Future Trends

Magazine articles on future trends in science.

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CIO January 1, 2003 Julie Hanson	All Inside the Family The members of the Jacobs family don't consider themselves unusual. That changed last May when they became the first family to all have the grain-size VeriChip implanted in their right arm.
CIO January 1, 2003 Susannah Patton	Bye-Bye Batteries Imagine chatting on your cell phone for months at a time without recharging it. Or taking a laptop on a weeklong business trip without a battery or power cord. That's the goal of scientists around the world working to perfect tiny fuel cells using microtechnology engineering.
CIO January 1, 2003 Scott Berinato	Big Brother IT Right now, to the concern of some and the delight of others, formerly niche monitoring and tracking technology applications are being repurposed for more general, widespread use. Here are three you will encounter in 2003.
CIO January 1, 2003 Meridith Levinson	Smart Appliances, Really Slow Networks Even in Playa Vista, the futuristic community in Los Angeles's Westside due to open April 2003, Internet-enabled smart kitchen appliances are having a hard time finding a home.
Technology Research News December 11, 2002 Kimberly Patch	Material soaks up the sun The semiconductor indium nitride got a raw deal a few decades back when it was misclassified as a mediocre photovoltaic. It turns out the stuff could be a champ at changing sunlight into electricity. If all goes according to plan, indium nitride will make for more efficient solar cells.
New Architect January 2003 Lincoln D. Stein	Get Real Internet-enabled gaming shows how virtual reality is about to take off
Home Toys December 2002 Colin Angle	Roomba the Robot Sweeps Up According to the manufacturer, the Roomba robot makes it fun and easy to maintain cleaner floors. With the push of a button it automatically sweeps and vacuums just about any room in the house.
Knowledge@Wharton	The New Age of Service Robots: From Fighting Fires to Serving Beer R2-D2 and Rosie the robot maid may be coming soon to a home, or nursing home, near you. Thanks to advances in computing and navigation technology, robots -- including sophisticated robot toys and appliances -- are now being developed to serve people directly.
IndustryWeek December 1, 2002 Jill Jusko	The Robot Evolution MIT's Rodney A. Brooks is among researchers leading the charge to develop a smarter and more useful artificial creature.
New Architect December 2002 Bret A. Fausett	Your Money or Your Life? With the advent of digital IDs, crooks will have a choice.
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