Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Technology New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   A Battery That Can Take a Bullet - Wearable electronics will let tomorrow's soldiers ascertain their locations -- and those of their enemies -- in an instant. But the snazzy mobile gear needs a special kind of battery. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   A Better Look at Heart Disease - A new, noninvasive diagnostic tool for coronary artery disease could replace conventional angiograms. Patients breathe a sigh of relief. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   A Big Show of Tiny Technologies - Microsystems created for the nation's defense can also be handy around the house. Just think, your own toxic gas scanner. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   A Call for Public Cell Studies - Just how safe are cell towers in church steeples or, for that matter, cell phones near your ear? Speakers at a public forum say it's time to answer those questions with public research. Chris Oakes reports from Tiburon, California. [Wired News]   A Creepy Way to Save Lives - Engineers have designed a pipe-crawling robotic caterpillar that could seek out human victims in destroyed buildings. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   A Cure for the Common Cold? - No, not a cure -- but researchers have found a drug that eases the pain, and lops off a few days from those intermimable winter colds. [Wired News]   A Field of Physics - What does it take to knock down Terrell Davis? It's all about momentum, one physicist says, and not the kind sportscasters usually talk about. By Pete Danko. [Wired News]   A Good Swing Saved - To the uninitiated, golf may be a game played by a bunch of fat guys in bad clothes. Slowly but surely, those fat, tacky guys are using technology to refine their game. Steve Kettmann reports from Pebble Beach, California. [Wired News]   A Hand in Every Game - Meet Charles Moore, football veteran. He has never run back a kickoff, has zero yards per carry, and has never completed a pass. Still, his contribution is critical. By Dan Brekke. [Wired News]   A Linux Support System - A new company provides full-time tech support, helping to bring the free operating system out of the closet. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   A Network in Every Home - Intel joins the raft of companies with networking products that share Internet access in the home. Yet another reason for families and parents not to talk to each other. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   A New Chip Off an Old Block - Pioneer chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices unveils its K6-3 microprocessor, a product aimed squarely at Intel's new Pentium III. Analysts are ready with buckets of cold water. [Wired News]   A New Computer Age Dawns - The silicon chip will one day be regarded as a lumbering dinosaur, made extinct by tiny molecular "logic gates" that will dramatically shrink computers while making them still more powerful. [Wired News]   A New Weapon for Killing Tumors - The Millennium MLC-120 directs a precise beam of radiation at difficult tumors, allowing doctors to increase the dosage and raising new hopes in the treatment of cancer. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   A Nuts-and-Bolts Housekeeper - To hell with your Hoover. A new domestic robot will vacuum your floor and carry the dishes for you. But your new housemate is a long way from having a personality. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   A Palm in the Tool Belt - Construction workers are using PalmPilots onsite to download blueprints and help plan for the weather. Staying connected is yielding concrete results. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   A Prescription for Telemedicine - The American Medical Association recognizes telemedicine as legit as it rolls out new Net guidelines. A new site, meanwhile, promises that its 500 physicians will be more than pill pushers. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   A Real Dilemma for Webcasters - When RealNetworks sent out an email this month offering a cool software tool that blocks banner ads, it probably wasn't expecting a client revolt. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]   A Recipe for Life on Mars - By simulating conditions on Mars, scientists manage to sustain microbial life forms on a diet of ash, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and a dash of water. [Wired News]   A Search for Intelligent Searchers - SETI's collaborative search for alien intelligence has been hit by a down-to-Earth problem: an overwhelming response from volunteers. By Leander Kahney. [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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