Technology Review: March/April 2006
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The Knowledge
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Biotechnology’s advance presents dark possibilities. Terrorists can develop biological weapons. Worse, the life sciences could give malefactors the ability to manipulate fundamental life processes -- and even affect human behavior.
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Features
- 10 Emerging Technologies
- This year, our list of technologies that are worth keeping an eye on is particularly wide ranging -- but all of our picks are ready to have a big impact on business, medicine and culture.
- The Fountain of Health
- Antiaging researchers aren’t likely to find ways to extend life anytime soon. But their work could provide a powerful approach to treating the many diseases of old age.
Hack
- Toyota Prius
- A look under the hood and inside the battery of the world’s best-selling gas-electric hybrid car.
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Reviews
- Cinegames
- Microsoft’s new Xbox changes the state of play.
- Confessions of a Scan Artist
- You, too, can commit your life to digital -- and throw away your paper records.
- Private Space
- Times have never been more promising for proponents of commercial spaceflight.
65 Year Ago in TR
- An Age-Old Problem
- Predictions about gerontology made almost a lifetime ago still hold true today.
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