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Volume 4, 2011
Welcome to the fourth issue of Envision. As always, we seek to provide you with insights into the emerging technologies coalescing in the laboratories of MITRE and other research centers. The technologies featured in these pages could, in the next five to 10 years or beyond, offer revolutionary solutions to not only the intractable problems we face today, but the unforeseeable problems that may await us tomorrow. At its heart, MITRE's emerging technologies program is an effort to scan the technology horizon so we can prepare our sponsors for what lies ahead. For example, MITRE has for decades kept an eye on developments in advanced radar technology. Our focus remained on one such technology, a bistatic/multistatic radar configuration, even though it initially showed no promise of practical use. But after diligent research, MITRE succeeded in demonstrating how this technology could enable a new class of radar that is smaller, cheaper, more versatile, and more accurate than conventional radar. Bistatic/multistatic radar is now starting to be used in the field. The technologies featured in this issue in some cases shoot for vast improvements on conventional solutions. MITRE's optics research offers the potential to change the way we design and use microscopes and 3-D measurement systems. Breakthroughs in imaging may also save thousands of lives by providing early signs of chronic diseases. Even established technologies can reward researchers not content to settle for the status quo. Antibiotics, analog integrated circuits, and computer client systems are three proven technologies, yet the MITRE research described inside hints at exciting new potential uses. The myriad ways that technology can intersect with humanity is something even practiced horizon watchers find hard to predict. MITRE research into collaboration, workload management, and deception detection holds bold promise for using technology to enhance safety and productivity within our everyday world. Envision's authors have included their email addresses if you have comments or questions. We invite you to share your thoughts and feedback and to stay connected with us as we continue to research and explore technology to transform tomorrow. —Steve Huffman
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