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Technology’s challenge in politics is to stitch together grassroots groups in a common fight against corruption.
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David Talbot
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I’m MIT Technology Review's chief correspondent, keeping an eye most often on the world of information and communication technologies—and asking my kids when I don’t understand what’s going on. Recent projects have taken me to Kenya to write about mobile-phone-based health initiatives, and Germany to explore how they’ll ramp up renewable power while closing down nuclear plants. My 2008 feature on the Obama campaign’s social-networking operation was selected for The Best Technology Writing 2009.
David Talbot's Stories
An Impact-Sensing Cap for Sports
Amid rising concern over concussion, a new sensor-filled cap comes with red, yellow, or green LED readouts.
EmTech: Reebok and MC10 will Launch an Impact-Sensing Skullcap for Sports
A flexible electronics startup, MC10, lifts the veil on its first commercial product, in partnership with Reebok.
Breaking Down Walls of Sound
By altering the craft of how music is recorded, technology is actually renewing the social, ephemeral aspects that are experienced most fully in live performance.
A Bandwidth Breakthrough
A dash of algebra on wireless networks promises to boost bandwidth tenfold, without new infrastructure.
What Google Knows About the Presidential Race
Political insight: people lie to pollsters, and probably on Facebook. But not to Google's search bar
Another Reason for "Smart" Electric Meters
New research finds some existing meters have security holes that the next generation does not.
Computer Viruses Are "Rampant" on Medical Devices in Hospitals
A meeting of government officials reveals that medical equipment is becoming riddled with malware.
Super-Cheap Health Tests
A startup is making a blood test out of paper.
How Cell-Phone Data Could Slow the Spread of Malaria
Location data suggests a better way to fight a disease that kills a million people a year.
