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  Electronic Paper Turns the Page

  Guttenberg’s printing press needed paper to make a revolution. The clunky e-book needs e-paper. And it’s on the way.
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  Beyond the Bar Code

  High-tech tags will let manufacturers track products from warehouse to home to recycling bin. But what’s great for logistics could become a privacy nightmare.
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  Wires of Wonder

  Nobelist Smalley explains how “carbon nanotubes” will affect everything, from living cells to electrical transmission.
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  The Digital Sky

  Tired of sitting on the runway? In a radical experiment that may provide a glimpse into the future of air traffic control, UPS is testing a satellite-based data communications system that could unclog the skies.
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  Flying Made Easy

  New digital technologies designed to ensure safer and more user-friendly flying could turn us into a nation of pilots. It’s not the Jetsons, but you’ll be able to fly yourself to a community “smartport” in an idiotproof miniplane.
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  The Five-Minute Pilot

  When an aviation expert boasted that new gear makes it possible for any 12-year-old to fly a plane, TR couldn’t resist the challenge. Our correspondent put his own son at the controls.