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David Talbot Editor

I’m MIT Technology Review’s chief correspondent, keeping an eye most often on the world of information and communication technologies—and asking my kids when I don’t understand what’s going on. Recent projects have taken me to Kenya to write about mobile-phone-based health initiatives, and Germany to explore how they’ll ramp up renewable power while closing down nuclear plants. My 2008 feature on the Obama campaign’s social-networking operation was selected for The Best Technology Writing 2009.

  • Super Soldiers

    Nano materials could provide future soldiers with super strength, protection against bioweapons and even a way to communicate covertly.

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  • Girding the Grid

    Computer models may soon protect the grid from cascading failures.

  • The Networked Car

    The key to superefficient automotive systems: software.

  • Prosody

    Computers will really understand what you say when they know how you feel when you say it.

  • A New 42-Volt Standard

    An MIT-based consortium is helping ensure that future cars have all the electrical power they need for features galore.

  • Networked Cockpit

    Boeing’s “electronic flight bag” brings more computation to the skies.

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