April 2011: How It Works

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The Lost Satellite

Nearly a decade ago, NASA built an Earth-monitoring satellite that could have observed global warming in action. Then the agency stashed it in a warehouse in Maryland, where it remains to this day By Bill Donahue

Hacking the Cloud

More and more, computer data is being stored and processed on remote servers. But the price of that convenience could be a new wave of cybercrime **By Rena Marie Pacella

What’s New

  • The Goods: April 2011’s Hottest Gadgets
  • A Motion-Sensing Remote That Will Change Channel-Surfing
  • Supergonomics: A Shape-Shifting Keyboard Keeps Wrists Healthy
  • The Energy Harvesting Gadgetry Of A Ducati-Beating Superbike
  • Clever Housekeeping Tools To Save Energy And Cash
  • How It Works: A Tabletop That Sees and Responds to What’s Put On It
  • For Safety and Control, the Metal Bat Gets Reinvented

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  • Digital Maps Of Moonscape Could Reveal Safe Landing Spots And Traversable Terrain
  • Bats Out of Hell: Rescue Efforts for Some of the Smallest Victims of Australia’s Floods

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