Technology Review: June 2004
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The World's Hottest Computer Lab
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Microsoft's six-year-old Beijing lab has already paid dividends in speech recognition, graphics, wireless multimedia-and the training of future executives.
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Letters
- Letters
- Insights and opinions from our readers
Trailing Edge
- Prescient Porsche
- Ferdinand Porsche demonstrated gas-electric hybrids at the turn of the 20th century.
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Features
- Skype Beyond the Hype
- The peer-to-peer masters at Skype are offering free Internet calling and plan to make a killing at it.
- The Internet Phone Booth
- No longer just a curiosity, commercial voice over IP systems have become serious rivals to the traditional telephone network.
- Where´s the Beef from?
- Electronic and biological tracking technologies could safeguard the nation´s food, but the meat industry may be too mired in antiquated practices to buy in.
- Why I.T. Matters
- The inventor of Ethernet refutes the claim that information technology has lost its strategic value.
- The Silicon Guinea Pig
- Can silicon microchips mimic living organisms? Some researchers believe they can provide a fast, cheap way to screen thousands of drugs for toxic side effects.
Demo
- Demo: Holographic TV
- Harold Garner of the University of Texas Southwestern demonstrates his holographic projector for 3-D video displays.
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Columns
- The Cell Hijackers
- Soon, our knowledge of life processes will let us program cells as we do computers.
- Open Dating
- The open-source iCalendar standard allows people to coordinate their schedules.
- Wicked Innovation
- We can lament the mischief of hackers, thieves, and tricksters-or we can learn lessons in innovation from them.
Point of Impact
- Cargo Security
- Maritime-security expert Stephen Flynn on how to stop terrorists from targeting the nation´s cargo containers.
Launch Pad
- Born-Again Heart
- Hydra BioSciences´ drugs could rejuvenate damaged hearts by helping cardiac muscle regrow.
Visualize
- Wireless 911
- How emergency services will locate 911 callers who are using mobile phones.
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