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Editors' Picks
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Wave That Shook the World
Experts reconstruct the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in an effort to prepare for the next big one.
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Smartest Machine on Earth
Jeopardy! challenges even the best human minds. Can a computer win the game?
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Next-Generation Space Suits
Today's suits are notoriously bulky. MIT's Dava Newman is out to change that with a radical, and sleek, new design.
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Social Robots
Would you want a robotic friend who could chitchat, do chores, even take care of you? Such bots may be here soon.
Tech & Engineering in the News
Links
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Ask an Engineer
engineering.mit.edu/ask
Submit your questions to MIT engineers and browse other Q&As.
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American Society of Civil Engineers
www.asce.org
Find a troubling “report card for America’s infrastructure” and learn about the field of civil engineering.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory
www.nrel.gov
Follow projects promoting the use of clean energy technologies.
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Transportation Technology R&D Center
www.transportation.anl.gov
Information about hybrid-electric vehicles, alternative fuels, and other transportation technologies
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National Academy of Engineering
www.nae.edu
News and programs from the NAE, an organization charged with promoting the technological welfare of the U.S.
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MIT OpenCourseWare
ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from one of the world’s premier technology schools.
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Technology Review
www.technologyreview.com
Stay informed about emerging technologies and their commercial, social, and political impacts.
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Make Magazine
makezine.com
Peruse the projects of avid do-it-yourselfers and share your innovative ideas.
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Engineer Your Life
www.engineeryourlife.org
A guide to engineering careers for high school girls
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Building Big
www.pbs.org/buildingbig
Explore large structures—bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams, and tunnels—and what it takes to build them.
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Design Squad
www.pbskids.org/designsquad
Watch, play, compete, create, and educate with resources from the Emmy Award-winning series for young engineers.
Books
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The Diamond Makers
by Robert Hazen
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Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer—and the Century-long Search to Discover Its Secrets
by Jo Marchant
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Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail
by Mathys Levy and Mario Salvadori
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Made to Measure: New Materials for the 21st Century
by Philip Ball
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The New Science of Strong Materials or Why You Don't Fall through the Floor
by J. E. Gordon
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The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More
by Chris Anderson
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The Soul of a New Machine
by Tracy Kidder
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Electronic Brains: Stories from the Dawn of the Computer Age
by Mike Hally
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by Dava Sobel
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The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret
by Seth Shulman
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The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers
by Tom Standage
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Tesla: Man Out of Time
by Margaret Cheney
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The New Way Things Work
by David Macaulay