MIT News: Jan/Feb 2012

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Technology Review: May/June 1999

Cyborg Seeks Community

Meet one of the creators of wearable computing and join him in his search for like-minded folks to live in an augmented reality.

Seeing Is Believing

There´s a ways to go yet, but the artificial retina is poised to move out of academic labs and into corporate R&D.

CPR for the Artificial Heart

Reviled in the ´80s and forgotten in the ´90s, the artificial heart is back and beating. TR readers get a rare glimpse inside the company that´s developing it.

Dances with Machines

Artist David Rokeby builds machines that watch us, make music with us, speak to us and free-associate on our behalf.

Japan´s Friendly Robots

In Japan, a cartoon inspired a generation of engineers to make machines that look-and act-human.

Titans Talk Tech

Michael Dertouzos and Bill Gates ponder open-source software and the future of the computing industry.

Fountain of Ideas

A reservoir for computing innovation, LCS has provided a haven for startups-and a place for researcher/entrepreneurs to regroup and begin again.

Columns

Missing the Story

Something is seriously amiss when "experts" identifying the century´s greatest journalism overlook coverage of science and technology.

The Law of the Rathole

Sometimes, walking away from a risky technology project is the better part of valor. Here are five handy rules for avoiding "ratholes."

Viewpoint

The Disembodied Photograph

Photography undergoes a sea change toward the intangible

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