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Immobots Take Control

December 2002

From photocopiers to space probes, machines injected with robotic self-awareness are reliable problem solvers.

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Letter from the editor

Features

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Prescription RNA
RNA-based drugs offer hope for treating cancer, AIDS, and other diseases.
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How You’ll Pay
Which of the competing electronic-payment devices will we choose?
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R&D Scorecard 2002
Research that breaks the mold.
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R&D 2002: Quantum Computing
Microsoft Research’s theoretical mathematics program breaks the mold with research into a strategy to make quantum computing work.
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R&D 2002: Electricity-Producing Vehicles
General Motors’ Hydronomy program breaks the mold with research to link fuel cell cars to the electric grid by 2010.
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R&D 2002: Advanced Brain Imaging
Hitachi Advanced Research Labs’ brain science applications program breaks the mold with research to improve education through brain imaging.
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R&D 2002: Nano Ceramics
General Electric’s nanotechnology program breaks the mold with research to toughen ceramics based on the microstructure of seashells.
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Noise Therapy
Boston University’s James Collins uses background noise to steady the step of the elderly.

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- Prototype
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- Gentlemen, Start Your Robots
  Self-reliant roadsters will race for a hefty Pentagon prize.
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- Automating Animation
  Digital screen stars are becoming more believable-and affordable
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- Microbe Power
  A new fuel cell taps the energy of seafloor sediments.
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- Building Better Bacteria
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- Internet Insurance
  Search engines and portals may be liable for linking to controversial material.
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- Sensing Speed Limits
  GPS technology keeps drivers safe, but wondering where the joy went.
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- Corporate R&D Set Free
  Secrecy is verboten at Intel’s network of university “lablets.”
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- Watching the Clock
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- The Whole Picture
  Holography’s microscopic origins.
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- Think Outside the Mailbox
  Torrents of e-mail have turned us all into file clerks. Isn’t there a better way?
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- Ease of Learning
  An innovation isn’t any good if it’s a bad teacher.
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- A Dose of Common Sense
  Each country’s patent and copyright laws should serve the greater good.
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- Electroactive Polymers
  Artificial muscles made of electroactive polymers impart lifelike movements to biomedical and robotic devices.
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