This section is a collection of Technology Review's coverage of the most important technologies of our time. It exemplifies our mission to describe emerging technologies and analyze their social, commercial, economic, and political impact.
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Web
- Next-Generation Search
- Scouring the Web for information in all its various forms, on everything from videos to images, is becoming faster and easier. Could this new rise in search tools and navigational technologies be a threat to Google's dominance?
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Communications
- Your Next Cell Phone
- It seems that every day, there are new announcements purporting to redefine how we will use our cell phones: from the latest GPS-enabled gadget for social computing, to software to make your PC a phone. But what is the real future of telephony?
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Energy
- Better Batteries
- The lack of efficient and dependable batteries limits the development of everything from portable electronics to hybrid vehicles. But new batteries made using nanotechnology are offering smaller, more efficient, and safer alternatives.
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Energy
- Solar Power
- Researchers are creating novel types of photovoltaic devices that could finally make solar power a broadly practical source of renewable energy.
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People and Trends
- TR35
- Technology Review honors 35 young innovators under the age of 35 whose technological discoveries and scientific research are changing the world we live in.
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Business
- The Future of Business Technology
- What are the technologies that organizations are exploring to better manage their operations? What are the innovations that will make your business more competitive?
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People and Trends
- 10 Emerging Technologies 2007
- This year, as every year, we present our list of the 10 technologies we find most exciting—and most likely to alter industries, fields of research, and even the way we live. The list comprises projects in a broad range of fields.
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Energy
- Tomorrow's Car
- Worries over the future of gasoline supplies and the effects of carbon dioxide emissions are driving innovators to rethink how we get around.
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Biomedicine
- Biofuels
- Everyone from leading Silicon Valley venture capitalists to President Bush is touting fuels created from biomass as a replacement for petroleum. But new technologies are needed to make this vision economically and environmentally feasible.
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