Get Ready for Your Nano Future

We know that nanotech will change the world-it’s time to think about how.

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Scratch-n-Spin

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Holographic Memory

How holographic data storage works.

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Protein Chips

Postage-stamp-sized chips analyze thousands of protein samples fast and cheap.

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Battle for the Unseen Computer

Over 99 percent of computers are inconspicuous: embedded in objects from toys to cars. Open-source software dukes it out with proprietary offerings to provide their operating system.

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A Very Long Distance

Mobile telephony was once considered a niche market.

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The Programmable Pill

Drugs of the near future will be microdevices that search out and destroy germs without the side effects of conventional therapies.

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PB&J Patent Punch-up

Someone’s managed to patent a crustless PB&J, and it ain’t Mom.

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The TR Patent Scorecard 2001

Whose patent portfolio is most potent? We rank 150 of the world’s top companies according to the quality and quantity of their patents.

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War's Coming Digital Fog

Michael Schrage reviews Lifting the Fog of War by Bill Owens and Friendly Fire by Scott A. Snook.

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