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The Science in Science Fiction’s Artificial Men
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by Dr. Dawn MacIsaac and Dr. Kevin B. Englehart
This article describes the work and progress bioengineers are striving to accomplish in the study and production of electronically powered artificial limbs, noting that Luke Skywalker’s functional artificial hand could be a near future reality. |
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A Brighter Future From Gallium Nitride Nanowires
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by Dr. Kris A. Bertness, Dr. Norman A. Sanford, and Dr. Albert V. Davydov
This article focuses on what makes nitride semiconductor nanowires unique as technological materials, and how these differences could be exploited as the field matures. |
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Leadership, The Final Frontier: Lessons From the Captains of Star Trek
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by Paul Kimmerly and David R. Webb
Leadership, the final frontier. The authors look at the advantages and disadvantages in the approaches used by each Star Trek captain and how managers can use the lessons taught by the captains. |
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Software Engineering Technology |
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Ten Lessons Learned: Data Warehouse Development Project, California Department of Fish and Game
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by Crilly Butler, Jr.
This article describes how a highly successful data warehouse project has resolved the California Department of Fish and Game’s struggle to assemble their abundance of data into a coherent and meaningful representation of its core business. |
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A System View of Merging Software and Hardware
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by Mike McNair
This article presents six observations and recommendations to make the effort of merging hardware and software a successful one. |
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A Gentle Introduction to Object-Oriented Software Principles
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by Maj. Christopher Bohn, Ph.D., and John Reisner
This article helps software professionals find the answer to the question, just what is this object-oriented paradigm? |
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All We Need to Know About Software Project Management, We Can Learn From Watching Star Trek
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by David R. Webb
This tongue-in-cheek article transports software engineers from the planning room to the Star Trek Bridge, placing software engineering teams in the shoes of the Star Trek Bridge Crew. |
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What Science Fiction Authors Got Wrong, and Why We Are Better Off For It
by Maj Christopher Bohn, Ph.D.
Computers are commonplace today, and they have changed much of the way we go about our lives, saving time and money. Surprisingly, as much as classical science fiction authors were visionaries, they did not foresee the arrival of the digital computer and its influence on modern life. |
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