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Technology Review: December/January 2002

Immobots Take Control
From photocopiers to space probes, machines injected with robotic self-awareness are reliable problem solvers.
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The Whole Picture
Holography´s microscopic origins.

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Prescription RNA
RNA-based drugs offer hope for treating cancer, AIDS, and other diseases.
How You´ll Pay
Which of the competing electronic-payment devices will we choose?
R&D Scorecard 2002
Research that breaks the mold.
R&D 2002: Quantum Computing
Microsoft Research’s theoretical mathematics program breaks into a strategy to make quantum computing work.
R&D 2002: Electricity-Producing Vehicles
General Motors’ Hydronomy program research links fuel cell cars to the electric grid by 2010.
R&D 2002: Advanced Brain Imaging
Hitachi Advanced Research Labs’ brain science applications program research improves education through brain imaging.
R&D 2002: Nano Ceramics
General Electric’s nanotechnology program’s research toughens ceramics based on the microstructure of seashells.
Noise Therapy
Boston University´s James Collins uses background noise to steady the step of the elderly.

Columns

Think Outside the Mailbox
Torrents of e-mail have turned us all into file clerks. Isn´t there a better way?
Ease of Learning
An innovation isn´t any good if it´s a bad teacher.
A Dose of Common Sense
Each country´s patent and copyright laws should serve the greater good.

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Electroactive Polymers
Artificial muscles made of electroactive polymers impart lifelike movements to biomedical and robotic devices.

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