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Technology Review: November 2001

The Future of TV

Coming soon to the small screen: technology that will enable you to watch anything you want, anytime, anyplace. All that´s needed is a magic box.

Adult Stem Cells

With research on embryonic stem cells mired in controversy, adult stem cells are quietly providing the basis for striking advances toward new therapies.

A Smarter Web

The Web is huge but not very smart. Computer scientists are beginning to build a "Semantic Web" that understands the meanings that underlie the tangle of information.

Information Warfare

Breaking into networks is more than a joyride-it´s the coming mission of criminals, industrial spies and terrorists. Can new security techniques stop them?

A Fuel Cell in Your Phone

Tired of short-lived batteries? Methanol-powered micro fuel cells are racing toward market, promising up to 20 hours of cell-phone talk time.

New Life for Dupont

DuPont´s energetic chairman is reinventing the nearly 200-year-old chemical company, shifting its emphasis to biology-based materials and electronic displays.

Leading Edge

MIT in Mourning

From the Editor in Chief

Insight

Rethinking the Paradigm Paradigm

The philosophers got it wrong: scientists love new ideas-if they´re right.

Trailing Edge

Drawing Optical Fibers

A college junior shed new light on a century-old problem.

Columns

Super Sync

A powerful concept known as "sync" coordinates data held in your pocket, your PC and repositories worldwide.

A Technology Corps

Efforts to find Peace Corps-like roles for technologists gain momentum.

Ratings Are Dead; Long Live Ratings

Content ratings for movies, TV shows and video games aren´t helpful. Parents need ways to apply their own values.

The Morphing Patent Problem

Absurdly broad stem cell patents are shutting down promising research.

Upstream

Self-Assembly

Devices that build themselves are key to nanotech.

Visualize

Face Recognition

A camera and algorithm know it´s you.

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