- Seven Must-Read Stories (Week Ending May 24, 2013)
Another chance to catch the most interesting, and important, articles from the previous week on MIT Technology Review.
- Marketing to the Big Data Inside Us
In your DNA are clues to your health, your ancestry, and maybe even your purchasing preferences.
Companies market to you according to your shopping habits, your age, your salary, and your social-media activities. In the future, they may be able to advertise to you on the basis of your DNA.
- Teens’ Coded Language is Latest Challenge for Facebook's Ad Algorithms
Most teenagers deliberately hide what they are really talking about on Facebook – a practice that could make it harder to pitch ads at them.
- Next-Generation Consumer <br>3-D Printer Arrives, but a Lawsuit Looms
Formlabs is bringing down the costs of a better 3-D printing technique, but it must survive a patent lawsuit.
Desktop 3-D printers are about to become available with higher-definition capabilities, with a new startup shipping its first model this month.
- Material That Sorts Molecules by Shape Could Lower the Price of Gas
A hydrocarbon-sorting material could replace energy-intensive oil refining steps.
A new material that sorts hydrocarbon molecules by shape could lower the cost of gasoline and also make the fuel safer by reducing the need for certain additives that have been linked to cancer, according to a paper in the next issue of the journal Science.
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