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The Technology and Business section of Scientific American talks about "spray-on dressings" and dissolving bandages as new technologies that promise to improve medicine. In "Unplugged but Unbowed," hear about convicted hacker Kevin Mitnick. Within the more than five years since he was arrested and sent to prison, Internet speeds have increased as dramatically (by a factor of sixteen) as the prices of operating systems have dropped (the foundation code that Mitnick stole from Sun Microsystems was at the time allegedly worth $80 million and today retails for $100). But breaking into computers has not grown significantly more difficult, the recently paroled hacker told questioners at a May e-business conference in New York City sponsored by Business Week.
Plus, "Anti-Gravity" considers alcohol, tobacco, and the analysis of many people: listen to several surprising insights about the items we devote our mouths. These articles actually appeared in Scientific American for July 2000.
