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Thursday, September 02, 2010

Sept • Oct Issue
To Market: Our Latest List of Cool New Products
By TR Editors
A Charger for the Smart Grid, Low-Cost Solar, Touch Screen Touch-up, Designing Genes, Disposable EEG, Boss on Wheels, Body Tracker, Into the Clouds, Watch the Hand, and Desktop Cancer Check.
Robotic Storm Tracker Gets a Big Test with Earl
Computing
The largest-ever storm monitoring mission is now gathering scientific data that was previously impossible to get.
Transplanting Gut Microbes to Treat Disease
Biomedicine
Scientists examine new ways to manipulate the microorganisms within us.
Counting Down to Commercial Space Launches
Business | 4 Comments
The next few years will see at least two new commercial spacecraft put into orbit.
Blog: Robots Take Out the Trash
Computing
"Dustcart" finished a test run in Italy, successfully making house calls to collect garbage.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Sept • Oct Issue
Living Data
By Tom Simonite | Computing | 1 Comment
The three-story-high Allosphere creates unique visualizations.
Nano Switches that Store More Data Head to Market
By Katherine Bourzac | Materials | 3 Comments
Products featuring memristors could appear in 2013.
Sept • Oct Issue
Down the Tubes
By Scott Fayner | Web | 8 Comments
How free streaming video threatens the porn industry.
Tiny Needles to Fight Cancer
By Prachi Patel | Biomedicine
Researchers inject quantum dots into the skin using plastic microneedles, potentially providing a way to diagnose and treat diseases.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sept • Oct Issue
How to Remake Life
By Katherine Bourzac | Biomedicine | 4 Comments
Venter Institute researchers have made the first viable cell with a synthetic genome.
Sept • Oct Issue
Cash for Infrastructure
By David Rotman | Business | 6 Comments
What happens after the federal stimulus funding for energy runs out?
Web iTunes? Don't Believe the Hype
By Erica Naone | Web | 2 Comments
Online music streaming services are altering the way people find, buy, and share songs--when will iTunes join the fun?
Bringing Cell-Phone Location-Sensing Indoors
By Tom Simonite | Communications | 4 Comments
App pinpoints people inside shops without requiring them to "check in."
Monday, August 30, 2010
Sept • Oct Issue
Taking Over a Car
By Erica Naone | Computing | 2 Comments
Researchers "break in" with software and a laptop.
New Court Ruling Could Cripple Stem-Cell Research
By Emily Singer | Biomedicine | 7 Comments
Once again, federal funding restrictions cast uncertainty over the field.
A Simple Filter Could Make LCDs More Efficient
By Katherine Bourzac | Materials | 1 Comment
The new approach wastes far less light, saving energy.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
Sept • Oct Issue
The TR35
By TR Editors
Get a preview of what the next generation of technology looks like in our annual selection of the world's top innovators under the age of 35.
The Great Vanishing Oil Spill
By Peter Fairley | Energy | 9 Comments
Microbes may have eaten away at BP's oil in deep water; now the marshland needs help.
Searching for Fun
By Erica Naone | Communications
Research suggests that search engines could tap into users' need to be entertained.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Sept • Oct Issue
The TR35
By TR Editors
Get a preview of what the next generation of technology looks like in our annual selection of the world's top innovators under the age of 35.
New Cancer Drug Gets Dramatic Results
By Emily Singer | Biomedicine
Researchers call the experimental drug a major success for targeted cancer therapies.
Self-Cleaning Solar Panels
By Kevin Bullis | Energy | 9 Comments
A technology intended for Mars missions may find use on solar installations in the deserts on Earth.
Artificial Cornea Offers Long-Term Vision
By Nora Schultz | Biomedicine
The results of a two-year study are as good as those achieved with donor corneas.

Blogs

The New Science of Network Archaeology
by kfc | 09/02/2010
The Extraordinary Tale of Red Rain, Comets and Extraterrestrials
by kfc | 09/01/2010 | 21 Comments
Robots Take Out the Trash
by Kristina Grifantini | 09/01/2010
Apple Shows a Facebook Rival and Apple TV 2.0
by Tom Simonite | 09/01/2010 | 1 Comment

Special Reports

10 Emerging Technologies
10 Emerging Technologies
Our annual list of the emerging technologies that will have the biggest impact on our world.
Real-Time Search, Mobile 3-D, Engineered Stem Cells, Solar Fuel, Light-Trapping Photovoltaics, Social TV, Implantable Electronics­, Green Concrete, Dual-Action Antibodies, Cloud Programming.
The Office of the Future
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New technologies are changing the old ways of doing business. What are the innovations that organizations are exploring to better manage their operations and make them more competitive?
Follow the Smart Phones
Mining cell phone data could help target ads and rank local services.
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»  Next-Generation Search
»  Your Next Cell Phone
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Wire Stories

Briefings

Fuels
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Fuels
Even with the push for renewable energy, demand for fossil fuels is still growing.

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Spotlight on Hurricane Season

Advanced Hurricane Forecasting
Scientists believe their new forecasting model will make more-accurate predictions, thereby saving lives.
By Brittany Sauser
A Model for Hurricane Evacuation
Software developed at MIT could save lives and money by improving hurricane planning.
By Brittany Sauser
The Gulf Coast: A Victim of Global Warming?
North Atlantic hurricanes are growing worse, but an MIT climatologist says it would be 'absurd' to attribute Katrina or Rita to long-term climate change.
By Wade Roush

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