ARE AMERICANS READY FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES?
If this is the to be the year of electronic voting, critical issues such as security, auditing, resources and computer literacy will need to be cleared up first. Many U.S. states and the federal government have proposed or enacted legislation to deal with these issues, and the IEEE is playing a central role in developing standards for potential e-voting systems, but will they be ready in time for the U.S. November elections? George Zobrist lays out the issues in the latest edition of IEEE-USA Today’s Engineer: www.todaysengineer.org/june04/e-voting.asp 14. PORTABLE EEG MONITOR APPLIES SYSTEM-IN-A-CUBE TECHNOLOGY An electroencephalogram (EEG) the size of dice records brain wave activity wirelessly, allowing doctors to monitor patient recovery remotely. The System-in-a-Chip technology, developed as part of InteruniversityMicroElectronicsCenter’s Human ++ Project, uses sensors to monitor brain, muscle and heart activity as well as temperature, pressure and humidity. An alliance with resea
