Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Technology New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Electronic Nose Smells Illness - An electronic nose that can detect an infection by smell is in the works. With the potential to cut waiting times for lab tests by half, the Diag-Nose is nothing to sneeze at. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   Eliminating a Deadly Cancer - Scientists say a vaccine currently being tested in several countries holds great promise for eradicating cervical cancer, the second-biggest killer of women. [Wired News]   Email For Your Grandparents - The MailStation is a no-brainer Net appliance that does one thing: send and receive email. All right, two things. It's a technophobe's delight. A Wired News product review by John Gartner. [Wired News]   Empty Mir a Danger, NASA Says - Russia's plan to leave Mir unmanned while the search for funding the aging craft continues is unwise, and possibly unsafe, a NASA director warns. [Wired News]   Energy, Physics, and Soda Pop - Don't worry about gas supplies, and never mind pollution. The fuel of the future is Mountain Dew. Declan McCullagh reports from the Conference on Future Energy. [Wired News]   Enhanced MRIs Zero In on Cancer - Inert gases are being used to produce clearer MRIs that could enable doctors to use safer surgical procedures. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   Erasing Email Trails - News from the ISP convention in Baltimore, Maryland: The Freedom Network, a privacy washer for protecting email, is born. And Inktomi and Sandpiper plan to integrate their technologies. [Wired News]   Europe Halts Genetic Corn Trade - In the midst of transatlantic trade woes, the European Commission halts approval of a genetically engineered crop that could prove lethal to Monarch butterflies. [Wired News]   Everest Trek Prepares for Mars - Members of the Everest Extreme Expedition '99 are using the rooftop of the world as a space travel training ground. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   Every Web Site a Chat Room - When you land on a Web site, you're not alone. Gooey, a new hybrid chat-Web service, shows you who else is there so that you can strike up a chat. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Evidence of Plate Shifts on Mars - New data indicates Mars has geographic scarring similar to that found on Earth, a further indication that the red planet once contained water. And perhaps life. [Wired News]   Evolution vs. Creation, Round 2 - A group of creationists challenge the curriculums of Kansas schools, claiming the theory of evolution is highly speculative and confusing to religious children. Education officials will vote for changes on Friday. [Wired News]   Excite.com Goes to Illinois - A resident of a Chicago suburb woke up Wednesday to find he owned excite.com. It was news to everyone involved and highlights the weakness of the Net's name registration system. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Exploiting the Fungus Among Us - Yeast may hold a significant key to helping scientists understand how certain drugs work. [Wired News]   Extending a Palm to the Masses - 3Com's newest version of the Palm Pilot is aimed squarely at the frugal -- mainly newcomers to the handheld market and students with little money in their jeans. [Wired News]   Exterminating Mechanical Mice - Microsoft is replacing its mechanical mouse with a more durable, optical version. Good news for users with dirty desks. [Wired News]   FAA on Y2K: Ready for Takeoff - Go ahead and book that millennium vacation. Air traffic control computers pass a Y2K compliance test at Denver International Airport. [Wired News]   FAO Schwarz Springs a Leak - Did you buy a Furby from the toy store's e-commerce site? If so, your home phone number, address, and email might have been exposed to the world. By James Glave. [Wired News]   FBI Warns of Melissa Virus - The National Infrastructure Protection Center issues its first computer virus warning, cautioning network administrators to take the Melissa virus seriously. [Wired News]   Fake Brains a Smart Idea - British scientists build a better brain, at least for testing cell-phone emissions. Now, living subjects don't have to be subjected to potentially harmful radio waves. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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