[en] Recent results of precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy appear to strengthen the non-baryonic cold dark matter scenario. However the outcome of the present round of direct dark matter experiments is not conclusive and latest theoretical predictions of supersymmetric cross sections which take into account current accelerator limits and cosmological constraints tend to predict rather small interaction rates beyond the detection capabilities of present experiments. A new generation of detectors employing larger mass and sophisticated background suppression techniques promises a gain in sensitivity of two to three orders of magnitude