Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Some Caveats on Obama’s Smart Grid Funding
Today President Obama announced what the White House is calling “the largest single energy-grid modernization investment in U.S. history.”
Thursday, June 18, 2009
What Is the Future of Humans in Space?
A 10-person committee charged with reviewing the future of U.S. human spaceflight will hold its first public meeting today, beginning a process that must cover a lot of territory in very little time.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Are Your “Secret Questions” Too Easily Answered?
Brian Green’s experience with not-so-secret questions began when he logged on to his World of Warcraft account in March of this year and found all of his characters in their underwear.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Wolfram Alpha and Google Face Off
Last week, as physicist Stephen Wolfram was demonstrating his new Web-based “computation engine”–Wolfram Alpha–to the public, Google announced a data-centric service of its own.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
The Social Life of Routers
Just like an old-fashioned piece of mail, data traveling over the Internet normally follow a predictable path. As the Internet continues to grow, however, experts have begun to worry that current routing protocols will be unable to cope with increased congestion.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Wikipedia and the Meaning of Truth
With little notice from the outside world, the community-written encyclopedia Wikipedia has redefined the commonly accepted use of the word “truth.” Why should we care? Because Wikipedia’s articles are the first- or second-ranked results for most Internet searches.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
A Technology Surges
… The days of patrol leaders operating half-blind on the deadly streets of Iraq are drawing to a close. After a two-year rush program by the Pentagon’s research arm, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, troops are now getting what might be described as Google Maps for the Iraq counterinsurgency. There is nothing cutting-edge about the underlying technology: software that runs on PCs and taps multiple distributed databases. But the trove of information the system delivers is of central importance in the daily lives of soldiers. The new technology–called the Tactical Ground Reporting System, or TIGR–is a map-centric application that junior officers (the young sergeants and lieutenants who command patrols) can study before going on patrol and add to upon returning.
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