Technology Review: November 2001
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The Future of TV
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Coming soon to the small screen: technology that will enable you to watch anything you want, anytime, anyplace. All that´s needed is a magic box.
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Features
- Adult Stem Cells
- With research on embryonic stem cells mired in controversy, adult stem cells are quietly providing the basis for striking advances toward new therapies.
- A Smarter Web
- The Web is huge but not very smart. Computer scientists are beginning to build a "Semantic Web" that understands the meanings that underlie the tangle of information.
- Information Warfare
- Breaking into networks is more than a joyride-it´s the coming mission of criminals, industrial spies and terrorists. Can new security techniques stop them?
- A Fuel Cell in Your Phone
- Tired of short-lived batteries? Methanol-powered micro fuel cells are racing toward market, promising up to 20 hours of cell-phone talk time.
- New Life for Dupont
- DuPont´s energetic chairman is reinventing the nearly 200-year-old chemical company, shifting its emphasis to biology-based materials and electronic displays.
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Columns
- Super Sync
- A powerful concept known as "sync" coordinates data held in your pocket, your PC and repositories worldwide.
- A Technology Corps
- Efforts to find Peace Corps-like roles for technologists gain momentum.
- Ratings Are Dead; Long Live Ratings
- Content ratings for movies, TV shows and video games aren´t helpful. Parents need ways to apply their own values.
- The Morphing Patent Problem
- Absurdly broad stem cell patents are shutting down promising research.
Upstream
- Self-Assembly
- Devices that build themselves are key to nanotech.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology