April 2011: How It Works
Features 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 Headlines Moveable Beasts: Tracking Winged Migrations To Predict Weather, Stop Disease, and Save Species The Air Force's Space Fence System Monitors Orbital Debris To Prevent High-Speed Collisions Plastic Beads Fight Cancer By...