Technology Monitor

Lead-acid batteries

Recharged 

A 150-year-old technology looks to the futureJan 14th 2009

Tissue engineering

Bone in a bottle 

Attempts to create artificial bone marrow have failed—until nowJan 7th 2009

Solar energy

Party time! 

Metallised balloons may be the best way to make solar electricityDec 30th 2008

Optical networks

Bouncing ideas around 

A chip that stores light for a microsecond is a step towards optical computingDec 17th 2008

Intelligent textiles

An electric yarn 

Clothes that could report a wounded soldierDec 10th 2008

Antisepsis

Bacteria motels 

Miniature traps may be the answer to hospital-caused bacterial infectionsDec 3rd 2008

Car repairs

The right respray 

A new device promises a perfect colour matchNov 26th 2008

Pollution

Green iron 

Treating industrial wastewater with scrap iron can be cheap and effectiveNov 14th 2008

Cinema

Moving images into the future 

Lasers may lead to richer colour on the silver screenNov 5th 2008

Surgical sutures

A stitch whose time has come 

A protein extracted from cows’ blood may provide the best answer yet to the question of how to sew up woundsOct 29th 2008

Voting and encryption

A really secret ballot 

Encrypting ballot papers should make elections more secureOct 22nd 2008

Labs on a chip

Spinning a good tale 

Quantum mechanics may hold the key to a hand-held biology laboratoryOct 15th 2008

Food poisoning

Bug-busting 

A new test promises speedier detection of dangerous microbes in foodOct 8th 2008

Sensors for car engines

An order for disorder 

A way to make motion sensors that can survive extremely high engine temperaturesOct 1st 2008

Military vehicles

Silence, please 

APCs don rubber solesSep 24th 2008

Parking

Spot prices 

New systems will make finding parking spaces easier and help to reduce congestionSep 17th 2008

Online storage

Thanks for the memory 

A mathematical trick may allow people to scatter their computer files across the world's hard disksSep 10th 2008

Life enhancement

Speaking in tongues 

A new technology to help the disabled use the tongue to control machinerySep 2nd 2008

Birdsong

Automated twitching 

A new device may take the sitting around out of bird-watchingAug 27th 2008

Micromanagement

Every move you make 

Tiny sensors can track you for your own good—or, at least, your company'sAug 20th 2008

Thermoelectrics

Tailpipe power 

Generating electricity directly from wasted heat looks more promising Aug 12th 2008

Art forgeries

The computer says no 

Image processing could help to identify artists by their brushstrokes Aug 5th 2008

Hydrogen-powered cars

Brew your own 

Home-brew kits for hydrogen may bring it back into contention as a vehicle fuelJul 30th 2008

Diesel-powered flight

Whirlybirds go green 

Diesel engines could make helicopters—and other aircraft—more efficient and cleanerJul 23rd 2008

Robots

I, human 

People prefer robots that look like peopleJul 16th 2008

Cooling computer chips

Liquid logic 

How to stop chips from melting—and save the planet, tooJul 9th 2008

Animal husbandry

Virtual fencing 

A new way of corralling cattle is being tested in New MexicoJul 2nd 2008

Translation systems

Speak up 

Devices and programs are getting better at translating languagesJun 25th 2008

Chemical sensors

Gas, gas, quick boys 

A new nanodevice may help to thwart terrorist gas attacksJun 18th 2008


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