Cover Story
Solar-Cell Rollout
Breakthroughs in nanotech are making it possible to churn out cheap, flexible solar cells by the meter. Soon your cell phone may be powered by the sun.
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July/August 2004
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Featured Story
A Remote Control For Your Life
Japanese mobile-phone giant NTT DoCoMo is replacing house keys, credit cards, and train passes with a phone that does it all.
Charles C. Mann
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Featured Story
The World´s Tallest Building (for Now)
A look at some of the building technologies that are enabling new skyscrapers to shatter height records.
Patric Hadenius
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Featured Story
Computing Gets Physical
Gadgets that let you control computers with a wave or a nod could offer an escape from keyboards and mice.
David Kushner
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Spotting Cancer Sooner
Blood tests that detect cancer in its early stages would save countless lives. The first could arrive within a year.
Ken Garber
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Leading Edge
The Other IPO
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Letters
Letters
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Prototype
Spinning a (Silk) Yarn
Power Elbow
Desktop Dashboard
Cheaper Radio Tags
Wireless Power Booster
Hearing Steps
Car Pool Coordination
Zapping Ulcers
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Innovation News
A Picture Worth 1,000 E-Mails
Near-Term Nanotech
MEMS Blow past Air Bags
Wi-Fi Goes to Town
Fuel Cells Hit Home
Name That Money Launderer
Biotech Briefs
Infotech Briefs
Nanotech Briefs
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Trailing Edge
Radio Flyer
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Demo
Demo: Wearable Robots
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Columns
99 Percent
The Tablet PC Nonrevolution
Prepared Minds Favor Chance
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Point of Impact
Tracking Privacy
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Launch Pad
Worm Guards
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Visualize
Digital Image Sensor
