March 2012: The Future of Medicine

March 2012: The Future of Medicine

Features

No Pulse

How doctors reinvented the human heart by Dan Baum

The Boy Who Played With Fusion

Taylor Wilson always dreamed of creating a star, so at the age of 14 he built his own nuclear reaction by Tom Clynes

The Mars Experiment

This summer, NASA's Curiosity rover will undertake the most ambitious Mars mission ever. Here's how it will work by Jennifer Abbasi

An Ocean of Data

Brendan Foley is using autonomous robots and high-throughput data collection and analysis to uncover the mysteries of ancient sea trade. Will he transform maritime archaeology in the process? by Brooke Borel

What's New

• The Goods: March 2012's Hottest Gadgets
• E-Readers Finally Get a Splash of Color
• The Yamaha Moegi Demonstrates The Future of Fuel Efficiency
• The Race For The Next Big Thing In Green Illumination
• Wi-Fi Could Become As Widespread As Cellular
• A New Motor Makes For A Stronger 18-volt Drill

Headlines

• By the Numbers: Flu Season, Visualized
• The $1,000 Genome, and the New Problem of Having Too Much Information
• The Virus Station: A Field Lab for Finding a Deadly Disease
• Redesigning the Toilet to Produce Water, Fertilizer, and Energy
• Will Doctors Ever Cure Migraines?
• Creating "Terminator Vision" in Your Future Contact Lenses

How 2.0

• You Built What?!: A Compact Mechanical Crossbow With the Precision of a Laser
• Gray Matter: Dipping My Finger In Molten Lead
• Can I Update the Software on My Old Android Phone?
• 5-Minute Project: Hand Warmers

FYI

• FYI: Do Competitive Eaters Have Unusual Stomachs?
• FYI: Will People Ever Evolve Out of Craving Unhealthy Food?

Megapixels

• Turning People Into Plastic