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How to disappear |
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Economist, Sep. 6th 2008. |
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Military technology: Advances in campuflage, concealment and deception aare revolutionising an age-old art of warfare...
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Drinking the ocean |
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Economist, Jun. 7th 2008. |
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Environmental technology: Desalination turns salty water into fresh water. As concern over water's scarcity grows, can it offer a quick technological fix?...
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In search of the perfect battery |
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Economist, Mar. 8th 2008. |
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Energy technology: Researchers are desperate to find a modern-day philosopher's stone: the battery technology that iwll make electric cars practical. Here is a brief history of their quest...
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Even better than the real thing |
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Economist, Dec. 8th 2007. |
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Computing: Superimposing computer graphics on the real world, instead of displaying them on screens, has many potential uses...
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Smile, you're on Google Earth |
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Economist, Sep. 8th 2007. |
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Computing: As the internet becomes itertwined with the real world, the resulting "geoweb" has many uses...
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The truth about recycling |
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Economist, Jun. 9th 2007. |
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Environment: As the importance of recycling becomes more apparent, questions about it linger. Is it worth the effort? How does it work? Is recycling waste just going into a landfill in Chine? Here are some answers...
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Woodstock revisited |
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Economist, Mar. 10th 2007. |
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Energy: Could new techniques for producing ethanol make old-fashioned trees the biofuel of the future?...
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The phone of the future |
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Economist, Dec. 2nd 2006. |
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Communications: The phone has had a splendid 130-year history. What will it look ike in future? Will it even be called a phone?...
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Q: Howlong does it take to change a light bulb? |
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Economist, Sep. 23rd 2006. |
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Lighting technology: The light bulb is synonymous with invention. But, as this case history explains, it may lose out to the light-emitting diode, which is better in many ways...
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Can robots be trusted? |
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Economist, Jun. 10th 2006. |
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Robot safety: As robots move into homes and offices, ensuring that they do not injure people will be vital. But how?...
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Scents and sensibility |
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Economist, Mar. 11th 2006. |
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Smell technology: Technology can manipulate and reproduce sight and sound with amazing fidelity. But what about smell?...
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Sunrise for renewable energy? |
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Economist, Dec. 8th 2005. |
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Energy: Renewable energy may not appear to be competitive with oil and gas at the moment, but the gap is closing...
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And now, the war forecast |
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Economist, Sep. 17th 2005. |
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Software: Can software really predict and outcome of an armed conflict, just as it can predict the course of the weather?...
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Technology that imitates nature |
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Economist, Jun. 9th 2005. |
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Biomimetics: Engineers are increasingly taking a leaf out of nature's book when looking for solutions to design problems...
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Change is in the air |
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Economist, Mar. 10th 2005. |
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Smart travel: New technologies promise to make air travel smoother for passengers and cut costs for beleaguered airlines...
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Plugging in, at last |
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Economist, Dec. 4th 2004. |
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Communications: After years of delay, the provision of internet access over power lines is taking off-though not for the reasons you might expect...
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Deus ex machinima? |
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Economist, Sep. 16th 2004. |
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Computer graphics: Hollywood movies increasingly resemble computer games. Now a growing band of enthusiasts is using games to make films...
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Shape of phones to come |
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Economist, Jun. 10th 2004. |
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Innovation: What is the best shape for a mobile handset-and what will the devices of the future look like?
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Robots, start your engines |
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Economist, Mar. 11th 2004. |
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Innovation: Could a robot race funded by a military-research organisation help to advance the development of autonomous fighting vehicles?
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Open source's local heroes |
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Economist, Dec. 4th 2003. |
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Software: If the commercial sort does not speak your language, open-source software may well do so instead.
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Expect the unexpected |
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Economist, Sep. 4th 2003. |
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Innovators who keep their eyes open for unexpected results-and quickly take advantage of them-reap the biggest rewards.
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Innovation by numbers |
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Economist, Jun. 19th 2003. |
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Your suggestions, please, for innovations that have propelled enterprises to the forefront of their fields over the past decade...
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Launching Telecoms II |
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Economist, Mar. 13th 2003. |
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New wireless technologies that render bandwidth irrelevant could kick-start a revolution in communications bigger than the internet.
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Innovation's golden goose |
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Economist, Dec. 12th 2002. |
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The reforms that unleashed American innovation in the 1980s, and were emulated widely around the world, are under attack at home...
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Comeback kid? |
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Economist, Sep. 19th 2002. |
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As the locus of innovation moves on to other fields, can information technology ever regain its pre-eminence?
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Picking winners |
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Economist, Jun. 20th 2002. |
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Your suggestions, please, for recent innovations that are changing the world...
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A lemon law for software? |
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Economist, Mar. 14th 2002. |
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If Microsoft made cars instead of computer programs, product-liability suits might by now have driven it out of business. Should software makers be made more accountable for damage caused by faulty programs?
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The loss of diversity |
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Economist, Dec. 6th 2001. |
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The broad diversity of technological design appears to be narrowing. Is innovation running out of big ideas to exploit?
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A crunch of gears |
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Economist, Sep. 20th 2001. |
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The tech boom did not end last year. It just noisily changed gear...
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Invention is the easy bit |
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Economist, Jun. 21st 2001. |
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Beware of new ideas. They can be 25 years ahead of their time.
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Innovation at the edge |
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Economist, Mar. 22nd 2001. |
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Technology has done a U-turn, dispersing control of large networks from the hub to the edge. Lucky us...
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