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The Institute Seeks Members Involved in Community Projects Has your IEEE Section, Chapter, Student Branch, or Affinity Group helped support projects to improve your community? If so, The Institute would like to interview you for an upcoming article. Write to us at 6. Turning Experts into Authors Writing a book for IEEE Press brings your cutting-edge research to a large cross section of people. But, if you're unsure of yourself as a writer or with the process for getting a book published, you can get help from IEEE Press staffers who will show you what you need to know. Find out more at 7. Wi-Fi Named Top Innovative Technology Popular Mechanics magazine named IEEE Standard 802.11g (Wi-Fi) the Grand Prize Winner for Computing in its list of the top 2003 technical innovations. Read more at 8. 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