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Polar robots to explore the Arctic: It's now almost certain that the world's ice shelves are melting. And while satellites provide lots of data about their evolution, ground-based weather stations could be even more useful. But if scientists can no longer stay on fragile and volatile ice sheets, what can they do? They can use specially...; Tags: Professor, Georgia Tech, SnoMotes, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-28
Hydrogen-powered cars with zero-carbon-emission?: Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have a bright idea -- at least at first sight. They want to create a sustainable transportation system by using hydrogen-powered cars. They would like to create an infrastructure where people could use a liquid fuel for driving while the carbon emission in...; Tags: Georgia Institute Of Technology, Georgia Tech, Hydrogen, Carbon, Carbon Emission, Transportation, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-02-14
How far can predictive health take us?: There's a big new buzzword going around my home town of Atlanta. Predictive health. The idea is to use what we know of genetics, and disease' process, to maintain good health rather than focus on fixing what goes wrong. A company...; Tags: Georgia Tech, Idea, Atlanta, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-11-28
A five-gear space rocket engine: Georgia Tech researchers have had a brilliant idea. Rocket engines used today to launch satellites run at maximum exhaust velocity until they reach orbit. For a car, this would be analog to stay all the time in first gear. So they have designed a new space rocket which works as...; Tags: Defense &, Security, Space &, Aerospace, Engineering &, Innovation; Blog posts 2007-02-23
Georgia Tech, Microsoft bring tabletop robots to CS program: One day, in the not too distant future, students may be conducting experiments with robots for lab partners. To that end, Georgia Tech and other universities have teamed up with Microsofts Institute for Personal Robots in Education IPRE to provide tabletop robots, hoping to encourge and promote computer science programs...; Tags: Computer science, Education Technology, Georgia Tech, Higher Ed, robot, Robotics; Blog posts 2007-01-31

And on drums, direct from Georgia Tech, Haile!: A Georgia Tech music tech professor and grad student have created the first robotic musician. Haile - a drummer - is truly a musician because it hears what other musicians are doing and changes beats accordingly, CNN reports. "With Haile there are two levels of musical knowledge .......; Tags: Haile; Blog posts 2006-10-03
Photo: Studying uranium-trapping microbes: Georgia Tech scientists study microbe with digestive byproducts that could ease nuclear-spill cleanups.; Tags: Georgia Tech, cleanup, scientist, photograph; Image galleries 2006-05-22
Photo: Studying uranium-trapping microbes: Georgia Tech scientists study microbe with digestive byproducts that could ease nuclear-spill cleanups.; Tags: Georgia Tech, cleanup, scientist, photograph; Image galleries 2006-05-22
Wired and wireless at the same high speed: The next generation of optical networks needed to satisfy our appetite for bandwidth is currently under development. And researchers from Georgia Tech have built a new architecture which delivers super-broadband wired and wireless service simultaneously. This hybrid system "could allow dual wired/wireless transmission up to 100 times faster than current...; Tags: Georgia Tech, network; Blog posts 2006-03-18
Class-Based Prioritized Resource Control in Linux: In Linux, control of key resources such as memory, CPU time, disk I/O bandwidth and network bandwidth is strongly tied to kernel tasks and address spaces. The kernel offers very limited support for enforcing user specified priorities during the allocation of these resources. The paper argues that Linux kernel resource...; Tags: Georgia Tech, Kernel, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2005-12-10

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The future of tech IPOs: At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, Frank Quattrone, co-founder of Qatalyst, talks about the dismal condition of the current IPO market, why venture capitalist backed companies are not going public right now, and what the future holds.; Tags: IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Venture Capital, Financial Services, Finance, Financing Startups, Tech IPOs; Videos 2008-07-25
What paper trail?: I've been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I've blogged before, I am still one of those people who can't help printing out certain emails in order to act on them. Yes, it's bad, I know....; Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper Trail, Survey, Printers, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Talent development: Earlier this week I attended Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Tech conference which "aims to sharpen the thinking of the very well heeled attendees about the escalating impact of tech-driven change for all business and global society". There was a terrific menu of topics on offer:...; Tags: Talent, Collaboration, CEO, HCL, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Pepsi Bottling makes big green tech recycling commitment: Mammoth beverage manufacturer Pepsi Bottling is turning to Redemtech to develop a strategy in the United States and Canada for handling its e-waste, either through recycling or reuse. Under the deal, Redemtech has been tasked with the following: - Dispose of electronic assets. For perspective,...; Tags: Green Technology, PepsiCo, E-waste, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-25
The little wind turbines that could: I have to admit, I'm more used to reading about U.S. tech firms expanding abroad rather than the reverse. But in the case of certain green tech innovations, I suppose it makes sense to flip this idea on its head. Just heard about the example of Proven...; Tags: Turbine, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone space: Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone spaceMicrosoft Store in the works...My rep told me Microsoft is looking into significant retail space in higher end upscale shopping malls. In the mock-up of the store, boxes of Vista and Office 2007 were kept under lock and key. Customers will be...; Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., PC phone, PC, phone; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel.": 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."My ViewFirst, no one hates Microsoft more than I do - for both practical and ethical reasons. After dealing with Microshaft's endless parade of crap for nearly two decades, I finally abandoned my PC for a Mac. It was one of the best moves of...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
DTrace and the Linux bunker mentality: DTrace and the Linux bunker mentalityBecause it is the Linux way Paul1) Take something good and copy it badly.2) Never, ever listen to anyone offering advice regarding usability [i]"Linux ain't no Fisher Price OS"[/i] etc.3) Spend more time arguing on the mailing lists, than actually developing and bug-testing.RE: DTrace and...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, DTrace, SCO Group Inc., Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution: There's only one official way to get "legitimate" software for the iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch – via Apple's included App Store. The much-heralded service offers almost 1,000 free and paid application in numerous categories and has been well publicized over the last week. I recently had...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Advertisement, Apple Inc., Identifier, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog: Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional information that Dean shared with me about their corporate philosophy. Growth is good for a company,...; Tags: Trader, Blog, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-23