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style="color:#018750">Energy: </span><span class="lstngHdDate">Tue, March 09, 2010</span></div> <span class="lstngTitle">Antarctic Odyssey</span><br/> </a> <div class="lstngLink"> <span class="lstngCpyBld">Slideshow:</span> During his week in Antarctica, our reporter frolicked with Adelie penguins, visited the century-old huts of the original polar explorers, successfully completed survival training, and came upon a mummified seal in a spectacular remote valley </div> <br class="clearleft"/> </div> <div id="cntnetLstng"> <a href="/web/20100319021625/http://spectrum.ieee.org/slideshow/geek-life/tools-toys/february-2010-icandy"> <img class="fltlft" image="02W.SlideS.iCandy2010.thumbnail.jpg" src="/web/20100319021625im_/http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/1520647"/><div class="downfive"><span class="lstngHdPrp" style="color:#ce1919">Geek Life: </span><span class="lstngHdDate">Wed, February 17, 2010</span></div> <span class="lstngTitle">iCandy February 2010</span><br/> </a> <div 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Here's what he discovered about KooKoo's secret habits </div> <br class="clearleft"/> </div> <div id="cntnetLstng"> <a href="/web/20100319021625/http://spectrum.ieee.org/slideshow/geek-life/tools-toys/icandy-january-2010"> <img class="fltlft" image="01W.SlideS.iCandy.thumbnail.jpg" src="/web/20100319021625im_/http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/1497553"/><div class="downfive"><span class="lstngHdPrp" style="color:#ce1919">Geek Life: </span><span class="lstngHdDate">Tue, January 19, 2010</span></div> <span class="lstngTitle">iCandy: January 2010</span><br/> </a> <div class="lstngLink"> <span class="lstngCpyBld">Slideshow:</span> IEEE Spectrum's monthly slideshow proves that a picture is worth a thousand bytes </div> <br class="clearleft"/> </div> </div>  <div id="emailedContent"> <div id="cntnetLstng"> <a href="/web/20100319021625/http://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/consumer-electronics/audiovideo/the-tech-wizards-at-weta"> <img class="fltlft" image="3p.Avatar.thumb.jpg" src="/web/20100319021625im_/http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/1535755"/><div class="downfive"><span class="lstngHdPrp" style="color:#298180">Consumer Electronics: </span><span class="lstngHdDate">Mon, March 08, 2010</span></div> <span class="lstngTitle">The Tech Wizards at the WETA Digital Lab in New Zealand</span><br/> </a> <div class="lstngLink"> <span class="lstngCpyBld">Podcast:</span> Creating Oscar-winning visual effects for 'Avatar': Doing what had never been done before </div> <br class="clearleft"/> </div> <div id="cntnetLstng"> <a href="/web/20100319021625/http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/innovation/patent-power-scorecards-japan-ascendant"> <img class="fltlft" image="03W.PatentScorecard.thumbnail.jpg" src="/web/20100319021625im_/http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/1540963"/><div class="downfive"><span class="lstngHdPrp" style="color:#ce1919">At Work: </span><span class="lstngHdDate">March 2010</span></div> <span class="lstngTitle">Patent Power Scorecards: Japan Ascendant</span><br/> </a> <div class="lstngLink"> <span class="lstngCpyBld">Article:</span> Japanese companies rise to the top of <i>IEEE Spectrum</i>'s Patent Power rankings thanks to shrinking U.S. innovation pipelines </div> <br class="clearleft"/> </div> <div id="cntnetLstng"> <a href="/web/20100319021625/http://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/advanced-cars/this-car-runs-on-code"> <img class="fltlft" image="softcars.jpg" src="/web/20100319021625im_/http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/65506"/><div class="downfive"><span class="lstngHdPrp" style="color:#9eba03">Green Tech: </span><span class="lstngHdDate">February 2009</span></div> <span class="lstngTitle">This Car Runs on Code</span><br/> </a> <div class="lstngLink"> <span class="lstngCpyBld">Article:</span> It takes dozens of microprocessors running 100 million lines of code to get a premium car out of the driveway, and this software is only going to get more complex </div> <br class="clearleft"/> </div> <div id="cntnetLstng"> <a href="/web/20100319021625/http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/green-tech/advanced-cars/supercritical-fuel-combustion-could-drastically-improve-efficiency"> <img class="fltlft" image="transonic_engine_thumb.png" src="/web/20100319021625im_/http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/1538357"/><div class="downfive"><span class="lstngHdPrp" style="color:#9eba03">Green Tech: </span><span class="lstngHdDate">Fri, March 12, 2010</span></div> <span class="lstngTitle">Supercritical Fuel Combustion Could Drastically Improve Efficiency</span><br/> </a> <div class="lstngLink"> <span class="lstngCpyBld">Blog Post:</span> Company claims system could get one-third better gas mileage than a Prius. </div> <br class="clearleft"/> </div> <div id="cntnetLstng"> <a href="/web/20100319021625/http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/the-electronic-display-of-the-future"> <img class="fltlft" image="display-th.jpg" src="/web/20100319021625im_/http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/1525169"/><div class="downfive"><span class="lstngHdPrp" style="color:#294e81">Computing: </span><span class="lstngHdDate">March 2010</span></div> <span class="lstngTitle">The Electronic Display of the Future</span><br/> </a> <div class="lstngLink"> <span class="lstngCpyBld">Article:</span> Kindle, iPad, Droid—these compact mobile devices are essentially all display. But the screens aren't all we'd like them to be. Yet. </div> <br class="clearleft"/> </div> </div>  <div id="commentedContent"> <div id="cntnetLstng"> <a href="/web/20100319021625/http://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/consumer-electronics/audiovideo/the-tech-wizards-at-weta"> <img class="fltlft" image="3p.Avatar.thumb.jpg" src="/web/20100319021625im_/http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/1535755"/><div class="downfive"><span class="lstngHdPrp" style="color:#298180">Consumer Electronics: </span><span class="lstngHdDate">Mon, March 08, 2010</span></div> <span class="lstngTitle">The Tech Wizards at the WETA Digital Lab in New Zealand</span><br/> </a> <div class="lstngLink"> <span class="lstngCpyBld">Podcast:</span> Creating Oscar-winning visual effects for 'Avatar': Doing what had never been done before </div> <br class="clearleft"/> </div> <div id="cntnetLstng"> <a href="/web/20100319021625/http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/green-tech/advanced-cars/supercritical-fuel-combustion-could-drastically-improve-efficiency"> <img class="fltlft" image="transonic_engine_thumb.png" src="/web/20100319021625im_/http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/1538357"/><div class="downfive"><span class="lstngHdPrp" style="color:#9eba03">Green Tech: </span><span class="lstngHdDate">Fri, March 12, 2010</span></div> <span class="lstngTitle">Supercritical Fuel Combustion Could Drastically Improve Efficiency</span><br/> </a> <div class="lstngLink"> <span class="lstngCpyBld">Blog Post:</span> Company claims system could get one-third better gas mileage than a Prius. </div> <br class="clearleft"/> </div> <div id="cntnetLstng"> <a href="/web/20100319021625/http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/fossil-fuels/natural-gas-contested-potential"> <img class="fltlft" image="DimockPicturesFromMac_006.jpg" src="/web/20100319021625im_/http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/1538691"/><div class="downfive"><span class="lstngHdPrp" style="color:#018750">Energy: </span><span class="lstngHdDate">Sat, March 13, 2010</span></div> <span class="lstngTitle">Natural Gas's Contested Potential</span><br/> </a> <div class="lstngLink"> <span class="lstngCpyBld">Blog Post:</span> Estimates of recoverable reserves are radically higher, but can the gas actually be recovered without dirtying water and air, or undermining cherished ways of life? </div> <br class="clearleft"/> </div> <div id="cntnetLstng"> <a href="/web/20100319021625/http://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/green-tech/advanced-cars/1-million-prize-for-anyone-to-prove-cause-of-toyotas-runaway-cars-"> <img class="fltlft" image="crash.gif" src="/web/20100319021625im_/http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/1532732"/><div class="downfive"><span class="lstngHdPrp" style="color:#9eba03">Green Tech: </span><span class="lstngHdDate">Wed, March 03, 2010</span></div> <span class="lstngTitle">$1 Million Prize For Anyone To Prove Cause of Toyota's Runaway Cars </span><br/> </a> <div class="lstngLink"> <span class="lstngCpyBld">Blog Post:</span> Toyota Hearings Likely To Spur Major Changes to US Auto Regulation </div> <br class="clearleft"/> </div> <div id="cntnetLstng"> <a href="/web/20100319021625/http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/the-smart-power-strip"> <img class="fltlft" image="hand01-th.jpg" src="/web/20100319021625im_/http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/1524880"/><div class="downfive"><span class="lstngHdPrp" style="color:#ce1919">Geek Life: </span><span class="lstngHdDate">March 2010</span></div> <span class="lstngTitle">The Smart Power Strip</span><br/> </a> <div class="lstngLink"> <span class="lstngCpyBld">Article:</span> A Web-enabled outlet tells you how much power an appliance is consuming and lets you turn it on and off remotely </div> <br class="clearleft"/> </div> </div> </div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> function doThis() { init(); selectMostDiv('mosttabs_rcnt', 'recentContent'); ieBrowserAd(); } window.onload = doThis; </script>   <div id="side-ad1-loader" style="display:none;"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">if (typeof 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