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FEBRUARY 2005
“He’s willing to stick his neck out. Once in a while it gets chopped off, but he just picks it back up and screws it on again.”
FOUNDED IN 1872
LIFE BUILT TO ORDER p. 64
tech 17 | What’s New
Volvo’s eco-friendly concept car. High-tech hydraulics. Slimmed-down cathode-ray-tube TVs. Biometric sensors that secure your gadgets. 79 | How 2.0 GEEK GUIDE Put your digital pics online. DIY Build a home-theater PC. GRAY MATTER Make spoons that dissolve. TECH LESSON Draw with GPS devices.
news and views 31 | Headlines ENERGY Solar power captured in a dish. SPACE Sailing into space with microwaves. MEDICINE Do stem cells fuel tumors? PREDICTION Personal germ detectors.
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O N T H E C O V E R : L E T T E R I N G B Y C H R I S T O P H N I E M A N N ; I N S E T: D AV I D D E W H U R S T. T H I S PA G E , C L O C K W I S E F R O M T O P : D AV I D B A R RY; C H A R L E S M A S T E R S ; C O U RT E S Y S I X F L A G S G R E AT A D V E N T U R E ; D AV I D D E W H U R S T; L A M B E RT / G E T T Y I M A G E S
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