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THE STAT
26Percentage of wireless customers who use their cell phones to take picturesMore Vitals
| |   Five People Pushing Tech's Boundaries These folks can't wait for an economic rebound to build a new tomorrow. From low-power lighting to artificial muscles, they're working hard now A Vision of Superefficient Displays Organic light-emitting diodes invented by Eastman Kodak's Ching Tang are already transforming screen technology. Coming soon: Lightpaper? This Designer Sees the Cool Light Architect Sheila Kennedy is at the forefront of weaving new flexible and efficient lighting technologies into structures Paving the Airwaves for Wi-Fi Way before the public caught wind of high-speed wireless networks, Vic Hayes was developing standards that allowed the revolution to occur Thinking Outside the (Phone) Lines Jeff Pulver aims to change the way people talk by bringing innovative Internet telephony services to the masses The Brain behind Plastic Muscle NASA scientist Yoseph Bar-Cohen is a pioneer in the field of artificial musculature, in which energized plastic flexes like the real thing | |
 SPECIAL REPORT: GURUS OF TOMORROW'S TECH Len Adleman: Tapping DNA Power for Computers This math professor is convinced that computing with the molecular structure of genes will someday whip silicon-based machines (1/14/02) SPECIAL REPORT: MILITARY TECHNOLOGY Adaptive Aircraft: No Flight of Fancy? Research into using exotic means of making wings change shape in-flight looks promising, though still a long way from reality (1/17/03) SPECIAL REPORT: GURUS OF MEDICAL TECH Giving Neurosurgeons a Gift of Touch SUNY Buffalo's Thenkurussi Kesavadas is developing tactile-feedback systems that could let brain docs practice delicate manuever (7/30/02) SPECIAL REPORT: GURUS OF MEDICAL TECH A Sharper Eye for Seeing Within A man of vision, Michael Phelps first recognized PET imaging technology's potential -- and then fought to get it accepted (7/30/02) SPECIAL REPORT: GURUS OF TOMORROW'S TECH Alvy Smith: Beyond Pixel-Perfect Images The retired Hollywood graphics whiz says "We're still at the 'Wow!' stage" of computer-generated films (1/14/02) | |
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