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This is a log that tracks TRN site growth. This is a good place to mention that monetary contributions from our readers quickly translate into site improvements. Many of our new sections could, given more resources, be launched sooner and grow more quickly. You can also contribute by buying your books through TRN.

Reader suggestions are another important tool in improving the site. Please let us know what you think of our existing and new sections, our coverage, the site in general, and what you think would improve the site.

Technology Research News (TRN) is an independent news journal and Web site begun and run by journalists. We aim to make science and technology understandable and accessible in a world where the ever-increasing pace of scientific developments is increasingly affecting business, culture and daily life.

Site Traffic

Total visitors February, 2005: 150,664
Total visitors March, 2005: 189,301
Total visitors April, 2005: 185,895
Total visitors May, 2005: 175,999
Total visitors June, 2005: 205,868

Site Additions and Updates

July 27, 2005
Launched TRN Forum
Ask a question, give your opinion, get a discussion started about anything to do with science and technology or TRN.
Status: Live.

July 27, 2005
Improved TRN's Events Directory
Comprehensive listing of business, scientific and technical conferences and exhibitions related to technology research.
Status: 12 months.
Note: This listing includes a form that allows you to suggest events to include in the listing.

June 15, 2005
Launched TRN's Events Directory
Comprehensive listing of business, scientific and technical conferences and exhibitions related to technology research. Events are organized by date within seven broad categories: applied physics, biotechnology, communications, computing, engineering, materials, and nanotechnology. Also includes search.
Status: 4 months. Over the next few weeks the listing will expand to include events six months or more in advathence.
Note: This listing includes a form that allows you to suggest events to include in the listing.

May 4, 2005
Improved TRN's Researchers to Watch
Listing of key researchers and their Web sites within broad technology organized by sub-topic. Added search field.
Status: 68 subcategories
Growth Possibilities: Explanations that organize the technologies, put them in context, and point out key developments to look for as the research goes forward. More groups of researchers under more subtopics.

May 4, 2005
Improved The TRN Finder
Set of science and technology searches and directories. Added Researchers to Watch search to TRN Site Directories section. Added six new search categories and 3-5 new sources to Directed Searches section. New sections include automotive, consumer electronics, entertainment, health, home, and social/business; new searches include books, Google News, Sirus, and in the health category, PubMed and GoldBamboo.
Status: 29 searches; 14 sets of directed searches across 6-8 sources.
Growth Possibilities: More searches. Better ways to search.

April 19, 2005
Improved The TRN Finder
Set of science and technology searches and directories. Added directed searches section.
Status: 28 searches; 7 sets of directed searches across TRN, Google, and Google Scholar.
Growth Possibilities: More directed searches. Better ways to search.

March 23, 2005
Launched The TRN Finder
Set of science and technology searches and directories.
Status: 28 searches
Growth Possibilities: Combined searches. Better ways to search.

March 14, 2005
Improved Making the Future reports and biweekly PDF page
Added thumbnail pictures of report covers.

March 9, 2005
Launched TRN's Researchers to Watch
Listing of key researchers and their Web sites within broad technology organized by sub-topic.
Status: 68 subcategories
Growth Possibilities: Explanations that organize the technologies, put them in context, and point out key developments to look for as the research goes forward. More groups of researchers under more subtopics.

February 23, 2005
Launched Impact Assessment
A column by Ted Smalley Bowen that follows the way technology is settling into the real world.
Status: Frequency of 6-10 per year
Growth possibilities: Increased frequency; additional columns

February 9, 2005
Launched View from the High Ground
A periodic question and answer interview with a top researcher.
Status: Frequency of 6 per year
Growth possibilities: Increase frequency

February 9, 2005
Launched The TRN Bookshelf
Online version of the physical bookcase in the TRN offices that houses the best science and technology books that we've read.
Status: 35 books on the bookshelf, three full reviews; RSS feed
Growth possibilities: More reviews.

December 6, 2004
Launched Smalley's Research Watch
Blog that illuminates science and technology developments by making connections among technologies, news events, and people's lives.
Status: 1-2 items per week; RSS feed
Growth possibilities: More items per week. Additional blogs.

September, 2004
Redesigned TRN's Research Directory
Directory of applied physics, biotechnology, communications, computing, engineering, materials, and nanotechnology research resources at university, government and corporate research sites.
Status: 24 organizations
Growth possibilities: More organizations; 250 planned.

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