Technology Review: January/February 2008
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The Price of Biofuels
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Corn ethanol is inefficient to produce. Better biofuels are a long way from your gas tank. But do we really have any other options?
By David Rotman
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Letters
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Features
- The Genetics of Language
- Researchers are starting to explain the genetic code that gives humans the gift of gab.
By Jon Cohen
- The Fleecing of the Avatars
- Accusations of fraud in Second Life raise a questions: can virtual environments ever become a credible center of e-commerce?
By David Talbot
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Q&A
- Peter Norvig
- Google's director of research talks about the evolution of Web search.
By Kate Greene
Reviews
- The Naked Ear
- A fully implantable hearing aid in clinical trials shows promise.
By Michael Chorost
- Green Revolutionary
- Norman Borlaug, who saved the world once already, is needed again.
By John Pollock
- The Tipping Jar
- The English band Radiohead is messing with the business of music.
By Larry Hardesty
Hack
- Bug Labs
- A new company makes a modular electronic device.
By Erica Naone
Demo
- Tiny Living Machines
- Devices made of heart tissue could screen drugs and power implantable robots.
By Kevin Bullis
29 Years Ago in TR
- Oil Rigging Elections
- Politics continue to complicate energy policy.
By Michael Patrick Gibson
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