What New Economy?
"I resist the idea that there is a new economy-something that is separate and distinct from some other economy."
MIT News: Jan/Feb 2012
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Ten emerging technologies that will change the world.
"I resist the idea that there is a new economy-something that is separate and distinct from some other economy."
Two of technology´s deepest thinkers in a dialogue on the future of humanity.
New isn´t necessarily better. The attic of discarded technologies contains objects whose simplicity and elegance have never been replaced.
Historical analysis from 2020 explains how computers emerged-and then disappeared.
The dream of "ubiquitous computing" has been around for a while. Now it´s serious enough that a company like IBM is willing to throw $500 million at it.
Nanoscale machinery could deliver denser computer memories and faster heart attack diagnosis.
Drug designers will soon be able to tailor medications to the patient´s unique genetic makeup, doing more good and less harm.
From the editor in chief
Desktop printing was revolutionized by a misplaced soldering iron.
They´re not just for to-do lists: Handhelds are becoming the platform for ubiquitous computing.
Beginning to wonder were the real payoff of digital technology is? One answer: Cambodia.
The Web offers many teens a refuge. Adult attempts to make this haven "safer" will diminish its value.
Purveyors of "content" take heed: Knowledge will not remain a shrink-wrapped commodity.
Spintronics´ initial payoff could be instant-on RAM
Michael Schrage reviews A Nation Transformed by Information edited by Alfred D. Chandler Jr. and James W. Cortada and Systems, Experts and Computers edited by Agatha C. Hughes and Thomas P. Hughes
They can analyze thousands of genes at a time. Here´s how.
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