The TR Patent Scorecard 2001
Whose patent portfolio is most potent? We rank 150 of the world´s top companies according to the quality and quantity of their patents.
MIT News: Jan/Feb 2012
TR: May 2001 PDF issue
Technology Review: May 2001
5 Patents to Watch
A handful of hot new patents that may change the way business and technology get done.
The Next Generation of Optical Fibers
Novel "photonic-band-gap materials" promise to light up the pipes of the telecom network. Their breakthrough? They carry signals through air rather than glass.
Laying Down the Law
The semiconductor pioneer and cofounder of Intel discusses his law, aliens, the environment and his new foundation to fund far-out research.
Power to the People
Declare independence from the electrical grid! Microturbines and fuel cells can generate premium juice 24/7.
The Programmable Pill
Drugs of the near future will be microdevices that search out and destroy germs without the side effects of conventional therapies.
Battle for the Unseen Computer
Over 99 percent of computers are inconspicuous: embedded in objects from toys to cars. Open-source software dukes it out with proprietary offerings to provide their operating system.
Leading Edge
Return to the Future
From the editor in chief
Prototype
Innovation News
Trailing Edge
A Very Long Distance
Mobile telephony was once considered a niche market.
Columns
Dot What?
Seven new Internet domain names now offer more cyber real estate. But is anyone buying?
Playing By Heart
We should cherish leisure technologies (think piano, not PlayStation) that are hard to learn.
TV Tomorrow
Designers of interactive television seem to inhabit a different reality than the people who care about TV.
PB&J Patent Punch-up
Someone´s managed to patent a crustless PB&J, and it ain´t Mom.
Upstream
Protein Chips
Postage-stamp-sized chips analyze thousands of protein samples fast and cheap.
Reviews
War´s Coming Digital Fog
Michael Schrage reviews Lifting the Fog of War by Bill Owens and Friendly Fire by Scott A. Snook.
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Holographic Memory
How holographic data storage works.
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