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How Obama Really Did It

Social technology helped bring him to the brink of the presidency.
By David Talbot

35 Innovators Under 35

Technology Review presents its eighth annual list of leading young innovators.

Obama's Geek Economist

Austan Goolsbee is a new breed of economic advisor for a new kind of presidential candidate.
By Mark Williams

From the Editor

Authenticity in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility

Do social technologies make us less sincere?
By Jason Pontin

Contributors

Contributors

Notebooks

Managing Energy

We need to apply information technology to the energy grid.
By Peter L. Corsell

Broadening Technology's Reach

Researchers should switch from the race for the best to bringing new technologies to rest.
By Johnny Lee

Battling Cellulose

Insights into biomass could improve biofuel production.
By Michelle Chang

Forward

Finding the Core of the Brain

A new mapping approach identifies the hub of the human cortex.

Flawless Vote Counts

Cryptography lets voters verify ballots.

Broadband Anywhere

Sprint turns Baltimore into a giant wireless hot spot.

A Brief History of Microblogging

Twitter and its competitors have spawned an entire ecosystem.

Life Left in Light

Light microscopes make a comeback.

Solar Boom

New twists on three leading solar technologies.

Essay

"I Just Called to Say I Love You"

Cell phones, sentimentality, and the decline of public space.
By Jonathan Franzen

Q&A

Mitch Kapor

A pioneer of personal computing says the U.S. needs a CTO.
By Kate Greene

Photo Essay

Where Cell Phones Go to Die

People are recycling more mobile phones each year.
By Kate Greene

Reviews

"It's Not a Revolution if Nobody Loses"

A new age of "technological reproducibility" is here. Ugh.
By Emily Gould

Personal Genomics: Access Denied?

Even if we can't interpret the data, consumers have a right to their genomes.
By Misha Angrist

Web App Writers: Rejoice, Beware

Google's App Engine is easy to use and--at least initially--Free. Is it too good to be true?
By Erica Naone

Hack

Tesla Roadster

Electric sports car that generates buzz.
By Kevin Bullis

Demo

Intensifying the Sun

A new way to concentrate sunlight could make solar power competitive with fossil fuels.
By Kevin Bullis

Photo Gallery: How Solar Concentrators Are Made

34 Years Ago in TR

Having the President's Ear

A look back at a time when science held sway.
By Matt Mahoney

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