Stories by David Pescovitz

Spare Parts for Vital Organs

Engineers are creating artificial replacements for failing hearts, kidneys, pancreases and livers

In the Waiting Room

Robodocs may be here, but remote surgery remains remote

Accounting for Taste

Wired for Speed

As chips shrink, researchers look to optical and radio-frequency interconnects

Power to the PC

Distributed computing over the Internet goes commercial

Insides Out

Bioagent Chip

A sensor to detect a biological warfare attack in seconds

PLEASE DISPOSE OF PROPERLY

Entrepreneurs look for ways to put old computers to good use

To Your On-line Health

CABLE-FREE

Free-air optical networks go for a test run