Technology Review: June 2003
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Computers That Speak Your Language
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Voice recognition that finally holds up its end of a conversation is revolutionizing customer service. Now the goal is to make natural language the way to find any type of information, anywhere.
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- Genes, Medicine, and the New Race Debate
- An international project to map genetic differences between population groups could be an invaluable resource for treating human disease. But will it perpetuate ethnic stereotypes?
- Essay: You Bought It. Who Controls It?
- Technology makers are tamperproofing products to make them secure and prevent pirating-and are stifling innovation in the process.
- Pinpoint Weather
- Cheap computer power and high-tech observation systems mean precise forecasts, offering consumers personalized reports and saving weather-sensitive businesses millions.
- The Deceit Detector
- University of Pennsylvania biophysicist Britton Chance demonstrates the latest in lie detection technology.
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