, 146 E-glass, 89-90 Kuhn, Jeffrey, 18 glasses, 83-85 Kurkjian, Charles, 90 hybrid plastic, 87-88 mineral wire, 87 sponges, 85-87 Lane, Doc, 141 power sources, 176-179 Laser, light emitters, 98-100 carbon nanotube batteries, 177-178 Lau, Y. Y., 151 thin films, 178-179 Lee, Ian, 144 Mazur, Eric, 87 Lee, Kai-Fu, 18 McKinsey & Company report, 7-8 Lee, Wenke, 123-124 Medical care: Legal issues, camera phones, 158-159 speech-controlled arms, input/output Leigh, Jason, 115 technologies, 212-213 Leuski, Anton, 208-209 telecommunication applications, Levitt, Mark, 10 19-24, 76-77 Lieber, Charles M., 51-52 touch input, 197 Light emitters, 93-101 MEEP membrane, lithium ions, 181-182 laser, 98-100 Memory storage. See Storage space manipulating light, 100-101 MEMS. See Micro-electro-mechanical nanotubes, 93-94 systems (MEMS) transistor, 94-96 Menczer, Filippo, 174-175 VCSEL, 96-98 Merkle, Peter, 43-44 Light-emitting polymers (LEPs), output Mermelstein, Julia, 105 (paper-like displays), 205-207 Merryfield, Merry, 120-121 Linden, Alex, 120 Mesh networks: Lipson, Michael, 90-92 described, 68-71 Lipton, Richard, 123-124 emergency conditions, 71-72 Lithium ions, power adapter, 181-182 sensors (Spec), 73-74 Lithography, 47 Michielsen, Erik, 28,132 Liu, Chang, 66-67 Microcombustion battery, power sources, Local area networks (LANs). See 183-184 Wireless local area networks Micro-electro-mechanical systems (WLANs) (MEMS), 52-57 Location-based privacy software, low-loss, wide-bandwidth, 52-53 security, 154-156 nanoguitar, 55-57 Locker, Howard, 27, 183 StressedMetal, 53-55 INDEX Microscillator, radio technology, 142-143 appliances, 67-68 Microwave ovens, interference, 151 bus service accessibility, 68 Midkiff, Scott, 159 collaborative sensing, 74 Miles, Ron, 194-195 fiber-optical technology, 81-82 Mineral wire, fiber-optical technology, 87 mesh networks, 68-72 Miniature screens, output, 201 described, 68-71 Mobile phones, disabled access, emergency conditions, 71-72 input/output technologies, 210-211. navigation assistance, 75-76 See 