MIT’s Technology Review magazine examines the state of research and development this year. A piece in the September issue finds that spending is up and gains are unevenly distributed. But there is more to this story than just the numbers. For that reason, TR also includes “blue sky” research efforts, or R&D projects undertaken even though a payoff may not come for many years. The article, available here, has sections on IBM: The Computer Brain; Intel: Precision Biology; and Bell Labs: Quantum Computing. Technology Industry