The initial listing of emerging technology news was culled from a variety of sources, including the NY Times, PC World, Technology Review, InfoWorld, and Wired. Please add more, or add comments on how or why you think they are important
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Each Advisory Board member was asked to mark the three (3) items/articles in this section that they thought were most useful or interesting for the purposes of the Horizon Report by adding his or her their initials below the entry.
Items Highlighted by Advisory Board Members – Rank Ordered by Votes
Killer Maps
Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are vying to transform online maps into full-blown browsers, organizing information via geography. The likely winner? You. By Wade Roush
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/10/issue/feature_maps.asp?trk=nl
Votes: LJ RSS NN SRB AL JH KT
Mesh Networking Matters
Meshes will be the mechanism by which machine intelligence becomes like electricity: invisible and ubiquitous. By Jason Pontin
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/09/issue/editor.asp?trk=nl
Votes: LJ RSS NN JPJ RMS MBB
New Outlet for Broadband
The emerging field of BPL – broadband Internet access over common power lines – is nearing some large-scale rollouts. By Eric Hellweg
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/07/wo/wo_071805hellweg.asp?trk=nl
Votes: LJ JPJ RMS KT
The Hundred-Dollar Laptop
MIT's Nicholas Negroponte wants to provide Internet access to all the world. His plan: a dirt-cheap computer. By Jason Pontin
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/08/issue/editor.asp?trk=nl
Votes: SRB JH KT
Next Up For Bittorrent: Search
Whiz kid inventor Bram Cohen and a small cadre of developers and entrepreneurs are in the final stage of launching an advertising-supported search engine dedicated to cataloging and indexing the thousands of movies, music tracks, software programs and other files for download over Cohen's popular BitTorrent protocol.
http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,67596,00.html
Votes: RSS AL
Protocol Extends the Range of Wireless Networks
Researchers in India have developed a communications protocol to increase the coverage area of Wi-Fi mesh networks. In a Wi-Fi mesh network, by contrast, several nodes can exchange radio signals with each other as well as with users. Such a network can provide Wi-Fi coverage for a given geographical area at a lower cost than a series of conventional Wi-Fi networks, because not all of its nodes must be wired to the Internet.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/10/issue/ftl_info.1.asp
Votes: NN AL
Toshiba's Mobile Phone Works All Windows PC Functions From Afar
Combing Brew software and data compression, Toshiba announced a new application that will turn mobile handhelds into digital storehouses for files on the home computer.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/01/ap/ap_011805.asp?trk=nl
Votes: SRB MBB
The 4-Gig Handset Hard Drive and Asian Television
I spend a lot of time talking about handheld devices (those all-in-one machines that start as phones, double as PDA, and soon will triple as multimedia devices).
http://king.trblogs.com/archives/2005/06/the_4gig_handse_1.html?trk=nl
_Votes:_RMS
The Atomic Battery
A breakthrough in betavoltaics could mean a 10-year battery life for low-power sensors and medical implants. By Eric S. Brown
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/06/wo/wo_061605brown.asp?trk=nl
_Votes:_RMS
Cities Unleash Free Wifi
As we approach the 100th anniversary of the first wireless telephone call (see timeline), applications for wireless technology seem both limitless and frustratingly out of reach. Promises of new services and ubiquitous mobile broadband stand side by side with complaints over the quality of basic voice reception. On both fronts, it's clear that we ain't seen nothing yet. Wired News
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/wireless_special/?tw=wn_tophead_2
Votes: JPJ
Holographic Memory
Although the offices of IBM and Hewlett-Packard are nearby, Longmont, CO, is decidedly not Silicon Valley chic. But in this Denver suburb, a radical experiment in data storage is under way.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/09/issue/feature_memory.asp
Votes: JH
Roamin' Holiday
GPS phones promise to change the way we think about location. By Wade Roush
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/09/issue/review_holiday.asp?trk=nl
Votes: MBB
The WiMax Difference
Intel announces one of the first major deployments of WiMAX hardware, which may set up a showdown with cellular carriers...Farmers get some technological help...and Motorola gets some rhythm in its step. By Stu Hutson.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/04/wo/wo_042505stu.asp?trk=nl
Votes: NN
Unranked Items
Adventures in the Skin Trade
NTT Lab wants to build commercial technologies using its RedTacton technololgy, which enables devices to communicate by using the electrical fields on the human skin. Eric S. Brown.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/04/wo/wo_042905brown.asp?trk=nl
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Boeing to Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi
Boeing this week joined the ranks of companies offering planes equipped with Wi-Fi service with the introduction of its new high-speed Internet service, Connexion by Boeing.
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,121900,00.asp
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Computer Interface Understands Gestures and Speech
Researchers from MIT have developed a computer interface that enables a user to manipulate virtual shapes projected onto a screen using gestures, such as pointing, and spoken commands, such as "make a red cube in the middle of the screen."
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/10/issue/ftl_info.2.asp
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Flat-Screen Prices May Be Nearing Sweet Spot
LCD and plasma flat-screens TVs are becoming cheaper, although they still cost more than CRTs. By Greg Sandoval
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/08/ap/ap_081505.asp?trk=nl
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Instant Networks: Just Add Software
PacketHop's technology helps emergency personnel link up on the fly. For cops and firefighters, being wireless isn't just about walkie-talkies anymore. By Corie Lok.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/06/issue/forward_networks.asp?trk=nl
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Microsoft to Integrate Speech Into Exchange
Microsoft Corp. aims to add speech-enabling technology to a future version of its Exchange Server as part of its unified messaging strategy, a move that could potentially compete with its third-party ISV (independent software vendor) partners.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/08/02/HNspeechexchange_1.html
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Microsoft To Test Automated PC Tuneup Service
Responding to increasing spyware and virus attacks on its products, Microsoft is testing out a subscription service for users to easily get the latest protection.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/05/ap/ap_2051305.asp?trk=nl
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MIT's DSpace Explained
DSpace is a long-term, searchable digital archive. It creates unchanging URLs for stored materials and automatically backs up one institution's archives to another's. By Simson Garfinkel
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/07/issue/feature_mit.asp?trk=nl
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A Quantum Leap in Cryptography
Encryption products that use the principles of quantum mechanics are becoming more accessible to companies and government agencies. By Karen Epper Hoffman
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/06/wo/wo_062705hoffman.asp?trk=nl
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The Small Screen Gets Smaller
Hoping to expand the use of data services among U.S. cell phone subscribers, wireless operators are pushing bite-size videoclips and live television programming made expressly for the handheld medium. By Karen Epper Hoffman
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/07/wo/wo_070105hellweg.asp?trk=nl
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Sony adds Web Browser to PSP
Sony Corp. is adding Internet access to its Play Station Portable in a bid to increase the mobile gaming device's appeal as a handheld entertainment center, the company said on Wednesday.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/08/24/sony.psp.reut/index.html
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Traffic Taming
Three startups test distinct approaches to helping drivers avoid gridlock. By Jon Burke
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/10/wo/wo_100305burke.asp?trk=nl
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New Items Since 10/25/2005 – Unranked
Battle for the Soul of the MP3 Phone
Consumers want an iPod phone that will play any song, anytime, anywhere. Just four little problems: the cell carriers, the record labels, the handset makers, and Apple itself. The inside story of why the ROKR went wrong. (And what it will take to make a truly rocking music phone.)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.11/phone.html
Intel SlashesPC Power-Up Time
Intel has unveiled a new technology on Monday that significantly reduces the time it takes for a notebook PC to power up or access programs, while improving battery life to boot.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,123053,pg,1,00.asp
Surfing Through the Power Grid
After years of hype, connecting to the internet over electrical power lines may finally be coming true.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69271,00.html