This year also brought us several steps closer to nanotube computing, as many research groups developed new ways to custom design nanotubes.

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Starner is at the forefront of wearable computing, developing intelligent, wearable systems that can record and repay information, and has worn his own custom-made wearable computer since 1993.

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