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What’s Next for Google

January 2005

Running the Web’s best search engine isn’t enough: Google wants to organize all digital information. That means war with Microsoft.

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Letter from the editor

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Features

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The Problematical Dr. Huang Hongyun
Can an experimental technique using transplanted fetal cells help paralyzed patients? Probably not. But a doctor in China is forging ahead anyway.
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The Future of Books
Jason Epstein was a publisher for more than 40 years. Now in retirement, he wants to replace Gutenberg with a digital press.
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What We Can Learn from Robots
For Japan’s Mitsuo Kawato, robotics explains how the human brain works.

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- Tuning in to Technology’s Past
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- Synopsis: Information Technology
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  President Bush wants to give NASA a second life. Good.
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- Mitsubishi: Out Front in Nanotech
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- Military Vaccine Studies: On Trial
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- The Third Man
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Magazine

What’s Next for Google

Letter from the editor

Features

The Problematical Dr. Huang Hongyun

The Future of Books

What We Can Learn from Robots

Letters

The U.K. Banks on Stem Cells

Air Cargo Insecurity

Larry Sanger’s Knowledge Free-for-All

Change of Plans, Ponce de Leon

Wireless on Wheels

Tuning in to Technology’s Past

And More…

Readme

Synopsis: Information Technology

Synopsis: Biotechnology

Synopsis: Nanotechnology

Demo: Cure for a Broken Heart

A New Idea for Publishing

Digital Dandies

Technology and Happiness

Toward a New Vision of Manned Spaceflight

The Zen of Airport Kiosks

Amazon: Giving Away the Store

Mitsubishi: Out Front in Nanotech

Military Vaccine Studies: On Trial

The Third Man

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