February 2014: Engineering The Ideal Olympian
February 2014: Engineering The Ideal Olympian
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February 2014
Letter From The Editor
Change Is the Only Constant
Features
Engineering The Ideal Olympian
**Technology can determine who medals and who misses. Here’s how the U.S. athletes gained an edge this year. **By**** Erica Westly
- Customized Wind Tunnel For Ski Jumpers
- Real-Time Data For Going Big In The Half-Pipe
- Bobsled Built Like A Racecar
- Personalized Skeleton Sled
- A Chat With Katie Uhlaender
- The Games Of Risk
- Sochi’s Snow Strategy
- Superfast Fitted Ski Suit
- Talking With Ted Ligety
Search For Other Earths
**Astronomers have found more than 1,000 planets outside our solar system. The next step is finding one like ours. **By Katie Peek
How To Find Our Planet’s Twin
So what exactly constitutes an Earth doppelganger? By Katie Peek
The End Of Anonymity
**This year, the FBI will roll out the world’s largest database for facial recognition. So far it’s just mug shots. But what if the technology could identify anyone? **By Erik Sofge
Beyond The Boom
**One company’s business jet could usher in a new age of supersonic travel. **By Clay Dillow
The Maker King
How Autodesk CEO Carl Bass is shaping a movement—all from his home workshop. By Jacob Ward
Now
- A Motorcycle Helmet For The Digital World
- The 10 Best Things From February 2014
- How Real Is RoboCop?
- Curved Phones Are No Gimmick
- R.I.P. Captcha
- A Self-Winding Watch For The Rest Of Us
- Electrify Any Bike In An Instant
- A Transmission That Reads Roads
- Fingerprint Security Is Not The Future. And God Help Us If It Is.
Next
- 7 Out Of 10 People Will Live In Cities By 2050
- A Catalog Of Interplanetary Firsts
- Your Body Can Kill Cancer. It Just Needs Better Instructions.
- How To… Survive A Mosh Pit
- How To Ship A Whale (And Other Advice From A FedEx Guru)
- A Bird Backpack That Can Track Migrations
- 13 Things You Need To Know About Concussions
- Behold! The Car-Size, Six-Legged Crabster
- The FDA Should Stop Blocking New Treatments From Patients
Manual
- A Tranquil Transformer Built From An ’88 Ford Fiesta
- Good Idea/Bad Idea: Use A Power Drill To…
- How I Transformed Sewage Into Fresh Water
- Light Up Your Love Life With An Electric Valentine
- A Smartwatch That Tells Time With Scent
- A Box That Took Three Million Photos Of The Sky
- Aerial Drone Pilot