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Robert Buderi

Robert Buderi

buderi@mit.edu

ROBERT BUDERI is former Editor in Chief of MIT's Technology Review magazine and the author of Engines of Tomorrow (Simon and Schuster 2000), an account of the evolution and current practice of corporate research. His acclaimed first book, The Invention That Changed the World (Simon and Schuster 1996), examined radar's impact on World War II and post-war science and technology and was part of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundations Technology Series. A former BusinessWeek technology editor and Vannevar Bush Fellow at MIT, Buderi has written for numerous publications, including Newsweek, Time, Science, Nature, The Economist, Sports Illustrated and The Atlantic Monthly. Buderi also served as advisor to the British Broadcasting Corporation's "Science at War" documentary series and to two History Channel programs about World War II. As editor of Technology Review, Buderi led the magazine to numerous editorial and design awards and oversaw its expansion into three foreign editions, electronic newsletters, and into highly successful events and conferences. He speaks widely about emerging technologies and their impact and is a regular guest of CNBC's "Strategy Session" and "The Wall Street Journal Report".