Technology Review: July/August 1998
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The Troubled Hunt for the Ultimate Cell
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Capturing the human embronic stem cell might change the face of medicine. But to get there, a small band of researchers and biotech firms must endure a federal funding ban and ethical controversy.
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Features
- The Big, Bad Bit Stuffers of IBM
- The ferocious progress in disk storage densities has come thanks to an IBM lab that was slated for elimination—until it met the "gigabit challenge."
- Australia´s Solar Sailor
- A strange new boat sails on gusts of wind, rays of light, and the passion of an inventor from Down Under.
- Plastic Batteries: All Charged Up and Waiting to Go
- The researchers who invented a lightweight plastic battery found themselves thrown into the world of venture capital and big business. Navigating these waters requires different skills from those that work in the lab.
- Staring into Space
- Entrepreneur Jim Benson hopes his mission to the asteroids will usher in an era of private—and profitable—exploration of space.
- A Lucky Hit
- He´s seen R&D done the old Bell Labs way and in the new, market-driven style. Now research vice president of Bellcore, Lucky thinks broadly and deeply about how ideas get from lab to market.
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Columns
- Time for Fresh Air!
- The distinction between operating systems and browers is an awkward anachronism. It´s time for a fresh approach that lets us deal with information more uniformly.
- Blue-Collar Cell Therapy
- It´s possible now to grow cartilage cells in the lab and reintroduce them into human joints. Skiers and quarterbacks, take heart.
- The Rage for Global Teams
- Despite language and cultural barriers, global teamwork is all the rage in technology companies.
Viewpoint
- The South Face of the Mountain
- Powerful and inspired computer art requires a melding of the aesthetic and engineering sensibilities in the same person
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