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GM and Chrysler may be on their last legs - but small, visionary startup companies like Aptera Motors, Fisker Automotive, Tesla Motors and Bright Automotive are starting to sell their cool, cutting-edge, battery-powered cars, and a decade from now any one of them might be the household name that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Coming New New Economy | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

In the past several years, Japan has committed several tens of millions of dollars to an industry whose revenues it hopes could surge to nearly $70 billion by 2025. Japan already employs over a quarter of a million industrial robot workers -more than any other nation - in an effort to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Behind Japan's Love Affair with Robots? | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

Beyond large humanoid robots or industrial ones, Japanese researchers have also created a number of consumer-friendly inventions made for fun or therapy, like pet seals and robot chef that can whip up pancakes. But no matter how clever or cuddly, even in Japan commercial robots have a serious flaw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Behind Japan's Love Affair with Robots? | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

And the global recession hasn't helped robots' lot. As people around the world curtail luxury spending on cars and gadgets, robots are gathering dust on factory floors, and future demand for industrial robots has dropped as Japanese production takes a nosedive. Still, this lull is unlikely to stop Japanese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Behind Japan's Love Affair with Robots? | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

For a while there, it looked like the doomsayers would be proved right. On July 29, the Shanghai Composite Index lost as much as 7.7% of its value before ending the day down 5% on record-breaking trading volume of $43.3 billion. The sell-off was the largest one-day...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Soaring Stocks Pose Risk to Global Markets | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

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