hypersonic"
Ocotber 2015............ "A Hotel Staffed by Robots"
November 2015....... "Smart Kapp IQ-Local and Long Distance Collaboration"
December 2015....... "The Goodyear BHO3-A Car Tire That Generates Electricity"
January 2016........... "Yesterday’s Science Fiction-Today’s Medical Breakthrough"
February 2016.......... "A Spacesuit That Simulates Gravity"
April 2016.................. "Flying into Outer Space on Reusable Rockets"
May 2016................... "FDA Approved Clinical Trial to Reverse Blindness"                                                                       
March  2016..............."CES2016 - 360° Video Stiching Cameras"
Academic Year - September 2016 to May 2017 210-218 Click any individual link
September 2016 ..... "Using Technology to Kill Mosquitos"
Ocotber 2016............ "The Convergence of Digital and Non-Digital Technologies"
November 2016......."Destination Mars"
December 2016....... "Nano-Metallic-Gluing"
January 2017........... "Walabot Can See Into Walls"
February 2017........."Improving Surgery With 3D Printed Practice Organs"
April 2017.................. "A Virtual Reality Ride/Game with Real Jet Fighter G-Forces"
May 2017................... "Hyperloop - A New Transportation System"                                                                  
March  2017..............."Recent Material Science Breakthroughs"
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