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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER2010Vol.29,No.6NOVEMBER/DECEMBER20101themagazineforhigh-techinnovatorsEditor-in-ChiefRaviM.TodiIBMMicroelectronicsStudentEditorDavidZiheTianCaseWesternReserveUniversityAssociateEditorsElizabethT.B.JohnstonDesignAlaska,Inc.StamatiosKartalopoulosUniversityofOklahomaSuzanneRivoireSonomaStateUniversityKimW.TracyNortheasternIllinoisUniversityPhilipA.WilseyUniversityofCincinnatiGeorgeW.ZobristUniversityofMissouri-RollaCraigCauserManagingEditorGeraldineKrolin-TaylorSeniorManagingEditorJanetDudarSeniorArtDirectorGailA.SchnitzerAssistantArtDirectorTheresaL.SmithProductionCoordinatorSusanSchneidermanBusinessDevelopmentManager+17325623946Fax:[phone]DawnM.MelleyEditorialDirectorPeterM.TuohyProductionDirectorFeliciaSpagnoliAdvertisingProductionManagerFranZappullaStaffDirector,PublishingOperationsRaviM.Todi,Chair(PotentialsEIC)BarryL.Shoop(MGAChair)MartinJ.Bastiaans(SACChair)CeceliaJankowski(MGAManagingDirector)EditorialBoardStaffAdvisoryCommitteeCover:RoadcourtesyofSanderLamme.Darwinchartispublicdomain.Protozoacourtesyofcohitre.com.CyborgcourtesyofMr.Sparky.TurincourtesyofRitaWisniewskiVol.29,No.63editorial3thewayahead47SACe-mail48gamesman4IEEEStudentBranchprofile:AninternationalblueprintCraigCauser7ThewayIseeit:LecturersversusresearchprofessorsNakulJainandRaymondE.Floyd9OncomputationalhumorJuliaM.TaylorandLawrenceJ.Mazlack13EvolutionofthehybridrevolutionDeanT.WisniewskiandKristenFitzpatrick16It’s60yearssince“kpbwcyxz”becamemoreinformativethan“iloveyou”AchuthsankarS.NairandArunK.S.20Developmentofaparametricloudspeaker:AnoveldirectionalsoundgenerationtechnologyChuangShiandWoon-SengGan25Technologicalprogressinhigh-voltagegas-insulatedsubstationsIbrahimA.Metwally33SignalsandSystemsIIPartVI:Vestigial-sidebandmodulationandnonintegralratechangesJeffreyO.Coleman39n-Coreencore?RaghuramanRajanarayanan42PatentsandstandardsinthetelecommunicationsindustryFernandoRamírez-MirelesContentsDepartmentsDigitalObjectIdentifier10.1109/MPOT.2010.938689Cover:RoadcourtesyofSanVNOVEMBER/DECEMBER2010Vol.29,No.62IEEEPOTENTIALSChair:MartinJ.BastiaansViceChair:DarrelChongPastChair:BabakBeheshtiRegionalStudentActivitiesCommitteeChairsJignasaRay(1)MohamedOsman(6)LiBai(2)DenardJ.Lynch(7)EricAckerman(3)EvaLang(8)DonZinger(4)MarceloPalma(9)SteveE.Watkins(5)TakaoOnoye(10)RegionalStudentRepresentativesBrianaMorey(1)JohnTorous(6)AndrewThompson(2)TBA(7)MatthewErickson(3)AmelieAnglade(8)RickCovington(4)NataliaRaposoDultra(9)AnilMehta(5)OmPerkashBatra(10)IndustryRepresentativesR.BarnettAdlerJohnPaserbaPeterT.MauzeyRaviM.TodiPrijoePhilipsKomattuChapterRepresentative:RicardoVarelaBranchChapterStudentRepresentative:PabloHerreroGOLDRepresentative:ElizabethJohnstonPotentialsEIC:RaviM.TodiPotentialsStudentEditor:DavidZiheTianRAB/SAC/SPAAChair:JohnPaserbaIEEEUSASPACChair:KristiHummelTABRepresentative:MarkHaselkornExecutiveDirector:E.JamesPrendergastHumanResources:BetsyDavis,SPHRPublications:AnthonyDurniakEducationalActivities:DouglasGorhamStandardsActivities:JudithGormanMember&GeographicActivities:CeceliaJankowskiCorporateStrategy&Communications:MatthewLoeb,CAEBusinessAdministration&ChiefFinancialOfficer:ThomasSiegertTechnicalActivities:MaryWard-CallanIEEE-USA:ChrisBrantleyIEEEprohibitsdiscrimination,harassment,andbullying.Formoreinformation,visit:CeceliaJankowskiDirector,MemberStrategy:JamesR.MoeschDirector,GeographicActivities:CherylSinauskasStaffDirector,MemberOperations:WilliamCookManager,StudentActivities:LauraJ.DurrettDirector,InformationManagement:VeraL.SharoffMember&GeographicActivitiesBoard,2010IEEEBoardofDirectors,2010PresidentandCEO:PedroA.RayPresident-Elect:MosheKamSecretary:DavidG.GreenTreasurer:PeterW.StaeckerPastPresident:JohnR.VigVicePresidentsEducationalActivities:TeofiloRamosPresident,StandardsAssoc.:W.CharltonAdamsPub.Services&Prod.:JonG.RokneMember&GeographicActivities:BarryL.ShoopPresident,IEEE-USA:GordonW.DayTechnicalActivities:HaroldL.FlescherDivisionDirectorsPeterN.Clout(IV)StephenL.Diamond(VIII)Giovanni(Nanni)DeMicheli(I)DeborahM.Cooper(V)FrederickC.Mintzer(IX)J.KeithNelson(II)JeffreyM.Voas(VI)RichardA.Volz(X)CurtisA.Siller,Jr.(III)JohnD.McDonald(VII)RegionDirectorsDonC.Bramlett(4)JozefW.Modelski(8)CharlesRubenstein(1)SandraCandyRobinson(5)TaniaL.Quiel(9)WilliamP.Walsh(2)LeonardJ.Bond(6)YongJinPark(10)LeeStogner(3)O.P.Malik(7)DirectorEmeritus:EricHerzDirectorEmeritus:TheodoreW.Hissey,Jr.RegionalDirectorsCharlesRubenstein(1)DonC.Bramlett(4)O.P.Malik(7)WilliamP.Walsh,Jr.(2)SandraCandyRobinson(5)JozefW.Modelski(8)LeeStogner(3)LeonardJ.Bond(6)TaniaL.Quiel(9)YongJinPark(10)TABRepresentatives:WilliamGrooverandMichaelR.WilliamsIEEEPotentials(ISSN0278-6648)(IEPTDF)ispublishedbimonthlybyTheInstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers,Inc.Headquartersaddress:3ParkAvenue,17thFloor,NewYork,NY10016-5997.Phone:[phone].Changeofaddressmustbereceivedbythefirstofamonthtobeeffectiveforthefollowingissue.PleasesendtoIEEEServiceCenter,CodingDept.,445HoesLane,Pisc