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SMALLER CITY STARTUPS
Can Stockholm and Tel Aviv
compete against Silicon Valley?
BY ALAN S. BRO WN
NEW LIFE FOR
OLD STEAM
How do you test
that a century-old
fire engine is safe?
Ask an engineer.
BY CHITRA SETHI
LIVING MACHINES
Turning biological cells
into working mechanisms.
BY MONIQUE BROUILLETTE
