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The TR35

Get a preview of what the next generation of technology looks like in our annual selection of the world's top innovators under the age of 35.

A Family Mystery, Solved by a Genome

Physicians can now use DNA sequencing to uncover the causes of rare genetic disorders.
By Emily Singer

Radical Opacity

Christopher "moot" Poole created 4chan, an online community where people are free to be wrong. Now big investors want a piece of his ideas.
By Julian Dibbell

From the Editor

35 Innovators under 35

How and why we choose our young leaders.
By Jason Pontin

Graphiti

Taking Stock of the Stimulus

The technology funding in last year's Recovery Act is just beginning to reach its targets.
By Matt Mahoney

Notebooks

Finding People to Reinvent the World

Choosing startups to invest in is a hunt for people as much as technology.
By Wesley Chan

Why Privacy Is Not Dead

The way privacy is encoded into software doesn't match the way we handle it in real life.
By Danah Boyd

Communicating During a Crisis

Social software can help during a catastrophe--and after.
By David Kobia

To Market

A Charger for the Smart Grid
Low-Cost Solar

Solar cells can produce 10 times more electricity per gram of silicon thanks to this system.

Touch Screen Touch-up

These transparent conducting films make better touch screens for smart phones and tablet computers.

Designing Genes
Disposable EEG
Boss on Wheels
Body Tracker
Into the Clouds
Watch the Hand
Desktop Cancer Check

Q&A

Bill Gates

The founder of Microsoft talks energy.
By Jason Pontin

Hack

Taking Over a Car

Researchers "break in" with software and a laptop.
By Erica Naone

Photo Essay

Living Data

The three-story-high Allosphere creates unique visualizations.
By Tom Simonite

Briefing

Fuels

Even with the push for renewable energy, demand for fossil fuels is still growing.

Reviews

Cash for Infrastructure

What happens when the federal stimulus funding for energy runs out?
By David Rotman

Down the Tubes

How free streaming video threatens the porn industry.
By Scott Fayner

Demo

How to Remake Life

Venter Institute researchers have made the first viable cell with a synthetic genome.
By Katherine Bourzac

The First Viable Cell with a Synthetic Genome

38 Years Ago in TR

Sign of the Times

A year before the oil shock, a geologist wrote of the coming energy crises.
By Matt Mahoney

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