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April 2011 Issue

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Automakers double down on technology

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April 2011 Issue

Automakers double down on technology

Guitar Hero and Rock Band may be through, but the genre is thriving without plastic controllers

A look back at a century of light

As our radios get smarter, they’ll be competing for overcrowded airwaves. Game theory can make them cooperate

A Q&A with the son of Carl Sagan and one of the voices on the Voyager Golden Records

A detailed study of tech bubbles and other financial booms and busts finds recurring--and sobering--patterns

Transistor design could bring OLEDs to large-screen TVs, researchers claim

Signs of the elusive antineutrino could keep nuclear reactors in line

So far, harvesters can get milliwatts of electricity from sound. That might be enough for some things

The challenges of that crisis are the same Fukushima presents

Better automation needed? Maybe not. But certainly more robots

Combustible mix of metal and oxygen could be path to flexible electronics

As the United States tries to ride high tech out of recession, does it risk innovating its workforce out of jobs?

Even Newark, N.J., is becoming a grow-it-yourself paradise

You don't need a 3-D printer to get 3-D-printed parts

As with gross domestic product, China is now solidly No. 2

British pilot Andy Green has already gone faster on the ground than most things go in the air. Now he's aiming for 1000 mph by 2012

The graphics programmer and "Hawaii Five-0" actor channels his inner geek

Weather modification, missile defense, acid rain--there's a lot going on in the sky besides climate change, and it's just as contentious

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