Spectrum magazine - 2004 Technology Forecast & Review

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 20:36:22 -0500
From: Steven Cherry <s.cherry () ieee org>
Subject: Spectrum magazine - 2004 Technology Forecast & Review
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To: "David J. Farber" <dave () farber net>

Dave, our January issue special report: "2004 Technology Forecast & Review: 
Win, Lose, or Grail" is available this month in its entirety. Happy holidays!

<http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/>


COMMUNICATIONS
Winner: Across The Great Divide
By Steven M. Cherry
Loser: Flying Away
By Erico Guizzo
Holy Grail: Fiber to the Home
By Steven M. Cherry

ELECTRIC POWER
Winner: The Smart Hybrid
By Glenn Zorpette
Loser: Recycling a Bad Idea
By Jean Kumagai
Holy Grail: Self-Sustaining Fusion
By William Sweet

SEMICONDUCTORS
Winner: The Great Gallium Nitride Gamble
By Linda Geppert
Loser: A Promising Lithography Gets Stuck
By Linda Geppert
Holy Grail: Light from Silicon
By Neil Savage

TRANSPORTATION
Winner: Superconductors On The High Seas
By Elizabeth A. Bretz
Loser: General Motors On The Hy-wire
By Tekla S. Perry
Holy Grail: Hypersonic Flight
By Erico Guizzo

COMPUTERS
Winner: A Fountain Of Knowledge
By Stephen Cass
Loser: A Dog Named SPOT
By Harry Goldstein
Holy Grail: An Infinite, And Everlasting, Archive
By Harry Goldstein

BIOENGINEERING
Winner: This Is Your Brain Online
By Philip E. Ross
Loser: Carbon-Crunching Critters
By Philip E. Ross
Holy Grail: Customized Medicine
By Philip E. Ross

TECH TRENDS 2004
Surveying Technology Leaders
By Ashton Applewhite & Jean Kumagai


--

  Steven Cherry
  Senior Associate Editor, IEEE Spectrum
--
                                                 <s.cherry () ieee org>
  =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
  Newsstands are awash in business magazines explaining that
  optical technology makes possible communication at the speed
  of light - as if the microwave radio circuits of yesteryear
  propagated their signals at some lesser velocity.
         -- Michael J. Riezenman, IEEE Spectrum, January 2001


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