Technology

The Internet in 1945

Vannevar Bush, the first U.S. presidential science advisor who played a leading role initiating the Manhattan Project, was one of the great 20th century visionaries of technology- a futurist, as he might call himself today. ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jan 4 2010 - 11:55pm

Ten years after, in home computing

To start off 2010, we're invited to join a new “Hot Topics” feature, which will periodically focus the bloggers on a particular topic. The first Hot Topic is this: The Upcoming Decade in Science What will the new decade bring in the world of science? ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Jan 14 2010 - 7:03am

Practical Invisibility- An Earthquake Cloak

'Invisibility' has long been a staple of science fiction.  The ability to go unseen has benefits, mostly involving mischief, but there are some ways where being invisible need not involve the optical realm- it could involve the physical.   In a p ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 24 2011 - 3:26pm

'Hydra' Middleware Makes Saving Energy Easier

New technology developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Sankt Augustin, Germany may soon help consumers save energy by allowing them to track which devices in their homes are using the most energy. The basis for the technology is the "H ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 15 2010 - 12:47pm

Newsday.com: Paywall Ain't Working

Newsday.com: Paywall Ain't Working The internet is a very powerful tool for education and for research.  At a click of a mouse button I can escape my parochial world-view and embark on a fascinating journey of discovery that knows no boundaries.  Exc ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jan 26 2010 - 11:27pm

Television content over the Internet

In a recent post on my personal blog, I talked about television content delivery and pricing. What I didn’t mention in that post, particularly when I talked about the lack of choice, is that there is another option for content delivery (besides cable/fibe ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Jan 27 2010 - 11:31am

Once more, on passwords

Recently, the New York Times came out with yet another article about how people consistently pick bad passwords. It’s a hackneyed subject by now, but I shouldn’t complain: I cover this sort of old ground repeatedly, myself. But what makes this article rem ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Feb 1 2010 - 6:01am

Introducing Hackademe!

My latest online project: Hackademe! Hack: A clever use of technology, software, or modified items to solve a problem or increase efficiency. Academe: The community of scholars and students engaged in higher education and research; also known as academia o ...

Blog Post - T. Ryan Gregory - Jan 31 2010 - 12:56pm

Beetles Inspire Human Wall Walking

A palm-sized device invented at Cornell that uses water surface tension as an adhesive bond just might make walking on walls possible for humans. The rapid adhesion mechanism could lead to such applications as shoes or gloves that stick and unstick to wall ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 1 2010 - 6:56pm

A new spam study

According to the lede in a recent New Scientist article: Spammers’ own trickery has been used to develop an “effectively perfect” method for blocking the most common kind of spam, a team of computer scientists claims. ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Feb 4 2010 - 6:01am