Technology Review: May/June 1999
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Trailing Edge
- Cutting the Glare
- Katharine Burr Blodgett´s "invisible glass" helps us see.
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Features
- 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.
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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."
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