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Going Rogue: A Brief History of the Computerized Dungeon Crawl

Possibly more than any other gaming system, Dungeons and Dragons influence on the developm...More

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The Tesla Almost Nobody’s Heard Of: Frank Fowle and Alternating Current Transposition

Frank Fuller Fowle, a pioneer of long-distance transmission of electric power and of telep...More

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Your Engineering Heritage: Edison, the Electrical Engineer, Spearheaded Central Station Business

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Engineering Hall of Fame: Claude Shannon & Paul Baran – Pioneers of the Internet Age

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Your Engineering Heritage: Scanners and Computer Image Processing

Modern scanners can reproduce extremely high dots per inch (DPI) copies of media in second...More

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Your Engineering Heritage: Why Was Sarnoff Allowed to Sell Stalin Television?

In June 1937, Radio Corporation of America (RCA) engineer Loren Jones arrived in Moscow to...More

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Your Engineering Heritage: Newark’s Past and Future as a High-Technology Center

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Your Engineering Heritage: Electromagnetic Quackery and Bizarre Medical Devices

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      Transcend Ordinary Writing
      
      Los Angeles, 1939 For the last several weeks, I’ve been teaching a new, never-before-offered class at the Los Angeles Public Library called “Reading to Write.” The goal is to connect people (adults) who want to write better -- at […]
      
      GenCyber Camps Aim to Get Students Excited About Cybersecurity
      
      Government agencies and colleges are working together on a couple of the nation’s big technical challenges: securing computer networks and getting kids interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). This summer, more than 100 […]
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- - - Congress Seeks to Promote U.S. Leadership in Quantum Computing
      
      On 26 June, the leaders of the key House and Senate science and technology committees announced introduction of the National Quantum Initiative Act (H.R. 6227), bi-partisan legislation designed to accelerate and coordinate U.S. public and private […]
      
      Congress Looks to Update Export Controls to Include “Emerging and Foundational Technologies”
      
      On 22 May, the Senate Banking Committee marked up and reported the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (S. 2098), a bill designed modernize and strengthen the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which […]
      
      White House Report Cites Need for Immediate Improvement in the U.S. Cybersecurity Workforce
      
      On 30 May, the White House released a report calling for immediate and sustained improvements in the country’s cybersecurity workforce. Prepared by the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security, the report was a response to the […]
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      Crossword – 18 July 2018
      
      Try your hand at our weekly engineering- and technology-themed crossword puzzles. Every Wednesday, we will post a new puzzle -- authored by renowned crossword puzzle writer Myles Mellor -- to test your skill and knowledge. Myles Mellor is […]
      
      Crossword – 11 July 2018
      
      Try your hand at our weekly engineering- and technology-themed crossword puzzles. Every Wednesday, we will post a new puzzle -- authored by renowned crossword puzzle writer Myles Mellor -- to test your skill and knowledge. Myles Mellor is one of […]
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- - - Innovation Looks Both Forward and Backward: How History Fosters Technological Progress
      
      “It is not a sudden discovery; it is an evolution. For every discovery, there is a background and there is going to be a future.” — Leslie Geddes Can an understanding of history foster innovation? Certainly many great innovators […]
      
      IEEE President’s Forum: Addressing Membership Issues Head-on
      
      Is IEEE sinking? IEEE membership in the United States has been on a declining trend for the past several years. Does this suggest that IEEE is losing its relevance? Can this trend be reversed? Volunteer leaders in Northern Colorado have stepped up […]
      
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