The World Technology Network (WTN) is a global meeting ground, a virtual think tank, and an elite club whose members are all focused on the business and science of bringing important emerging technologies of all types (from biotech to new materials, from IT to new energy sources) into reality. The WTN's membership is comprised of over 700 individuals and organizations from more than 50 countries, judged by their peers to be the most innovative in the technology world.

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***NEWS*** The WTN Announces the Winners of the 2005 World Technology Awards, as well as the newly elected individual Fellows and Corporate Members (Click Here to See the List)

 

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Lost in Space... and Found Again

Scientists have had several years to speculate on what happened to NASA's Mars Polar Lander (MPL) ever since it disappeared attempting to land on Mars in 1999. Now the company in charge of the camera on another Mars probe, the Global Surveyor, believes it may have found the MPL. WTN Fellow Michael Malin and his team at Malin Space Science Systems re-examined photographs taken by the Mars Global Surveyor and were able to identify the probable site where the MPL crash-landed.

  • Michael Malin: WTN Fellow, 2001 Award Finalist for Space
  • more information: BBC News article

New Models for Digital Entertainment

USA Today rounded up several digital media leaders, including WTN Member Roger McNamee, for a panel discussion on the future of media and entertainment. "Technology has transformed not just music, but it is gradually transforming every segment of media by making media mobile," says McNamee.

AOL's "Serial Entrepreneur" Back In the Game

AOL co-founder and self-described "serial entrepreneur" Steve Case, a WTN Fellow, is at it again, investing in young companies, hoping to build them up into profitable entities. The Washington Post carries a profile of Case and his new investment strategies. "Maybe I'll go to 'Entrepreneurs Anonymous' someday, but right now I'm doing what I love and working harder and having more fun than at anytime in the past five to 10 years," he says.

Deaf Inventor Honored for Accessibility Achievements

Deaf scholar and inventor Dimitri Kanevsky was recently awarded an honarary Doctorate of Law degree from Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr. Kanevsky has worked for IBM since 1986 and holds over 75 patents for accessibility technologies.

More Reasons to Skip Your Homework

Thefacebook, a social networking web site exclusively for college students, is expanding its operations to include all U.S. four-year schools. This is made possible by a $12.2 million investment from Accel Partners, the venture capital firm for which Jim Breyer, a WTN Fellow, is managing partner. "We've considered dozens of social networking sites in the past, but chose Thefacebook because of the passionate devotion that its members have shown," he says.