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Volume 13 * Number 1 * January/February 2015
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features
20 The Mesh-Up

60 Pushing the Limits

By Jean Verseille and Konstantin Staschus

By Wilhelm Winter, Katherine Elkington,
Gabriel Bareux, and Jan Kostevc

30 Organic Growth

75 The Proof Is in the Putting

By Thong Vu Van, Mark Norton,
Chavdar Ivanov, Marko Delimar,
Nikos Hatziargyriou, Jon Stromsather,
Antonio Iliceto, Carlos Llanos, and
Patrick Panciatici

By Miguel Lorenzo, Unai Búrdalo,
Roberto Veguillas, Anders Birke,
Olivier Despouys, Inger Pihl Byriel,
Christophe Druet, Andreas Abart,
Gareth Bissel, and María Sebastian-Viana

38 The Corridors of Power
By Gerald Sanchis, Brahim Betraoui,
Thomas Anderski, Eric Peirano, Rui Pestana,
Bernard De Clercq, Gianluigi Migliavacca,
Marc Czernie, and Mihai Paun

52 Lines of Convergence

84 Show Me!

By Jesús Varela, Lisandro J. Puglisi,
Thomas Wiedemann, Ulf Ysberg, Daniele Stein,
Zdenka Pokorna, Christophe Arnoult,
Remy Garaud-Verdier, and Lilia Consiglio

By Angelo Ferrante, Norela Constantinescu,
and Joana Abreu Jackson

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