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January 2013 Issue

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January 2013 Issue

Google Glass offers a slightly augmented version of reality

Electrowetting combines the best of LCD and E Ink

A Q&A with wearable-computer pioneer Steve Mann

Babak Parviz, head of the Google Glass project, hints at what to expect next

The big makers of game consoles will renew their rivalry, and Sony has a chip on its shoulder

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Other technical advances worth keeping an eye on this year

Bringing Water to the Thirsty North

New displays will be big, bright, fast, and thin—but not cheap

With Silvermont, the chip giant may finally get a grip on the mobile market

This AI program mastered “Jeopardy!” Next up, oncology

BMW will introduce the first affordable cars made with superlight carbon composites

Start-up GraalBio wants to transform sugarcane waste into cellulosic ethanol

The European Space Agency project will change how astronomers view our galaxy

Mini cellular base stations will blanket urban hot zones and rural dead zones

Simpler scanners with no moving parts could lead to portable weapons detectors

Broadcaster aims to create a “virtual big living room”

Decentralized, peer-to-peer credit could either be the exchange Bitcoiners want—or the nascent currency’s first credible competition

Nano-optical array promises electronically steered light beams

Japanese consortium aims to transform the country’s centralized grid into islands of interconnected cells

Nearly two years after Intel, the world's leading foundries scramble to get FinFETs into the hands of chip designers

Spectrum previews the tech news of 2013—and saves you the embarrassment of being caught off guard

It’s impossible to do engineering anymore without using mostly other people’s knowledge

A wearable computer that displays information and records video

The hardware at the heart of the Internet isn’t fast enough

Behind the magazine's new look and logo

These systems can tap vast libraries of music and the spoken word

An inventor builds gear to transmit touches, tastes, and more

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