Special Reports

This section is a collection of Technology Review's coverage of the most important technologies of our time. It exemplifies our mission to describe emerging technologies and analyze their social, commercial, economic, and political impact.

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: Topic: Web; Next-Generation Search; Scouring the Web for information is becoming faster and easier. Could this new rise in search tools and navigational technologies be a threat to Google's dominance?

: Topic: Communications; Your Next Cell Phone; It seems that every day, there are new announcements purporting to redefine how we will use our cell phones: from the latest GPS-enabled gadget for social computing, to software to make your PC a phone. But what is the real future of telephony?

: Topic: Energy; Better Batteries; The lack of efficient and dependable batteries limits the development of everything from electronics to hybrid vehicles. But new designs are offering better, safer alternatives.

: Topic: Energy; Solar Power; Researchers are creating novel types of photovoltaic devices that could finally make solar power a broadly practical source of renewable energy.

: Topic: People and Trends; TR35; Technology Review honors 35 young innovators under the age of 35 whose technological discoveries and scientific research are changing the world we live in.

: Topic: Business; Smarter IT; Smarter information technology can give businesses the competitive edge. From cloud computing and new web services to greener data centers and better security management, explore the ways IT is evolving to meet demand.

: Topic: Communications; 10 Emerging Technologies 2009; Technology Review presents its annual list of 10 technologies that can change the way we live.

: Topic: People and Trends; 10 Emerging Technologies 2008; Technology Review presents 10 technologies that we think are most likely to change the way we live.

: Topic: People and Trends; 10 Emerging Technologies 2007; This year, as every year, we present our list of the 10 technologies we find most exciting鈥攁nd most likely to alter industries, fields of research, and even the way we live. The list comprises projects in a broad range of fields.

: Topic: Energy; Tomorrow's Car; Worries over the future of gasoline supplies and the effects of carbon dioxide emissions are driving innovators to rethink how we get around.

: Topic: Biomedicine; Biofuels; Everyone from leading Silicon Valley venture capitalists to former President Bush is touting fuels created from biomass as a replacement for petroleum. But new technologies are needed to make this vision economically and environmentally feasible.

Technology Review September/October 2009

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