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A Long Look Forward Meet a handful of high-tech visionaries who have already made their marks -- and come along on a tour of the future of their fields 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 Stephen Cross: Crusader for Sensible Software His quest: To spark a major technical -- and cultural -- shift to make coders more efficient and programs far more reliable TI's Kilby and Frantz: Ever Smarter and Smaller Chips These semiconductor vets expect third-generation chips to power wrist computers that run on body heat, bionic ears, adjustable sidewalks... Kaushik Bhattacharya: Materials Made to Order By going all the way down to atomic levels, scientists are learning to make hybrid "active" substances with a host of unique abilities Dennis Boyle: The Power of Smart Design He helped shape the breakthrough Palm V -- and he thinks portable devices are about to become "amazingly powerful" Alvy Smith: Beyond Pixel-Perfect Images The retired Hollywood graphics whiz says "We're still at the 'Wow!' stage" of computer-generated films | |
 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Can This New Surgery Actually Revive a Dying Heart? Upstart Bioheart's complex cell-transfer procedure offers hope against America's No. 1 killer SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Planes That Know What to Bomb Smart robotic jet fighters may be delivered by 2008 COMPANY CLOSEUP A Talk with the Brain behind Blue Gene William Pulleyblank on how IBM's ultraspeedy supercomputer will take on one of biology's toughest problems -- and lots more NEWS ANALYSIS Enlisting Insects in the Military Teaching bees to sniff out land mines is just one approach researchers are taking to exploit nature's amazing expertise NEWS ANALYSIS Biotech vs. Bioterror New insights into molecular DNA, enzymes, and antibodies could lead to antidotes for a variety of biological agents -- but not soon | |
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