Technology

EarthTrek- Citizen Scientists Save The Planet

Want to know how gravestones will weather due to pollution? Can you help measure hailstones? If so, or you are wondering what else one person can contribute to solving global climate issues, controlling the spread of invasive plant species or managing ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 5 2009 - 1:00am

JAST- This Robot Will Anticipate (And Maybe Even Question) Your Actions

The thinking, talking robots of Isaac Asimov science fiction are nothing like what we actually have- programmed machines that do the simplest things. European researchers in robotics, psychology and cognitive sciences say they have developed a robot that ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 5 2009 - 9:58am

Twitter And Social Media Fraud

Tony La Russa, manager of baseball team the St. Louis Cardinals, recently sued Twitter, claiming that an unauthorized page using his name damaged his reputation and caused emotional distress. It's true, anyone can sign onto Twitter and claim to be a ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 8 2009 - 5:11pm

Computers in movies and television

In 2007, I had a series in my personal blog about technology in Star Trek. I remembered that series the other day, when I read an article in New Scientist about the science in Battlestar Galactica. [1] The New Scientist article focuses on human physiology ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Jun 8 2009 - 11:40am

Next Target For Hackers- Oil Platforms?

There was a time when offshore platforms were secure communities in which production was controlled by closed processes that were isolated from the external world. Not so today. With modern integrated operations, offshore-onshore contact is transparent ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 9 2009 - 8:03am

“Branding“ for email and web sites

John Levine notes that using secure branding can be an effective way to combat phishing. “Secure“ branding, in this sense, means using trusted authorities to verify the credentials of a web site or email sender, and then displaying branding information, s ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Jun 11 2009 - 8:11pm

Open Source For New Hydrogen Powered Car

Open Source For New Hydrogen Powered Car A new hydrogen powered car unveiled in the UK is to be developed using open source methods. The Riversimple Urban car was unveiled in public for the first time at Somerset House in London on 16th June 2009. Image ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 16 2009 - 10:02pm

Hybrid Natural And Synthetic Fiber Ideal Mix For Nerve Repair

The clothing industry discovered decades ago that a mix of natural and synthetic fibers, like taking cotton and adding polyester, can make clothing that's soft, breathable and wrinkle free. Now researchers at the University of Washington are using the ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 17 2009 - 9:50am

3-D Rapid Prototyping Your Future Replacement Organ

Organ donation would be a lot less variable if they could be grown in the lab and a more effective way to build plastic scaffolds on which new tissues and even whole organs might be grown in the laboratory is being developed by an international collaborati ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 18 2009 - 9:52am

David Pogue, Bionic Man