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Satellites seeing clearly despite clouds: Satellites seeing clearly despite cloudsThe key...The key to sampling clear-air for aerosols and other obscurants is through multi-spectral sampling. The algorighms help, but the problem is that current operational met satellites operate in the incorrect wavelengths. The future EOS sensors do have more spectral sensing capabilities and should...; Tags: Network technology, satellite, Roland; Discussion threads 2008-05-14
Hydrogen turbines generate clean electricity: Hydrogen turbines generate clean electricityAwesome!All I gotta say! Keep it green! ]:)Keep up the good work, RolandYou always have unique and interesting topics.Thanks a lot. Roland.The subject says it all: thanks for the compliment.Roland.; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Roland, Hydrogen turbine, turbine, hydrogen; Discussion threads 2007-08-03
Interview: Motorola CTO Padmasree Warrior: Padmasree Warrior is not an ordinary blogger. As Motorola's Chief Technology Officer CTO, she handles an R&D budget of about $4 billion and defines the technology strategy for more than 22,000 Motorola engineers all over the world. Despite her busy schedule, she started a very interesting blog in September 2006,...; Tags: Wireless &, Telecom, Social Sciences, Computers &, Internet; Blog posts 2007-06-19
A talk with Neptec before Atlantis launch: The countdown for the launch of space shuttle mission STS-117 is going well and a liftoff of the shuttle Atlantis tomorrow evening is highly possible. One of the goals of this NASA mission is to expand the International Space Station ISS by adding two 17.5 tons trusses to it. To...; Tags: Space &, Aerospace, Robotics, Engineering &, Innovation; Blog posts 2007-06-07
A new 'language' for surgery?: A new 'language' for surgery?Thank you, RolandFor the first weblog I have found on ' ZDNet' to have real and interesting substance, instead of gossip.This is an article with several resonances, and I am now looking through others of yours. Liked the one about the frogs...Kind regards, and sorry...; Tags: Blogging, Roland, blog, Thank-you; Discussion threads 2006-12-10

Army tests energy microgrid: Roland Piquepaille blogs that the Army is working on an "energy surety" model with Sandia National Laboratories SNL. "Instead on relying on today's grid electricity system, this microgrid system will use small power generation units close to where people live and work. And it will use renewable energy...; Tags: Sandia National Laboratories, Roland; Blog posts 2006-07-13

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New telescopes embedded in glasses lens: Small bioptic telescopes mounted on glasses to help people with visual impairments have been in existence for about 60 years and are allowed for use in driving by 39 states in the U.S. Most of them were either too heavy or too ugly to be widely used. Now, a Harvard...; Tags: Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-25
News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...; Tags: Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-25
NASA used cadavers to test Orion moonship: NASA officials recognized last week that dead bodies were used to develop Orion landing systems. According to NASA, 'three human bodies were used in the tests at Ohio State University Medical Center' in 2007. Even if the results of the experiments helped NASA, one of its spokesman said that the...; Tags: NASA, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-24
News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Ultra-light micro air vehicles: Dutch engineers have built the third generation of the DelFly autonomous air vehicle. The DelFly Micro made its first public flight earlier today in Delft. This micro air vehicle weighs only 3 grams and has a wingspan of 10 centimeters. This very small remote-controlled aircraft carries a 0.4 gram camera....; Tags: Gram, Photograph, Centimeter, Micro, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-23
News to know: Yahoo; VMware; Apple; DNS vulnerability: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug Dancho Danchev: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, DNS, Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., App Store, Banking, Vertical Industries, Domain Names, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Human Resources; Blog posts 2008-07-23
First paper-based transistors: Portuguese researchers have created the first paper-based transistors. To be more precise, they've made the first field effect transistors FET with a paper interstrate layer. According to the research team, these new transistors offer the same level of performance as 'state-of-the-art oxide based thin film transistors TFTs produced on glass...; Tags: Team, Transistor, TFT, Semiconductors, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Toward the end of the dentist drill?: If you're as afraid as I am when you enter your dentist's office, I have some excellent news. The London-based Society of Chemical Industry reports that UK researchers have developed a new technology that spots tooth decay almost as soon as it's begun. This new technology is based on Raman...; Tags: Technique, Tooth, Researcher, Dentist, Raman, Festy, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-21
News to know: Amazon S3 outage; iPhone 3G; SOA debugging; Microsoft: Notable headlines: Michael Krigsman: Amazon S3: 'Elevated error rates'. Techmeme GigaOm: S3 Outage Highlights Fragility of Web Services Dana Blankenhorn: Do open source applications take security seriously? Dancho Danchev: Spam coming from free email providers increasing ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, S3 Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Microsoft Corp., Outage, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Strategy, Open Source, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Towards low-cost LED lighting: You all know that incandescent bulbs are pretty inefficient, converting only 10% of electricity into light -- and 90% into heat. Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, could soon replace incandescent and compact fluorescent bulbs in our homes. They are more efficient and environmentally friendly. But LED lights are currently too expensive...; Tags: Purdue University, Silicon, LED Lighting, Light-emitting Diode, Silicon Substrate, Engineering, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-20
Looking at single atoms of hydrogen: As you probably know, graphene is a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon atoms packed in a dense two-dimensional honeycomb lattice. And it recently became very popular recently as a basis for ultra-fast transistors. Now, according to Science News, U.S. researchers are using graphene to image individual hydrogen atoms via a standard...; Tags: Atom, Researcher, Hydrogen, Carbon, Here, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-19
A super-resolution x-ray microscope: Swiss researchers have developed a very-high-resolution x-ray microscope. Their approach combines two well-known microscopy techniques, coherent diffractive imaging CDI and scanning transmission x-ray microscopy STXM. As a result, the new system offers both the high penetration power of x-rays and high spatial resolution. This method will allow other scientists to...; Tags: Method, Microscope, Researcher, Imaging, Image, Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy, X-ray, EPFL, Document Management, Semiconductors, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-18
News to know: Google, Microsoft; AMD; Cybercrime arrest: Notable headlines: Earnings wrap: Larry Dignan: Can Dirk Meyer save AMD? News.com: AMD's Ruiz steps off the roller coaster Google earnings fall short; says it can thrive in down economy. Techmeme Sam Diaz: IBM: Big Blue beats expectations Microsoft: $60 billion...; Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Keyboards, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Asset Management, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Components, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-18
A solar cooled air-conditioning system: Spanish scientists have developed a new eco-friendly air-conditioning system. The researchers are relying on solar energy for cooling their devices. They claim that their technology does not harm the ozone layer and reduces the use of greenhouse gases. The research team has 'designed and built an absorption chiller capable of...; Tags: C, Temperature, Absorption Chiller, Marcelo Izquierdo, AlphaGalileo, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-17