Loser: Brew, Baby, Brew
A backyard still that turns sugar into ethanol fuel may look sweet, but under scrutiny it turns sour
January 2009
Gadgets | Cover Story
Winners & Losers VI
Special report
By Philip E. RossFeatures
Loser: Fruitless
A strawberry-picking robot won't be displacing farmworkers anytime soon
Loser: Hot or Not?
BlackLight Power says it's developing a revolutionary energy source--and it won't let the laws of physics stand in its way
Loser: Mental Block
Emotiv says its game controller works at the speed of thought, but it doesn't
Loser: That Sinking Feeling
In the teeth of a global recession, an aquatic-car company ramps up to enter a market that's never made money
Loser: The Ads Have Eyes
TruMedia's facial-recognition system lets advertisers watch you watching their ads--whether you want them to or not
Winner: Hot Rocks
Geodynamics is turning Australia's natural radioactivity into the country's first geothermal power plants
Winner: Multicore Made Simple
Intel's Larrabee is a chip every designer already knows how to program
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