November 2006 Feature Articles

Impossible Tradeoffs

U.S. Climate Technology Plan

White House task force gets credit for talking a good game

Holiday Gifts

This year's roundup of gadgets and gizmos

Air Power

Wireless data connections are common—now scientists are working on wireless power

Certification Uncertainty

What professional certifications can do for you—maybe

Forum: Our Readers Write

The New Search for E.T.

If extraterrestrials are trying to communicate with us, they're probably using lasers, not radio waves

Breathing Easy in Space Is Never Easy

Problems with oxygen generators aboard the space station could have big implications

And More Forum...

Wi-Fi for the People

Philadelphia plans to become the biggest wireless hot spot ever

Metcalfe's Law: Right? Wrong?

Pulse Prediction

The Back Story

Swiss Invent a Muscular Display

Artificial muscles that manipulate diffraction gratings may bring truer color and a sharper image

Q&A With Bioengineer Tejal Desai

Flat Panels on Display

This year's FPD expo, in Yokohama, Japan, boasted triple-view screens, triple-duty pixels, and a squished-down version of the old TV picture tube

The Firefox Kid

Blake Ross helped make Firefox one of the biggest open-source success stories ever. Just wait until you see what he's up to now