Technology Review: April 2001
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The Human Body Shop
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Recent advances in the field of "tissue engineering" are making it possible to grow spare parts on demand for the human machine. Today, a bladder; tomorrow, a heart?
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Leading Edge
- Web Press
- From the editor in chief
Trailing Edge
- Software Switch
- Erna Hoover unjammed the telephone switchboard-from her bed in the maternity ward.
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Features
- Your Genetic Destiny for Sale
- To find disease-causing genes, researchers want access to millions of personal medical records-maybe even yours. Is this necessary science or dubious profiteering?
- Population Inc.
- How do you find disease-causing genes? Kari Stefansson thinks he knows the secret.
- Helping Doctors Feel Better
- New computer simulations that re-create the sense of touch allow doctors-in-training to perform virtual procedures without risking harm to a human being´s precious skin.
- A Bright Future for Displays
- Sharp-looking screens using organic molecules promise to supplant liquid crystal displays and revolutionize the next generation of personal computers and mobile phones. Soon, you may see streaming video in the palm of your hand.
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Columns
- Remembrance of Things Past
- Data´s a bitch to archive and then you die.
- Wired Kingdom
- Frolicking with penguins on the Internet reminds us of our bond with beasts.
- Information Cosmos
- Seeking order amid informational chaos? Learn some lessons from the ancient Library of Alexandria.
- The Universal Cell Phone
- Software-based technology developed by the U.S. military could slice through the maze of conflicting standards and make it possible to use wireless devices anywhere, anytime.
- In Africa, Patents Kill
- In AIDS-stricken Africa, the enforcement of Western drug patents is a needless death sentence for millions.
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