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Spam Wars

July 2003

The proliferation of junk e-mail is threatening to overwhelm the Internet. Software companies are rushing to build defenses-but will the new technologies do more harm than good?

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Essay: Biotech’s Big Chill
Government efforts to keep science and technology out of terrorist hands conjure images of the Cold War. But it’s biomedical researchers in the United States who could be frozen out.
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Casting the Wireless Sensor Net
Smart, networked sensors will soon be all around us, collectively processing vast amounts of previously unrecorded data to help run factories, maintain crops, and even watch for earthquakes.
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Saving Lives with Living Machines
Hybrid devices that are part machine, part living cells, offer new hope to patients for whom purely artificial treatments like dialysis aren’t good enough.

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- Letters
  Insights and opinions from our readers.
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- Prototype
  Straight from the Lab: Technology’s First Draft
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- Monitoring Mom
  As population matures, so do assisted-living technologies.
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- The Last Laser Mile
  While the telecommunications industry still faces dark days, one technology-free-space optics-can see light at the end of the tunnel.
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- Gene Therapy Advances on Parkinson’s
  A treatment now under development may dramatically improve the lives of people suffering from this debilitating ailment.
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- The Nano Sorter
  DuPont uses DNA to sort carbon nanotubes by conductivity.
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- Help for Handhelds
  New ‘zoom’ interfaces will make it easier to navigate through information on tiny screens.
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- Computer Immunity
  Better anti-hacking tools attack invaders.
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- Busting Up Bacterial Gangs
  New antibiotics that disrupt microbial communication could help cystic fibrosis patients.
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- Live via Satellite
  Satellite communication’s ascent.
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- Demo: Teachable Robots
  Michigan State University researcher Juyang Weng shows off his “developmental” robots, which learn the same way kids do.
  Categorized in 17032
- The End of End-to-End?
  Internet service providers that control network content will kill innovation.
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- Wi-Fi, Li-Fi, and Mi-Fi
  Wi-Fi’s future depends on whether big tech companies consider it friend or foe.
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- Thinking like a Virus
  The search for SARS was a success because of global collaboration.
  Categorized in 17036
- Total Information Overload
  Co-program manager Robert L. Popp on the U.S. Defense Department’s Terrorism Information Awareness project.
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- 3-D Ultrasound
  How 3-D ultrasound works.
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Spam Wars

Letter from the editor

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Essay: Biotech’s Big Chill

Casting the Wireless Sensor Net

Saving Lives with Living Machines

Letters

Prototype

Monitoring Mom

The Last Laser Mile

Gene Therapy Advances on Parkinson’s

The Nano Sorter

Help for Handhelds

Computer Immunity

Busting Up Bacterial Gangs

Live via Satellite

Demo: Teachable Robots

The End of End-to-End?

Wi-Fi, Li-Fi, and Mi-Fi

Thinking like a Virus

Total Information Overload

3-D Ultrasound

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