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Technology Review: September/October 2000

The Great Gene Grab

Will the frenzy of gene patenting drive innovation-or stifle medical advances?

LEDs Light the Future

Roll over, Tom Edison. Drawing on new semiconductor technology, muscular offshoots of those dainty colored dots could shine bright white light that illuminates the world.

The Case for Gene Patents

Drug development cannot thrive without them, argues the CEO of Human Genome Sciences

The Media Lab at a Crossroads

Fierce competition, radical expansion, a dubious funding model and maybe even a new director spell the end of an era. Can a trailblazing enterprise survive and thrive?

Toward Sharing the Genome

Here are five ways to achieve balance between public and private access to the human genome.

Internet Everywhere

Handheld devices are taking computers from personal to intimate. A new generation of wireless network is coming that could keep everyone connected all the time.

Who Really Invented Television?

Revisionist history says RCA, but in truth it was a Mormon farm boy named Farnsworth. His struggles presaged the battle between Bill Gates and Netscape.

Akamai´s Algorithms

Tom Leighton has the formula for going from MIT math professor to Internet gazillionaire.

Columns

Not By Reason Alone

Should we stop computer science research to prevent the evolution of intelligent machines that might someday surpass humanity? Absolutely not.

Botstein´s Caveat

Scientists have declared the human genome completely decoded. But a look back at the beginnings of their quest reveals how far we still have to go.

Digital Rules Needed

From e-tail taxes to limits on MP3, government regulation of information technologies is not only justified-it´s necessary.

Viewpoint

Art Form for the Digital Age

Video games shape our culture. It´s time we took them seriously.

Mixed Media

Roboprotest

Artists and engineers make subversive allies.

An Earthly Prequel to a Galactic Guide
Can Tech Learn to Rock?
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