April 23, 2003 -
Sub-Urban Renewal - Issue 11.04 - April 2003, WiredMag, Thanks to new tunneling
technologies, real estate trends are down. Way down., By Fred Hapgood,
It's the mantra of every silver-tongued real estate agent straining to
close a deal: They're not making any more land. But imagine if they
were. Suppose acres of new land could be manufactured just like I-beams,
bolts of cloth, or toothpaste. And what if this man-made frontier could
be rolled out anywhere, even in the heart of the densest metropolis,
without displacing anyone? Well, it can. The world's cities may be
overcrowded, and the suburbs that surround them may be choked by
unchecked sprawl, but there's plenty of undeveloped space. It's right at
your feet: underground...
April
02, 2003 -
Abiomed poised to tap wider market as
artificial heart faces crucial tests
- By Raja Mishra, Globe Staff, It
took three years of laboratory
development for Danvers-based Abiomed
Inc. to devise and build its fully
implantable artificial heart. Now, an
equally daunting task begins: turning a
technological, still-experimental marvel
into a revenue-generating product.
Abiomed officials expect federal
government approval soon for limited
sale of as many as 4,000 artificial
hearts by the middle of next year, and
several major US hospitals have
expressed their desire to purchase and
use the titanium-and-plastic heart...
