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The Tech of Tomorrow, But Not Really

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'Vapor' Photonics

By Gary Boas

I always assumed that, by the second decade of the 21st century, I would have a jet pack, a robot valet and a flying car that folded into a suitcase I could take to my desk at work. As it turns out, I don’t have any of these. Life is filled with disappointment. All kinds of awesome technologies are dreamed up, designed and eventually ushered into development. Some actually come to fruition, albeit decades after we initially expected them. (Hello, Skype-videophone.) Others never really make it past the “omigoshwhatagreatidea” stage. Still others, after years of toil and...Read full article

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    Published: February 2011
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