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Technology Review: March/April 1999

God´s Eyes for Sale

High-resolution satellite images are about to flood the marketplace. They could be good for business, but what will they do for terrorists?

Will the Real Nanotech Please Stand Up?

Researchers are building devices one molecule at a time. TR sorts the possible form the preposterous.

Chips Go Nano

Shrinking computer chips have propelled the information revolution. But chip makers are approaching unknown territory.

Moses of the Nanoworld

To his followers, K. Eric Drexler is the prophet of nanotechnology. Will he be left behind by the rapidly developing reality of nanoscience?

The Gene Factory

An exclusive peek inside the data machine built to beat the Human Genome Project.

Wavelength Division Multiplexing

What´s that, you ask? A new technology that´s opening vast realms of capacity in the fibers that carry phone and Internet traffic all over the world. None too soon, either.

What are the Rules, Anyway?

In the Alice-in-Wonderland world of the Web, things keep getting curiouser and curiouser. Before you drink that "Drink Me" hear two Berkeley economists

Columns

Why 2K?

Why didn´t we see the problem coming? We didn´t think the old programs would last and we were too excited developing future applications. In other words, we blew it.

That´s Immortality!

Embryonic stem cells could someday work like micoscopic fountains of youth. Then again, what´s so great about immortality?

E Pluribus Euro

With Japan on the ropes, the chieftains of U.S. high-tech now must worry about the competitive threat from, believe it or not, Europe.

Viewpoint

The Write Stuff

In Which the Author Worries: Can I Be Replaced?

Mixed Media

Universal Access with Style

Better living through smarter design

Exploring Comics Space
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