Future Trends

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Technology Research News March 24, 2004	Curve widens 3D display Researchers from Seoul National University in Korea have showed that using curved lenses doubles the viewing angle of three-dimensional integral imaging systems without sacrificing brightness. Future applications could include 3D ad displays and 3D TVs.
Wired April 2004 Richard Martin	The God Particle and the Grid The physics lab that brought you the Web is reinventing the Internet. Get ready for the atom-smashing, supercomputing, 5-gigabits-per-second Grid Economy.
BusinessWeek March 15, 2004 John Carey	Physics: "Putting The Weirdness To Work" Scientists say quantum materials will be the basis for amazing devices, but when?
Technology Research News February 25, 2004	Nanotubes boost shape recovery Researchers have mixed carbon nanotubes with polymer to make a plastic that is good at springing back into shape when heated. The shape memory polymers could be used in practical applications in five years, according to the researchers.
Technology Research News February 25, 2004	Nanowires spot DNA mutation Nanowire sensors could eventually be built into labs-on-a-chip that could be used for medical diagnostics and pathogen detection in the field, and for drug discovery.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2004 Wherrett & Yelovich	Profiting From Nanotechnology Can you profit from this technology? An overview of what the science is and where opportunity may lie for investors.
InternetNews February 10, 2004 Clint Boulton	'Virtual Climate Time Machine' in the Cards for IBM Recalling the H.G. Wells classic, IBM agrees to build an eight-machine Unix supercomputer capable of predicting the Earth's climate 300 years into the future.
Wired February 2004 Meyer et al.	Living Machines Technology and biology are converging fast. The result will transform everything from engineering to art -- and redefine life as we know it.
PC Magazine January 29, 2004 Sebastian Rupley	Racy Robots Military aircraft inspired the slick-looking designs for a new line of robots from start-up company White Box Robotics. Unlike the predetermined features in most robots, White Box's robots will be designed to let each owner choose what his robot will do.
Technology Research News January 28, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Robot automates science Scientists would seem to hold one of the last occupations threatened by automation, given the brainpower and education involved. But equipping a laboratory robot with artificial intelligence software makes for a fair approximation of a scientist. Faster gene and drug discovery could result.
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