Digital edition: 'The day the lights went out in Japan'

3/29/2011 5:09 PM EDT

This digital issue is an extraordinary editorial and graphic achievement. It provides valuable technical information, honors the victims and those seeking to rebuild, and showcases the best in advertising creativity. Congratulations to all involved in this effort and best wishes for a successful recovery in Japan.

3/29/2011 5:53 PM EDT

I have experienced the 2001 earthqauke of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India where more then 10,000 people lost their lives. I stayed back in home for full time in this horrific earthquake as my father was not mobile.

We have very high respect for Japanese people's tenacity. We prey to God to give them more strength and wish them very fast recovery.

3/30/2011 12:01 AM EDT

The digital edition was an excellent blend of recognizing the humanistic side as well as documenting the economic and environmental impact of the recent earthquake/tsunami. EETimes, thank you for covering the aftermath with such compassion and from many angles.

3/30/2011 12:27 AM EDT

The most interesting part of this digital engineering, in addition to learning more about Japan's culture and history, is how engineers and planners are working to creatively and quickly problem solve. As the leaders of lean manufacturing, I strongly believe that Japan will continue to lead even as they recover. I completely agree with "hm" above that the world has so much respect for the Japanese people's tenacity. Their contributions to technology and every industry is valuable and I also send out continued prayers for everyone touched by the recent tragedy.

3/30/2011 12:36 AM EDT

Really the life has become too much dependent on the electricity, but what I have come to know reading this article is, Japan is being able to produce consistent electricity supply thought the country. And in case of the disaster they are backing up very fast. Great Country. Great People.

3/30/2011 1:19 PM EDT

Wow. Mainline news media has been struggling to present a coherent picture of the chaos of this series of events, but this document contains an order of magnitude more information and a balance between sensitivity for the victims and matter-of-fact analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the technical and political systems involved. It gives me faith that we all will learn from this and be stronger as a result.

Larry M.

3/31/2011 6:31 AM EDT

Really appreciate the efforts put in to help people of Japan. All our support is with them.

3/31/2011 4:24 PM EDT

Truly an outstanding piece of journalism. It's amazing that the EE Times team was able to pull together such a complete and insightful special issue so quickly.

3/31/2011 5:14 PM EDT

Perhaps you could produce a simple PDF file? Flash, aka 'PornoPlayer' is strictly forbidden in our offices - so I cannot read this.

4/1/2011 5:11 AM EDT

I absolutely hate the direct digital replica of the printed magazine. Every journal I have seen is slow to load, and is then awkward to scan, due to the mismatch in resolution between the screen and the page. I have to zoom in a bit and then scroll around, and typically an article is on more than one page, not always easy to find where it continues.

The best example of good presentation is the Economist: and email offers a menu of articles, which I can then access in a computer-friendly way and read easily.

4/1/2011 11:32 AM EDT

Rod, here's the link to pdf:
http://pages.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cmp/eetimes032811_japan/offline/cmp_eetimes032811_japan.pdf