Cover Story
The Price of Biofuels
Corn ethanol is inefficient to produce. Better biofuels are a long way from your gas tank. But do we really have any other options?
By David Rotman
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January/February 2008
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The Fleecing of the Avatars
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From the Editor
The Geography of Innovation
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Letters
Letters
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Notebooks
Cellulosic Biofuels
Second Chance for Second Life
Build from Scratch
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Forward
E-Paper, In Living Color
Wire Power
Of Hi5 and Orkut
An Eye on Despots
Brain Circuitry, Alight
Your Future, on a Chip
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Essay
“You Don’t Understand Our Audience”
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To Market
Moore's Law Hangs On
Do-It-Yourself Plug-ins
First OLED TV
Tabletop Multitouch Display
Silicon Optics
Automatic Photo Uploads
Hands-Free iPod
The Semantic Web Goes Mainstream
Pneumatic Gaming Vest
Concussion-Sensing Helmet
Single-Molecule Gene Sequencer
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Q&A
Peter Norvig
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Photo Essay
The Building, Digitally Remastered
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Reviews
The Naked Ear
Green Revolutionary
The Tipping Jar
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Hack
Bug Labs
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Demo
Tiny Living Machines
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From the Labs
Nanotechnology
Information Technology
Biotechnology
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29 Years Ago in TR
Oil Rigging Elections
