Technology Review: January/February 1999
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Programs to the People
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Could an insurgent band of programmers, motivated not by profit but by the ideal of "free software," undermine Microsoft´s control of the computer desktop?
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Features
- Software´s Ultimate Sandbox
- It´s put-up time at Microsoft Research. Seven years after its founding, the lab has yet to make any real breakthroughs. Can a company built on others´ creations start innovating?
- Missionaries to Mars
- They convened in the mountains, formed a new society, and signed their declaration. Meet the folks who want us to go to Mars.
- The Tide of Prints
- The FBI has struggled for decades to automate its vast and cumbersome collection of fingerprints. A new system is set to come online in July...but it could be obsolete even before it´s introduced.
- Displaying a Winning Glow
- Plastics that emit light could revolutionize everything from wristwatch displays to TV screens. Armed with patents and scientific prowess, a British startup is leading the charge.
- Ideas Are Like Children
- They used to call him crazy. Now they call him smart. Chemical engineer Robert Langer crafts cures from plastic.
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Columns
- The Rich People´s Computer?
- Computers threaten to widen the gap between the rich and poor. It´s in everyone´s interest to narrow it.
- Science Triumphs, Market Fails
- A new vaccine will guard American children agains rotavirus. But much of the world will be unable to afford the protection. What to do?
- Avoiding Annihilation
- A prolonged economic crisis could wreck the ecology of innovation. Here are five ways to avoid annihilation during a global downturn.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology