Technology Review Magazine Sep-Oct.2006

Contributors
8 Letters
10 From the Editor

Forward
13 An Eye on Everything
A sphere of optical fi bers could lead
to clothing that “sees.”

14 Movies That Fight Back
New technologies battle bootleggers.

15 Smart Pages
Xerox technology protects
sensitive information.

15 Ultrasonic Tourniquet
Waves to stop battlefi eld bleeding

16 The Rockets Are Coming
A fl urry of launches makes 2006
a big year for private spacecraft.

17 Ethanol vs. Biodiesel
Diesel from soybeans is the best bet.

17 Seeing Music
Software maps Chopin.

18 India’s Ten-Year Patent Drive
The West begins licensing Indianborn
inventions.

19 A Safer Stent
Device releases drugs carefully

20 Carbon Ready
Sequestration science is far ahead
of needed policy.
And more ...
Hack

22 The Hundred-Dollar Laptop
Nicholas Negroponte’s machine
has a working prototype.
By Daniel Turner
Q&A

24 Arthur Caplan
Who elected you king?
By David Ewing Duncan
Notebooks

26 The Future of Nanoelectronics
New materials will complement,
not compete with, silicon devices.
By Song Jin

26 Development Powered
by Education
Interactive tools could train
African students for the workplace.
By Matthew Herren

28 Finding Evolution’s Signatures
Scientists can decipher hidden
elements in the human genome.
By Manolis Kellis

Photo Essay
30 NASA’s New Cameras
Discovery shuttle astronauts tested
new technologies while orbiting 400
kilometers above Earth.
By Katherine Bourzac

Reviews
72 The Art of the Possible
Can Eric Bonabeau’s new Hunch
Engine expand your mind?
By Wade Roush

74 Q Is for Quixotic
Motorola decided its new Q phone
should run Windows. Big mistake.
By Simson Garfi nkel

76 Golden Gate Lark
Should San Franciscans trust Google
and their mayor to improvise the city’s
Wi-Fi network?
By Mark Williams
Demo

78 Peering into the Brain
Watching live neurons in mice, Elly
Nedivi has seen surprising growth.
By Emily Singer
From the Labs

82 Information Technology
84 Nanotechnology
86 Biotechnology
7 Years Ago in TR

88 Where Are They Now?
We got curious, so we checked in on
three of the original TR100 winners.
By Jessica B. Baker

[Only Registered users can see links . Click Here To Register...]

__________________
-
-