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August 2010 to May/June 2011 Goto: http:www.techtodaynews.net

August 2010............. "The Artificial Leaf"
September 2010 ..... "The Evolution of the Airplane Black Box"
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January 2011............ "
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August 2009 to May/June 2010 Goto: http:www.techtodaynews.net

August 2009............. "Turning Whiteboards into Smartboards and Notebook Computers into Tablet PC's"
September 2009 ..... "The Newest Digital Camera Features Will Surprise You"
Ocotber 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 Goto: http:www.techtodaynews.net

August 2008         - "Running on Hot Air"
September 2008  - "Re-Recording Past and New Analog Recordings into new Digital Formats"
Ocotber 2008       - "Cloth fibers that Generate Electricity"
November 2008   - "Picture this" - Digital Frame Revolution - Nov 08
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  Goto: http:www.techtodaynews.net

August 2007         - "Wet Electronics"
September 2007 - "Fashionable Space Travel"
Ocotber 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 Goto: http:www.techtodaynews.net

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 Goto: http:www.techtodaynews.net

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 Goto: http://www.techtodaynews.com/

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 Goto: http://www.techtodaynews.com/

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 Goto: http://www.techtodaynews.com/

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 Goto: http://www.techtodaynews.com/

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            - "Improving Homeland Security"
March 2002            - "The Egg Lens”
April 2002               - "Thums”
May/June 2002     - "NDE Corrosion Detection”

August 2000 to May/June 2001  Goto: http://www.techtodaynews.com/

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" (in Press)
May/June 2001     - "Unhinged Ship" (in Press)

August 1999 to May/June 2000 Goto: http://www.techtodaynews.com/YearOneToFive/

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 Goto: http://www.techtodaynews.com/YearOneToFive/

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 Goto: http://www.techtodaynews.com/YearOneToFive/

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 Goto: http://www.techtodaynews.com/YearOneToFive/

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” -In Press


August 1995 to May/June 1996 Goto: http://www.techtodaynews.com/YearOneToFive/

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”

The following Feature topics Goto: http://www.techtodaynews.com/YearOneToFive/


October 1993        "The Melting Pot of American Technology"
      Introduction to a series of columns on the multicultural roots of American technology

October 1993        "African American Inventors"
      This should serve as a jumping off point for a classroom unit and student research on the contributions of African Americans

May 1996               "Celebrating Women's Technological Contributions"
      This should serve as a jumping off point for a classroom unit and student research on the contributions of women.

May 1997               "Native Technologies of the New World"
      An overview of Native American technology with activities to share with your students