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The 10 Emerging Technologies of 2008

March 2008

Technology Review presents its annual list of the 10 most exciting technologies.

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A Technology Surges
In Iraq, soldiers conducting frontline street patrols finally get software tools that let them share findings and plan missions.
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Microsoft’s Shiny New Toy
Photosynth is still a work in progress. It is dazzling, but what is it for?

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- Letters
  Letters from our readers.
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- Network Warfare
  New military technologies require new organizations.
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- What’s Wrong with the Kindle
  The market for electronic readers like Amazon’s will be limited.
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- Mining Pathways for Biofuels
  Exciting new ways to make fuels are emerging.
- Capturing Protein Interactions
  Freezing and slicing gives a snapshot of life inside cells.
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- Expandable Silicon
  A new chip design could lead to far cheaper large-area electronics.
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- Customized Stem Cells
  Reprogramming cells taken from disease sufferers could lead to new treatments.
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- Real-Time Reflections
  New algorithms promise dramatically improved animation.
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- Plug-In Hybrids: Tailpipes vs. Smokestacks
  Plug-ins will lead to lower overall emissions, even if the electricity that powers them comes from coal.
- Bidding for Interest Rates
  NeoSaej’s algorithms could change the rules of online auctioning.
- Art Games
  Digital artists are using game technologies to create bold new works.
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- Longhand Goes Digital
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- Wireless Device Charger
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- Instant-On Computing
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- Personal Cell Tower
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- Infection Detection
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- Competition for the Wii
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- First Laser TV
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- A Better Brain Scanner
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- Pocket Photo Lab
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- Water-Activated Generator
- Walter Bender
  One Laptop per Child’s president for software and content explains why the program’s strategy has changed.
- Between Friends
  Sites like Facebook are proving the value of the “social graph.”
- Android Calling
  Does Google want to free your phone–or does it want to own it?
- The Mess of Mandated Markets
  New federal biofuel standards passed last year will distort the development of innovative technologies.
- The Digital Utility
  Nicholas Carr’s new book examines the implications of cloud computing.
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- Amazon Kindle
  The online giant hopes it’s created the ipod of digital books.
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- Ethanol from Garbage and Old Tires
  A versatile new process for making biofuels could slash their cost.
- How Coskata Makes Biofuels
  A versatile new process for making biofuels could slash their cost.
- From the Labs: Information Technology
  New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in information technology–and what they mean.
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- From the Labs: Nanotechnology
  New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in nanotechnology–and what they mean.
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- From the Lab: Biotechnology
  New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in biotechnology–and what they mean.
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- The Power of Thought
  Miguel Nicolelis continues to lead the way in neural-implant technology.
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