Technology Review: July/August 1999
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Biotech Goes Wild
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Genetic engineering will be essential to feed the world´s billions. But could it unleash a race of "superweeds"? No one seems to know. And nobody´s in charge of finding out.
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Features
- Into the Big Blue Yonder
- A few years ago, IBM´s vaunted Research division went through a stormy upheaval. But the labs have bounced back, and the future looks bright.
- That´s Not How My Brain Works...
- Jeff Hawkins, creator of the PalmPilot, has other, much larger ambitions. He wants to figure out how the brain does its thing.
- A Nose for Business
- What´s the difference between Chanel No. 5 and Chanel No. 19? Ask Cyranose 2000, an artificial proboscis that´s sniffing out the market.
- The Virtual Alchemists
- After a decade of calculations, the first wave of materials designed from scratch on the computer are ready to be made and tested. On the horizon: new substrates for optics and electronics.
- Has GPS Lost Its Way?
- After 20 years of plodding development, the Global Positioning System remains a novelty for niche markets. The system´s future hinges less on technology than on politics, economics and human nature.
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Columns
- Brain Implants
- We may undergo plastic surgery for silly reasons, but anyone who has a brain would think twice before tampering with the body´s physical core.
- Care for Steak TATA?
- Public rejection of "cloned" beef may seem like a knee-jerk reaction to a loaded work. But biotech has a problem that isn´t going away.
- The Real Global Village
- Indigenous peoples around the world want new technology, but on their own terms—just as we all do.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology