Electronic Paper Turns the Page
Guttenberg’s printing press needed paper to make a revolution just as the e-book needs e-paper.
MIT News: Jan/Feb 2012
TR: Mar 2001 PDF issue
Isolation of key genes at the heart of Alzheimer's disease has set off a frenzied race to find a drug to stop this cruel affliction in its tracks.
Guttenberg’s printing press needed paper to make a revolution just as the e-book needs e-paper.
High-tech tags are great for logistics but could become a privacy nightmare.
Nobelist Smalley explains how "carbon nanotubes" will affect everything, from living cells to electrical transmission.
Tired of sitting on the runway? UPS is testing a satellite-based data communications system that could unclog the skies.
New digital technologies could enable you to fly yourself to a community "smartport" in an idiotproof miniplane.
When an aviation expert boasted that new gear makes it possible for any 12-year-old to fly a plane, TR’s correspondent put his own son at the controls.
From the editor in chief
The first PC? Set the Wayback Machine to 1950.
A new chip helps connect coffeepots and other dumb appliances to the Net. But are we ready?
Sensors that monitor vital signs will turn our "sick-care" system into one that preserves wellness.
New filmmaking technologies and Web-based distribution of movies could turn today´s teenagers into a generation of auteurs.
Absurdly broad patents are channeling resources from innovation into lawyers´ pockets.
Computer models could revolutionize drug development.
How digital movie projectors work.
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