Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Technology New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Boston's Digital Dash - Is your cousin from Duluth keeping to his six-minute mile? Microchips affixed to every runner will let you follow the 1999 Boston Marathon in near-real time. By Josh Lucas. [Wired News]   Boycott Targets Intel - Electronic privacy activists, appalled by the implications of the unique identifier in the company's next-generation chip, say they'll try to persuade the firm to change course. [Wired News]   Brain Surgery Sans Scalpel - New imaging technology and gamma-radiation treatments could make the surgical skull saw as obsolete as leeches. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   Brain Waves Key to Memory - Researchers have located the brain waves that seem to play an important role in how humans navigate. The discovery could lead to treatments for epilepsy and other disorders. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   Brains: Use 'Em or Lose 'Em - The best defense against brain disease in old age? A stimulating childhood environment and lifelong learning. [Wired News]   Break It to Me Gently Online - A new study finds that electronic communication makes correspondence more honest. Or does it simply break down inhibitions? By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   Breaking the Language Barrier - International scientists test a translation system that can convert the babble of up to six languages. A wearable version is aimed at travelers. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   Breast-fed and Fit for Life - Children who are exclusively breast-fed in their first few months are significantly less likely in later life to become obese or suffer from a variety of illnesses, a new study shows. [Wired News]   Bringing the Web Closer - Akamai launches a service for building a faster Net: a thousand points of content that moves the Web closer to users. [Wired News]   British Inventor Eyes Linux - British icon and inventor "Uncle Clive" Sinclair is tinkering again. This time, he promises a cheap, portable Linux PC. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   Brits on Net: Jolly Good - Ten thousand new Britons log on each day, a new poll reveals. German newbies nip close at their their heels, but France has a ways to go. [Wired News]   Broadband to the Kitchen Sink - Now that networking giant Cisco is looking to the home market for growth, other Internet infrastructure companies are likely to follow suit. By R. Scott Raynovich. [Wired News]   Bubble Baths Are for the Birds - No more wrestling soapy seagulls. Scientists find a way to dry clean birds caught in oil spills. [Wired News]   Building a Better Mouse Brain - Scientists have genetically engineered mice to learn faster and retain intelligence-building skills into adulthood. The findings could lead to new Alzheimer's drugs. [Wired News]   Building a Self-Actualized Web - Web documents are dumb about the content they contain. XML backers are looking for ways to let electronic documents work smarter. Chris Oakes reports from San Jose, California. [Wired News]   Building the Better Behemoth - That rumbling sound you'll hear during Super Bowl XXXIII on 31 January is not an earthquake. It's the sound of carefully engineered offensive and defensive linemen moving down the field. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Bulletproof Email for the Masses - The privacy benefits of fully encrypted email hover just out of reach of all but the techno-literate. But Hushmail is out to change that. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   Burn Relief - Current burn treatments are as painful as the injuries themselves. Lidar technology promises a new level of precision for removing damaged tissue to promote healing and reduce infection. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   Buying Time for Stroke Victims - Telemedicine helps doctors to evaluate and treat stroke patients remotely, saving time and, ultimately, lives. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   C&W's High-Bandwidth Gambit - Cable Wireless promises to deliver broadband access to 60 US cities by 2001. The US$670 million investment paves the way for the Next Generation Internet. [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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