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Computer scientist Paris Smaragdis on "machine listening"

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Intel researcher Ling Liao on optical communications

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:00:00 GMT

We named Ling Liao, a senior optical researcher in Intel's Photonics Technology Lab, to our 2006 TR35 list for her work to enable the use of standard silicon in complex optical chips. When we caught up with her recently, she spoke to us about why computers may soon require high-speed optical data transmission. She also took the time to explain why ordinary silicon is the best material for the job, despite its optical restrictions, and how her team is overcoming those limitations.

TR35 winner Sumeet Singh on stopping computer viruses

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Sumeet Singh, a technical leader in the applied research and architecture group at Cisco Systems, stopped to chat with us at the Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT last week. He explained a bit more about the inspiration behind and inner workings of his system to automatically protect computer networks against viruses.

Venture capitalist Roger McNamee on investing in media

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Over a 24-year career, Roger McNamee has been one of the most successful investors in Silicon Valley, having made venture investments in Electronic Arts, Flextronics, Intuit, and Rambus, among many others. Then, in 2004, he launched Elevation Partners, a private equity partnership focused on media and entertainment content. Following his interview onstage at this week's Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT, he spoke with us about his much-discussed investment in Forbes and how he hopes that technology will liberate entertainment.

Matthew Herren on why one-way satellite radio is the answer in Africa

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

TR35 winner Matthew Herren has a plan for improving education in Africa: beam in textbooks using one-way satellite radio. Technology Review asked him about the status of the project at the Emerging Technology Conference today. Herren explained how he hopes to make the most out of the continent's limited infrastructure resources.

TR35 winner Stephanie Lacour on stretchable electronics

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Stephanie Lacour, a research project manager at the University of Cambridge in England, wants to take flexible electronics to the next level, by making them stretchable. Technology Review caught up with Lacour at the Emerging Technology Conference to ask her about the field's potential. In this video clip, Lacour also notes that the impact of her research might not be limited to biology: advertisers could benefit, too.

Padmasree Warrior of Motorola talks about the next big thing for mobile phones: posting video blogs

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

People attending the Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT this week have a chance to see Motorola's next-generation phone, the KRZR. The company is also showing off some video-blogging software that's still in development.

Ethernet Inventor Bob Metcalfe on how online video will change the world

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Fred Lane of Perio-Imaging Inc. talks about using sound to diagnose dental problems

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Jonathan Miller, chief executive officer of AOL, on the future of rich media

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com on web services

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Humanitarian of the Year Christina Galitsky on finding solutions to environmental problems

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Christina Galitsky is Technology Review's 2006 Humanitarian of the Year and one of this year's TR35. The Lawrence Berkeley Lab scientist employs her training in chemical engineering to find solutions to environmental problems in the U.S. and abroad--particularly in poor countries such as Sudan and Bangladesh. She spoke to us recently about how seeing her innovations in action inspires her and what kinds of problems she hopes to work on in the future.

Innovator of the Year Joshua Schachter on memory and innovation

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Technology Review's editors think Joshua Schachter's website, del.icio.us, is so cool, so useful, so ubiquitous that we named this TR35 winner our 2006 Innovator of the Year. Yahoo acquired del.icio.us last December, and the site has continued its phenomenal growth since then. Schachter talked to us late this summer about how his own memory influenced the development of del.icio.us and how it affects the way he innovates.

Physicist Marin Soljacic on photonic crystals

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Computer engineer Prithwish Basu on ad hoc radio networks

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Prithwish Basu has been interested in how people use technology to communicate since he was an undergrad at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. Since then, the 2006 TR35 winner has networked everything from robots to parking meters. Basu recently gave us a primer on his specialty: "ad hoc" networks--robust, low-power wireless networks that don't require a base station. He talked us through what these networks are, roughly how they work, and some of the applications they're best suited for.

Bioengineer Utkan Demirci on interdisciplinary research

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Computational biologist Manolis Kellis on understanding life

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Manolis Kellis is a member of Technology Review's newest TR35 "class." The MIT computational biologist studied pure computer science as a student, and as he recently explained to us, he believes his current work still fits that description. In fact, his goal is still to understand machines--living ones. You can read more about Kellis's work in our profile of him or in his essay, "Finding Evolution's Signatures."

Computer scientist John Chapin on software radios

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Flickr founder Stewart Butterfield on continuing to innovate

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Roboticist Sebastian Thrun on taking chances to save lives

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:00:00 GMT