Articles by Technology Review from November 2013

The CEO of Box is building an online file storage system designed to reshape industries.Aaron Levie bounds onstage with the swagger of a standup comic. But hes not performing at the Comedy Store. Hes ...

The CEO of Box is building an online file storage system designed to reshape industries.Aaron Levie bounds onstage with the swagger of a standup comic. But hes not performing at the Comedy Store. Hes ...

An Icelandic company figures out how to make methanol from waste CO2, but the economics may not work without a nearby volcano.When a geothermal power plant started spewing hot water into the barren, v...

The latest fitness-tracking wristbands need to get in better shape before theyll earn a spot on my wrist.At 11:30 last Friday night I was frantically doing jumping jacks in my living room, trying to h...

Lithium-ion batteries can be designed to prevent fires, but there are inherent risks.In the past two months, three Tesla Motors Model S electric cars have caught fire after their lithium-ion battery p...

New inks and tools allow 3-D printing of lithium-ion technology.By making the basic building blocks of batteries out of ink, Harvard materials scientist Jennifer Lewis is laying the groundwork for lit...

Sony and Microsoft release their first video-game consoles in seven years, but theyre battling for a world of play that is rapidly changing.This month marks a milestone in the turf war for the space b...

How does the ability to instantaneously reallocate physical resources change the way companies source materials, manage operations, and go to market? ...

SolidEnergy says its new battery materials store more energy and wont catch fire.Bulky and expensive batteries are the bane of electric vehicles. A new MIT spinoff company, SolidEnergy, says it has a ...

Kateeva says its new manufacturing equipment can produce affordable OLED displays, rigid and flexible.Color-rich, energy-efficient, and flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays could soon...

Kateeva says its new manufacturing equipment can produce affordable displays based on organic light-emitting diodes.Color-rich, energy-efficient, and flexible displays based on organic light-emitting ...

A researcher envisions the ultimate cure for range anxiety: roadway-powered vehicles with modified on-board power receivers.One way to extend the range of electric vehicles may be to provide power wir...

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Polymer glue helps fracture-prone high-capacity batteries last through more charges.If electric cars are ever to drive hundreds of miles between chargesas they must to compete with gas-powered carsthe...

Toyota says it has reduced the cost of fuel cells significantly enough to sell hydrogen cars for under $100,000.Toyota says its made several advances to hydrogen fuel cells that will make them signifi...

What can a network learn that an individual cannot?We asked this question because we believe that society is on the verge of an unprecedented era of learning. Humanity has always been hard-wired to ac...

The appearance of indium gallium zinc oxide transistors in iPads shows that the display industry is poised to begin churning out a new breed of high-performance screens.One of the most important innov...

What can a network learn that an individual cannot?We asked this question because we believe that society is on the verge of an unprecedented era of learning. Humanity has always been hard-wired to ac...

Carver Mead christened Moores Law and helped make it come true. Now he says engineers should experiment with quantum mechanics to advance computing.Computer scientist Carver Mead gave Moores Law its n...

Jawbones new activity-tracking wristband can be used to start your coffeemaker when you get up....

Indoor location technology brings Internet-style tracking to physical spaces.Youve just tossed a jar of peanut butter in your grocery cart when your smartphone buzzes. You glance down at the screen to...

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Technology that derives personality traits from Twitter updates is being tested to help target promotions and personalize customer service.Trying to derive a persons wants and needsconscious or otherw...

What are the roles of instinct, experience, and gut in a data-driven innovation culture?This Conversation on the Future of Business is brought to you by SAP &MIT Technology Review Custom...

Amazons massive investments in technology shape the future for retailers everywhere.Why do some stores succeed while others fail? Retailers constantly struggle with this question, battling one another...

Facing a declining market for e-readers, E Inks new R&D facility is trying out some different ideas.When Amazon launched its Kindle e-reader shortly before Christmas in 2007, it was a breakout mom...

Hard-drive maker HGST has tamed the manufacturing challenges to bringing high-capacity, energy-efficient helium-filled drives to market.Data-storage company HGST has begun making a six-terabyte helium...

Hard-drive maker HGST has tamed the manufacturing challenges to bringing high-capacity, energy-efficient helium-filled drives to market.Data-storage company HGST has begun making a six-terabyte helium...

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E-commerce is an idea whose time has come and gone. Heres why.When you think of Macys, you probably picture Santa Claus, a Thanksgiving Day parade, or its eleven-story, 2.2-million-square-foot flagshi...

A 3-D gesture-recognition chip could make it a lot easier to use smart watches and head-mounted computers.If just thinking about using a tiny touch screen on a smart watch has your fingers cramping up...

In five years, what new models of work and collaboration will we see?This Conversation on the Future of Business is brought to you by SAP &MIT Technology Review Custom....

In five years, what new models of work and collaboration will we see?This Conversation on the Future of Business is brought to you by SAP &MIT Technology Review Custom....