Issue 3.01 - January 1997
"To predict the future, we need logic; but we also need faith and imagination, which can sometimes defy logic itself."
Features
Welcome to the future of...
Happy New Year, Britain! In 1997, our politics grows up, or film industry's alive with hot new talent and cyberspace citizenship is set to explode. By the Editors
Yutaaka Sone's Artifical Lawn Performance shows that in the '90s, even artists can go to the Moon. By Hari Kunzru
In 2001: A Space Odyssey, the thinking, talking, scheming HAL 9000 computer became operational in January 1997. Has anyone seen HAL? By Simson Garkfinkel
Arthur C. Clarke talks to Jeff Greenwald about 3001, computers that can take a joke and the things he thinks will get us back on our space odyssey. Plus - a thought-provoking story by Brian Aldiss.
The reality of modern space stations is a million miles from Stanley Kubrick's visions in 2001. By the Editors
Stanley Kubrick's latest vision of thinking machines may require new breakthroughs in special effects. By Paula Parisi
Richard Kitney is building the networking infrastructure for a new era of information-based healthcare. By Simon Ings
The trillion-dollar car industry is rebuilding its future around a digital dream - a car designed and sold in cyberspace. By Paul Eisenstein
You've heard the hype about technology in the future; now get the real timetable. Wired asked the experts about delivery dates for the male pill, immortality and much more. Excerpted from Reality Check, by David Pescovitz and Brad Wieners
Departments
Reader feedback
Sci-fi authors visualise cyberspace,
scientists look for naked people and more
In Vitro
Abacus
Idées Fortes
Technolust
What matters on the Web
Love it or loathe it
Meetings worth making
Voxels
The revolution as it happens
Surfaces and Displays