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February 11, 2008
 We're all different on the inside, too
Using an imaging system under development by a Swedish scientist , surgeons can create and "feel" stereoscopic models of organs using a pen-like 3-D mouse. Because the organs of individuals vary so widely from person to person, haptics are becoming an important surgical tool.
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 Carbon nanotubes meet bulk processing
Naval Research Laboratory scientists have hit upon a way to produce a high yield of multi-walled carbon nanotubes without chemical vapor deposition. For the first time, inexpensive polymer resin melt processing has been used to make large chunks of them. Continue...
 Fluid dynamics software wins big at Oscars
Many of the 10 awards presented at the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards in California over the weekend were given to software innovators who have realistically simulated real fluid and gas flow on-screen.
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 GPS gives cell phones street cred
In the first test of its kind, Nokia and UC Berkeley researchers used GPS-equipped cell phones in 100 cars on I-880 in Fremont, Calif. The real-time traffic model they created was posted publicly on the Internet, yet phone users' privacy was maintained. Continue...
 Deep Impact begins alien hunt
Fresh off its close encounter with comet Tempel 1, NASA's versatile space probe is focusing its instruments on five distant stars. Using both gravity and transit information, Deep Impact may add to the more than 200 exosolar planets that have so far been found.
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'Green' extraction for one of nature's whitest minerals
Titanium dioxide is used in everything from ceramics to paint to toothpaste, typically as a whitener. But until a new technique introduced recently by British researchers, the method for making it was anything but clean.
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Leica software creates accurate topographical maps
 Leica Geosystems' new Cyclone II TOPO simplifies highly complex map created from laser scan data. Users can view, extract, and create topo maps as well as cross-section and isometric views. The CAD-like interface allows all views to be arrayed simultaneously, aiding point cloud data navigation. Continue...
Linear's μModule bridges RF and digital expertise gap
 Linear Technology's LTM9001, the first in a series of System in a Package (SiP) signal chain receiver modules, leverages Linear's microModule packaging technology. The semi-customizable IF/baseband receiver subsystem includes 16-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) sampling up to 160 Msps, an anti-aliasing filter, and fixed gain differential ADC driver.
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