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rebooting the large hadron
Collider
Four fixes that will double its power.
by alexander hellemans

an elf remade
An influential 1970s micro is
repackaged for makers.
by stephen Cass

When the past is not a preview
Why the history of engineering
matters.
by g. pascal Zachary

13 AIs vs. Poker
16 Microgrids in Japan
18 Google Glass Is Dead;
Augmented Reality Lives On
20 The Big Picture

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Numbers Don't Lie
Reflections

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The
Institute
Available 6 March 2015 at theinstitute.ieee.org
thwartiNG cyberattacKs The IEEE Cybersecurity Initiative is
working on developing tools to help software engineers protect their
systems from hackers. This issue also explores the development of
secure mobile devices and apps and better training for those entering
the cybersecurity field.
a history oF hacKiNG Incidents of hacking date back more than
a century. They include hackers who disrupted a public demonstration
of Marconi's wireless telegraphy machine and another who tampered
with a Nazi computer to save the lives of Holocaust victims.
iNtroduciNG the 2015 Fellows The Institute congratulates 300
new IEEE Fellows this year. They join an elite group who have contributed
to the advancement or application of engineering, science, and technology.

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