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Technology Review: October 2003

TR100/2003

Technology Review presents our third class of 100 innovators 35 or younger whose technologies are poised to make a dramatic impact on our world. We report on the changes afoot in four major disciplines.

The Internet Reborn

A grass-roots group of leading computer scientists, backed by Intel and other heavyweight industrial sponsors, is working on replacing today´s Internet with a faster, more secure, and vastly smarter network: PlanetLab.

Revitalizing Drug Discovery

Hoping to squeeze more products out of a sputtering drug pipeline, pharmaceutical makers are Aiming to exploit advances in molecular biology. That means changing everything from their corporate cultures to the nature of their university collaborations.

GE Finds Its Inner Edison

Jeffrey Immelt, a former salesman now chairman and CEO of General Electric, tells why he has a "hot button" on technological innovation-and why he´s beefing up R&D in nanotechnology, molecular imaging, hydrogen power, and more.

Ten Technologies That Deserve to Die

Some technologies are so blatantly obnoxious that the human race would rejoice if they were summarily executed. A humorist and science fiction writer offers some candidates.

Leading Edge

TR Enhanced

From the Editor in Chief

Letters

Letters

Insights and opinions from our readers

Prototype

Prototype

Straight from the lab: technology´s first draft

Trailing Edge

Simple Screening

How a Greek doctor accidentally discovered one of the most effective cancer-screening tests.

Columns

Slaying the Paper Dragon

Creating a vast personal digital archive to replace paper files is actually practical…almost.

Letting Buyers Sell Themselves

Customers want the opportunity to convince themselves that new products are indispensable.

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