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LEDs vs. the Lightbulb

May 2003

With their longer lifetimes and higher efficiencies, light-emitting diodes will transform the illumination industry-and save billions in energy costs.

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Mind-Machine Merger
Devices that connect the brain with computers could lead to mind-controlled robots, repair neurological disorders, and even improve memory.
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Surveillance Nation-Part Two
In pursuit of security and service, we are submitting ourselves to a proliferation of monitoring technologies. But a loss of privacy is not inevitable.
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Patents Go Global
A single global patent system could simplify the international patent process. Will the United States sign on?
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The Printable Transistor
Bell Labs rethinks the transistor-as cheap, flexible, and organic.

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- Prototype
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- Attacking Anthrax
  Promising new antibiotics, antidotes, and vaccines emerge.
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- Tapping the Tides
  First “underwater windmill” hitting the grid.
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- New Vein for Skin Grafts
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- A More Anonymous Internet
  New software would let you shop online without disclosing your identity.
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- Fixing the Location Fix
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- Machining Melodies
  Software generates music from scratch.
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- Physiology’s Hidden Genius
  A pioneering female researcher journeys from the factory to the laboratory.
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- Proof of Concept
  Are today’s computer viruses tests of information warfare weapons?
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- Global Warning
  Innovative processes, not just products, are targets for activists.
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- The Vision Thing
  An inventor’s philanthropic mission is a lesson to companies that squander resources on patent lawsuits.
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- Curbing Peer-to-Peer Piracy
  Intellectual-property expert Pamela Samuelson on fighting file sharing.
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- Smart Bandage
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LEDs vs. the Lightbulb

Letter from the editor

Features

Mind-Machine Merger

Surveillance Nation-Part Two

Patents Go Global

The Printable Transistor

Should Patents Go Global?

Letters

Prototype

Attacking Anthrax

Tapping the Tides

New Vein for Skin Grafts

A More Anonymous Internet

Space Repairman

Fixing the Location Fix

Machining Melodies

Physiology’s Hidden Genius

Proof of Concept

Global Warning

The Vision Thing

Curbing Peer-to-Peer Piracy

Smart Bandage

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