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Sharks in the E.R.
Sharklet Technologies is developing the world's first surface pattern inspired by sharkskin that repels disease.

The Potential of Offshore Wind Power
Tracy Staedter chats with Jeremy Firestone about the benefits of wind power and future climate change policy.

Ways of the Master Inventor
IBM Master Inventor Andy Stanford Clark discusses the number inventions you need to earn that title and where he gets his ideas.

Simulating Snowflakes
David Griffeath and his colleagues have developed a mathematical model that simulates the growth of snowflakes.

Moon Brick by Moon Brick
Tracy Staedter chats with Kathryn Logan, whose team is using moon dust, spaceship metal and electricity to fashion moon bricks.

Astrophysics and Airplanes
Tracy Staedter chats with Jason Steffen, an astrophysicist who came up with a better, more efficient way to board an airplane.

Wii Remote For Robots
Instead of a computer, Douglas Few has rewired a Wii controller to direct robots. Tracy Staedter gets the scoop.

Virtual Architecture
Tracy Staedter chats with Jose Kozan, who is using virtual reality to build ancient architecture.

Reconstructing JFK
Tracy Staedter chats with the man who help build dummies for the forensic tests in Discovery's "JFK: Inside the Target Car."

X-rays from Scotch Tape! Who Knew?
Tracy Staedter chats with Juan Escobar, a tribologist who is studying why Scotch tape radiates X-rays.

Solution for a Solution
Meet Philip Streich, a student who has solved the problem for unclumping notoriously clumpy nanotubes in a solution. Read the IM Interview.

Painting 3D Animations
Daniel Keefe uses computer technology to turn X rays and CT scans into 3D animations – a process he likens to making art.

Nanotubes Everywhere
Before the discovery of carbon nanotubes, Ray Baughman proposed the possibility of new and unusual forms of carbon. He chats with Tracy Staedter.

Hot Air Balloon Electrics
Tracy Staedter chats with Robert McTaggart, who analyzes how circuits behave in the upper atmosphere to understand why satellites fail.
Computerized Cloud Connects People
Federico Casalegno and his team aim to radically reinvent connections between people, information and places.

Camera Lens Works Like An Eye
John Rogers, professor of materials science and engineering, chats about bending rigid semiconductor chip materials.

Electronics Streeetch for E-Skin
Robots of the future – and electronic devices, for that matter – will be covered in electronic skin that can sense the environment. Read the IM.

Walls Made from Liquid Pixels
Carlo Ratti, director of the SENSEable City Laboratory, talks about the digitizing 3-D environments.

Finding a Face in the Crowd
Tracy Staedter chats with Rob Jenkins, University of Glasgow, about his research on face perception.

IM Users Feel Less Interrupted
R. Kelly Garrett explains how the Internet is shaping political communication.

Breath Test Finds TB
Tracy Staedter chats with Jose Trevejo, physician researcher at Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, Mass.

Solar Speed Racer
Tracy Staedter chats with Jeff Ferman, race manager for the University of Michigan's solar car, Continuum.

Remote-Control Killers
Geoffrey vonMaltzahn develops nanoparticles that team up on cancer.

Web Site Changes Lives
Matt Flannery helps connect microfinance lenders with people in developing worlds to alleviate poverty.

Upgrading Humans
Desney Tan augments humans with technology.

Robots Adapt to Change
Tracy Staedter chats with computer scientist Josh Bongard about building intelligent robots that adapt to their surroundings.

Battery Smasher
Tracy Staedter chats with Peter Roth, Sandia National Laboratory, about the technology behind better batteries.