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Feel the Pressure

Reading Smoke Signals

Melanoma Monitor

Lightning Scalpel

Space ´Bot

Robotic Road to Recovery

View From the (Very) Top

Bucks Start Here

Venturing Out

A Genuine Button-Pusher

A e-books the future? Roush reads the electronic tea leaves . . . and likes what he sees.

In Search of Innovation

You may know it when you see it, but before you can foster innovation in a company or nation you need to be able to get a grip on it. Meet the researchers who are trying to quantify this crucial but elusive process.

Invention Is a Flower, Innovation Is a Weed

The inventor of Ethernet and founder of 3Com shares some lessons with young innovators.

Interfaces: The Century´s Top 10

The world we experience is increasingly defined by the intermediaries between us and our machines. Betcha can´t make it through the day without using all 10.

Biotech on the Move

One of the industry´s founding fathers, Nobel laureate Phil Sharp, talks to TR columnist Stephen Hall about the origins-and the future-of this high-tech business.

Four Pillars of Innovation

Becoming innovative requires the right kind of cash, a high-tech infrastructure, a culture of passion-and the ability to think outside the balloon.

The Intel Octopus

Intel is pouring billions into smaller companies to gain access to markets, expertise and hot technologies. Is the computing giant sponsoring innovation or is it growing tentacles that will crush competition?