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- Leading with LED
- Some random smatterings of information to report today, related to the adoption of LED technology. First off, the folks that gave away all those LED holiday lights at the end of last year are saying thanks with a $1,000 donation to a non-profit organization with a mission...
- Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-04-26
- Road Trip 2008 (exe)
- Road Trip 2008 is a driving simulator that uses actual terrain data, color aerial photography, and actual highway alignment data to render realistic roadway graphics. The driving experience allows the user to feel total control of the vehicle, just as if one were behind the wheel of a real vehicle....
- Tags: Vehicle, Road Trip 2008, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2008-01-24
- D-Wave demonstrates latest quantum computer prototype at SC07
- D-Wave demonstrates latest quantum computer prototype at SC07Other researchers aren't convinced...It's good to see there was someone from ZDNet at the demo - I've been watching D-Wave from the UK for a while, and put something up earlier in the week, based on the publicity, and the reactions of the...
- Tags: D-Wave, quantum computer, patent
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
- Smart cars... from Sandia
- Sandia National Laboratories SNL are more known for their research on nuclear weapons than for making our cars safer. Still, some SNL researchers are designing safety features for cars that can analyze human behavior. This could lead to smarter cars which would tell us that we're tired or tell our...
- Tags: Researcher, Sandia National Laboratories, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-08-25
- 2007 Acura TL Type-S
- The Type-S makes a comeback to the Acura TL lineup for the 2007 model year. With a more powerful V-6 engine than the standard TL, stiffened suspension, and a host of telltale custom design cues including 10-spoke alloy wheels, a front air dam, and quad-outlet chrome-tipped exhaust pipes, the Type-S...
- Tags: Acura TL, Acura, XM NavTraffic, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.
- Product reviews 2007-02-22
- Token Frenzy (exe)
- Token Frenzy is aimed at the casual gamer market and it's purpose is to have fun while improving your memory and observation skills. It has 5 levels, each progressively more difficult than the previous. The game requires the player to locate specific tokens on the roadway so it's a kind...
- Tags: Level, Token Frenzy, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2006-12-11
- The commons takes on Microsoft
- A statement issued the other day by the Open Invention Network contains more than the standard yadda-yadda-yadda."In less than a year, OIN has accumulated more than 100 strategic, worldwide patents and patent applications that span Web / Internet, e-commerce, mobile and communications technologies. These patents are available to all as...
- Tags: INTERNET, OPEN SOURCE, commons, OIN
- Blog posts 2006-11-24
- Intersection Builder 2007 (zip)
- Intersection Builder is a user-friendly add-on for Civil 3D 2006 and 2007 that makes it easier to perform grading at roadway intersections. In Civil 3D, corridor models can be developed quite easily to model even a complex roadway cross section. The process becomes more difficult at intersections, however. Grading an...
- Tags: Intersection, Intersection Builder, Productivity
- Software downloads 2006-10-13
- California wants you to drive with both hands
- California wants you to drive with both handsWhy such little fines?Exceeding the speed limit in order to keep up with traffic and maintain better traffic flow is punishable by at least $100. Talking on a cell phone while driving on the freeway is FAR more dangerous and yet the...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, phone, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2006-09-03
- 'Ballistic' nanotransistors?
- Computer designers at the University of Rochester UR say they've invented the next generation of transistors. In a short article, ZDNet UK writes that these ballistic deflection transistors BDT could lead to terahertz-speed computers. We are far away from real chips manufactured with this technique, but it's interesting to note...
- Tags: electron, transistor
- Blog posts 2006-08-17
- Networking simplified: Build a local (network) roadway
- This sample chapter from Computer Networking First-Step covers networking basics such as how they work, what they're made of, and the benefits of using a structured cabling system. After reading this chapter, you should be able to: Explain how computers can communicate binary 1s...
- Tags: Network, Computer Networking, Cisco Systems Inc., Computer, Ethernet, Productivity, Networking, Network Technology
- Book chapters 2006-06-06
- Born to be service-oriented
- One of the goals of this Weblog is to go beyond theories and talk about actual examples of SOA at work. Such is the case with Harley-Davidson. Last month at an IBM press conference, CIO Jim Haney explained how SOA has helped the company embrace opportunities in the spring riding...
- Tags: Harley-Davidson Inc., Haney
- Blog posts 2006-05-10
- IBM: It´s a great time to be an innovator
- IBM's2005 annual report is out, andwith it is a 40-page booklet called, "It'sa great time to be an innovator". There's a cool flashversion of this booklet availableonline. Really nice stuff, very forward-thinking and forward-looking.One of the case studies profiled inthe booklet is howIBM is...
- Tags: booklet, IBM Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-03-14
- An RFID solution to rush hour headaches?
- An RFID solution to rush hour headaches?Problem bringing this to the StatesThe biggest problem here would be that there HAS to be an alternative. In Atlanta, the mass transit system is only viable if you live and work at one of the stations. Most people have to drive...
- Tags: RFID, hour headach
- Discussion threads 2006-03-06
- Massachusetts says it's open to multiple formats
- Massachusetts says it's open to multiple formatsWell, Massachusettes really has drawn a lot of atention to document formatsThis is all very healthy. Hopefully this will lead to continuing debates and knowledge of the importance of document formats. Microsoft would rather that we nobody thought about document formats.Another thing, Microsoft would...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), MSXML, Microsoft Corp., Massachusettes, OpenDocument Format, XML
- Discussion threads 2005-12-14
- For all the good it does, technology often fails us in big ways
- Technology has improved our world in so many ways. When they work, traffic lights and pedestrian crossings with audible cues for those with visual impairments are but one example of the many simple successes of societal automation. But attempts to underpin society with technology have failed...
- Tags: transponder
- Blog posts 2005-12-06
- State CIOs chide DHS for attention to cybersecurity
- Thomas Jarrett, CIO of Delaware and president of the National Association of State CIOs, testified to Congress recently that federal homeland security planning woefully ignores the importance of cybersecurity in state and local preparedness. "While chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive WMD threats are addressed in detail, the 'cyber' threats...
- Tags: cybersecurity, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Blog posts 2005-08-05
- Is municipal Wi-Fi a bad thing?
- Is municipal Wi-Fi a bad thing?The problem with his argument......is that most places setting up municipal broadband are places who were otherwise neglected. This isn't true in all places, but in a good portion. In Philadelphia it was only after municipal broadband was being developed that Verizon cried...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, INTERNET, Wi-Fi, municipal Wi-Fi, radio
- Discussion threads 2005-07-27
- RIAA settles with 12-year-old girl
- RIAA settles with 12-year-old girlharrassment from college university aged adults and military cadetsnow, this is no surprise: after being harrassed and staked out at my own home for simply acknowledgeingthe positive points of the riaa... i have to believethat as a world culture we simply have not truly examined the...
- Tags: RIAA
- Discussion threads 2005-01-24
- Start-up crafts nanoparticles for energy, explosions
- Start-up crafts nanoparticles for energy, explosionsNanotech is SO 20th century...We want antimatter, d*mmit.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/04/MNGM393GPK1.DTL&type=printableAnd, as for hydrogen power, we will rewrite the laws of thermodynamics to make it happen.:o)No longer obligatory, the standard disclaimer lives on forever: "The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position...
- Tags: Fuel cells, Investment, COX-2, nanoparticle, nanotechnology
- Discussion threads 2004-10-21
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