Magazine

Hybrids’ Rising Sun

April 2004

Gas-electric cars are transforming the auto industry. Toyota’s head start has Detroit scrambling to catch up.

Read the issue

Features

Categorized in Uncategorized
Internetworking
New social-networking startups aim to mine digital connections to help people find jobs and close deals.
Categorized in Uncategorized
My Avatar, My Self
Pick a virtual body and hang out in a massive simulated world: it may be the future of online interaction.
Categorized in Uncategorized
The Hottest VC on the Planet
Michael Moritz shares insights-from Yahoo!, PayPal, and now Google-about how the Web really works.
Categorized in 17035
Sweet Hope for a Malaria Vaccine
Malaria claims more than a million lives each year. One firm is betting that a sugar molecule can help.

Also in this issue
- Finally, My Last Conventional Car
  From the editor in chief
  Categorized in 17037
- Letters
  Insights and opinions from our readers
  Categorized in Uncategorized
- Unpacking Pixels
  A new bandwidth-conserving technique transmits different parts of a digital image separately, at different resolutions.
  Categorized in Uncategorized
- Safer Credit
  Categorized in Uncategorized
- Portable Translator
  Categorized in 17035
- Sonic Cure
  A wire that radiates sound could bust blood clots and unblock coronary arteries.
  Categorized in 17035
- Silky Knee
  A material based on a modified form of natural silk could replace torn knee ligaments.
  Categorized in 17035
- Medical Mood Ring
  Want to have doctors wrapped around your finger? A ring sensor monitors temperature, heart rate, and other vital signs.
  Categorized in 17035
- Micro Tracker
  Categorized in 17032
- Softer Virtual Skin
  New physics-based software renders virtual human skin more realistically than previous computer models.
  Categorized in 17032
- Spam to Go
  New technologies aim to curb mobile-phone marketing onslaught.
  Categorized in Uncategorized
- Shining Light on Cancer Diagnoses
  Optical probe could give more reliable cervical cancer readings than the traditional pap smear.
  Categorized in 17035
- Gloom Lifts for Venture Capital
  After two dismal years, money is starting to flow for the next batch of startups.
  Categorized in 17036
- Matsushita’s Gamble
  Japanese electronics giant bets future on radical new chip
  Categorized in 17032
- Singapore Center Sets Ambitious Goals
  Singapore’s Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology is rapidly emerging as a world leader in nano-based biosensors and diagnostic devices.
  Categorized in 17032
- Dashboard Jukebox
  Coming soon: an in-dash computer that can accept wireless downloads of songs from your home or office.
  Categorized in Uncategorized
- Born Chemist
  In synthesizing drugs for glaucoma and arthritis, chemist Percy Lavon Julian found inspiration amidst adversity.
  Categorized in 17035
- Demo: Sensor World
  Millennial Net shows how wireless sensors can enable better energy efficiency and inventory control.
  Categorized in 17032
- Technology’s Elder Boom
  An aging populace will look increasingly to technology to enhance its quality of life.
  Categorized in 17035
- Home Is Where the Server Is
  A server in your home allows easy storage, retrieval, and backup of your files-at very little cost.
  Categorized in 17032
- Designed and Made in China
  Chinese manufacturers aren’t just copying products conceived in the West: they’re improving them.
  Categorized in 17035
- Where’s My Job?
  Council on Competitiveness head Deborah Wince-Smith on the impact of high-tech “offshoring.”
  Categorized in Uncategorized
- Nano Writing
  NanoInk hopes to write itself into the future of nanotechnology with dip-pen lithography.
  Categorized in 17036

Updated

Magazine

Hybrids’ Rising Sun

Features

Internetworking

My Avatar, My Self

The Hottest VC on the Planet

Sweet Hope for a Malaria Vaccine

Finally, My Last Conventional Car

Letters

Unpacking Pixels

Safer Credit

Portable Translator

Sonic Cure

Silky Knee

Medical Mood Ring

Micro Tracker

Softer Virtual Skin

Spam to Go

Shining Light on Cancer Diagnoses

Gloom Lifts for Venture Capital

Matsushita’s Gamble

Singapore Center Sets Ambitious Goals

Dashboard Jukebox

Born Chemist

Demo: Sensor World

Technology’s Elder Boom

Home Is Where the Server Is

Designed and Made in China

Where’s My Job?

Nano Writing

Past issues

The latest iteration of a legacy

Advertise with MIT Technology Review

About

Help