Communications
Swatch Beat
The Social Life of Information
Some Creativity Required
Are toy makers finally getting the message?
Fantastic Light
From the editor in chief
The Microphotonics Revolution
Get ready for optical switching in the telecommunications network backbone, then an all-optical Internet, and finally optical integrated circuits. The amount of data we can get almost anywhere will skyrocket.
Canada Gets Private
Legislation: Federal law aims to protect personal information.
Light Signals Direct
Telecommunications: Local optical networks skip the fibers.
Life in the Fourth Millennium
Science and technology could transform our world-if it weren't for human nature.
Freedom-Or Copyright?
By legalizing the copying of e-books, we can turn copyright back into the industrial regulation it once was.
