Technology Review: July/August 2000
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The Microphotonics Revolution
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Get ready for optical switching in the telecommunications network backbone, then an all-optical Internet, and finally optical integrated circuits. The amount of data we can get almost anywhere will skyrocket.
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Features
- The Next Wave of the Genomics Business
- The Human Genome Project is in the news. But entrepreneurs are already catching the next wave - 3-D protein structures. The payoff will be drug discovery at genomic speed.
- Lying With Pixels
- Seeing is no longer believing. The image you see on the evening news could well be a fake - a fabrication of fast new video-manipulation technology.
- The Real E-Books
- Forget those single-purpose e-book readers. The future of electronic publishing lies in files you can download to, view on and print out from the computer you already own.
- Riding the DNA Railroad
- The Human Genome Project is as good as done, says MIT´s Eric Lander. Now it´s time to start thinking about how the data will be used.
- From the Ivory Tower to the Bottom Line
- In the 1990s U.S. companies cut costs, jettisoned marginal efforts, bolstered internal cooperation and formed strategic alliances. Hold on to your hats - universities are set to do the same.
- The TR University Research Scorecard 2000
- We rank the top U.S. universities in their quest for intellectual property, commercial partners and profits.
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Columns
- Internationalize the Internet!
- Wanted: a new breed of dot coms to provide the "total translation" that will transform the Internet into a truly international medium.
- Pharma´s Blockbuster Habit
- Genomics will make possible the kind of customization that undermines the drug industry´s blockbuster mentality. But can Big Pharma kick the habit?
- Hungry for Biotech
- Life sciences companies say agricultural biotechnology will feed the world. So why are they standing in the way?
- Cult of the Innovator
- Innovators beware: If you want to make big bucks from technology, history teaches that it´s usually better to be a follower than a leader.
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