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Technology Research News June 16, 2004 Ted Smalley Bowen	Internet Ups Power Grid IQ Now that most building are wired into the Internet, the way is open for building managers to program buildings to adjust power use dynamically based on infrastructure, economic and environmental conditions.
Technology Research News June 16, 2004 Eric Smalley	Fractals Show Machine Intentions Researchers have designed a visual interface that would give autonomous machines the equivalent of body language.
Technology Research News June 16, 2004 Kimberly Patch	VR Tool Re-creates Hallucinations Researchers have written software designed to allow psychiatrists to gain an understanding of the reality of patient hallucinations.
Technology Research News June 16, 2004	Chip Miniaturizes Holography Researchers have built a hologram generator on a single circuit board. The device could eventually be used for three-dimensional television, three-dimensional visualization of statistics, and three-dimensional medical imaging.
Technology Research News June 16, 2004	Pressure Adds Depth to Displays Researchers are proposing to add a new dimension to the clickable graphics that appear on computer screens: pressure.
Technology Research News June 16, 2004	Genes Automate DNA Machines Researchers have taken a step toward automating nanomachines with a method that allows instructions for a DNA-based machine to be contained in a gene, or another stretch of DNA.
Technology Research News June 16, 2004	Scheme Optimizes Light Chips Researchers have borrowed a design tool developed for mechanical engineering to improve the efficiency of nano-size optical waveguides.
Technology Research News June 16, 2004	Silicon Nanowires Grown in Place Researchers have found a way to grow nanowires between pairs of metal electrodes deposited on silicon wafers.
Technology Research News June 16, 2004	Laser Tweezer Grabs Varied Specks Researchers have advanced the use of optical tweezers with a method that allows them to simultaneously trap and independently manipulate microscopic materials that have different indices of refraction.
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Larry Armstrong	Who's The Real Mr. Chips? The work of three scientists gave birth to transistors -- and to Silicon Valley.
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