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Technology Review: Briefings

Technology Review’s Briefings are primers on key emerging technologies that promise to be transformational in their impact. Continuously updated, they provide context, analysis, and insight from TR’s editors and writers, helping you to understand the major currents that are shaping the future of these technologies.

Computer Security

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Cyber attacks are inspiring new defenses for networks, personal computers, and smart phones.

Microprocessors

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We look at how the challenges and opportunities of mobile computing are transforming the microprocessor.

Personalized Medicine

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We look at how cheap, fast genomic sequencing is beginning to yield medicines tailored to your genes.

Media

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We assess the technologies that are destroying old ways of doing business and look into what will be left when the dust settles.

Transportation

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After a century’s dominance, the fossil-fuel-powered internal combustion engine is facing serious challengers. What will the future of transportation look like? Explore articles, video, and interactive diagrams.

Electricity

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Greenhouse gas emissions from fossil-fuel-based electricity generation is a major contributor to climate change. How can we make zero-emission technologies more than just a sideshow?

Cloud Computing

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Cloud computing could transform how software is developed and used, creating a raft of new online services and applications for businesses and consumers. Explore interactive charts, graphs and images illustrating how cloud computing works.

Latest Briefings News

Personalized Medicine: Glucose Monitors Get Under the Skin
By Emily Singer
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Implantable devices work in diabetic pigs for over a year--human tests could be next.
Computer Security: How to Make an ATM Spit Out Money
By Erica Naone
Thursday, July 29, 2010
A computer security researcher demonstrates attacks on cash machines.
Transportation: A Smoother Street View
By Tom Simonite
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Microsoft's new toy allows for a more seamless walk down an online avenue.
Electricity: A Boost for Battery Life and Capacity
By Kevin Bullis
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Electric cars could benefit from a new manufacturing method.
Electricity: Fuel from the Sun
By Nidhi Subbaraman
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The DOE funds a research center aimed at making artificial photosynthesis practical.

Latest Briefings Videos

Cyber Security and the Risk of Cyber War
Experts talk about the growing threat of cyber crime, espionage, and warfare, and how to thwart it.

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