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Capturing solar energy from asphalt pavements: Massachusetts researchers have found a new method for capturing solar energy. They're using heat from asphalt and other paved surfaces to produce electricity. Through asphalt, 'the researchers are developing a solar collector that could turn roads and parking lots into ubiquitous -- and inexpensive -- sources of electricity and hot...; Tags: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Solar Energy, Road, Telecom & Utilities, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-08-14
AutoDomainMine: A Graphical Data Mining System for Process Optimization: This paper describes a graphical data mining system called AutoDomainMine. It is based on the proposed approach of integrating clustering and classification to mine scientific data stored in a database. The data consists of input conditions of scientific experiments and graphs plotted as their results. This system mines the stored...; Tags: Optimization, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing; White papers 2007-06-14
Experimental Evaluation of Energy-Based Denial-of Service Attacks in Wireless Networks: Battery energy is frequently the most limiting resource on mobile devices. Energy-Based Denial-of-Service (e-Dos) attacks, in which malicious attackers initiate actions that can deplete the battery of a mobile node, have recently emerged. The feasibility of such attacks has been demonstrated at various layers of the network protocol stack and...; Tags: Denial Of Service, Mobile, Network, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Battery, Energy, Wireless Network, Attack, Battery Energy, Wi-Fi, Engineering, Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Marketing; White papers 2007-06-01
Making Better Use of All Those TCP ACK Packets: Many TCP connections show an asymmetric traffic pattern where significantly more data is sent in one direction than the other resulting in large numbers of ACK-only packets to be generated. This paper proposes and evaluates two independent approaches for how to make better use of the available space in TCP...; Tags: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, TCP, Tcp/Ip, Networking; White papers 2007-01-01
A Proactive Data Security Framework for Mission-Critical Sensor Networks: The resource-constrained sensors in mission-critical applications are subject to both random failures and intentional compromise by the adversary, which poses severe security threats in Wireless Sensor Networks WSNs. The different types of security threats have been identified and addressed in an individual manner in the past. And most solutions are...; Tags: Security Threat, Network, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Sensor, Cryptography, Data Security, Digital Security, Security, Networking; White papers 2006-08-15

Visualization of Spatio-Temporal Data Quality: This paper presents a technique for visualizing the quality of data which has both spatial and temporal attributes. The authors use a model of quality which incorporates both characteristics of the data gathering equipment as well as the model used to interpolate data at arbitrary locations in space and time....; Tags: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Productivity; White papers

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The weirdest computing disasters of 2008: Roasted laptops, panthers savaging memory sticks and angry fishermen throwing computers overboard top the list of the year's weirdest computing disasters. Roasted laptops, panthers savaging memory sticks and angry fishermen throwing computers overboard top the list of the year's weirdest computing disasters. The top 10...; Tags: Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, disaster recovery, laptops, Nick Heath silicon.com; News items 2008-12-04
A 1968 computer demo that changed people's lives: Can a computer demo change people's lives? I've seen plenty in my time but none that moved me in any significant way. Yet 40 years ago, Doug Engelbart gave a demo that did change people's lives and changed the entire course of computer systems development. On Monday...; Tags: Mr., Collective Intelligence, Computer, Demo, Productivity, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Facial recognition systems for border security: Facial recognition systems are used around the world to check very quickly if an individual's photo appears in a database of known or suspected criminals. Unfortunately, the systems often acquire poor facial images in real-world environments such as airports. Now, researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology...; Tags: Facial Recognition, Border Security, Image, Camera, NIST, Facial Recognition System, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-11-26
Science, research and the politics of grantmanship: Seems that science is like every other human endeavor. It's highly political. A study done among scientists asking for money from the National Institute of Health shows blunt political caluclation can alter both the language of the grant application...and the actual subject of the study being...; Tags: Scientist, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-11-21
A 1.4-gigapixel camera to detect asteroids: MIT engineers have developed silicon chips that will be at the heart of a telescope installed on Haleakala mountain, Maui, Hawaii, which will begin operation next month. The system, called Pan-STARRS for Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, is being developed at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy....; Tags: Asteroid, Camera, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Semiconductors, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille, Earth, Pixel, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Image, Chip, Pan-STARRS; Blog posts 2008-11-20
New carbon monitoring resources available via the Web: If one of your near-year-end resolutions is to build out the carbon and greenhouse gas emissions reporting for your company, there are a couple of new resources that have been released in the past week. First off, Sun Microsystems has updated the tools that are available on...; Tags: Web, Monitoring, Greenhouse Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emission, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-11-17
Help is on the way: It's getting colder in North America. And the bleak economic news may make it seem like spring has been cancelled. But much of the continent will once again be hitting the on-switch for air conditioning in less than nine months. And there's some good news. Help...; Tags: Air Conditioner, Java, Leadership, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-11-13
Challenging Silicon Valley to put poverty into a museum . . .: I'm not washing my right hand for a while because I used it to shake the hand of Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and a person that I've held in the highest regard for many years. Mr Yunus gave the keynote speech at the Tech Museum's Tech...; Tags: Silicon Valley, Poverty, Bangladesh, Mr., Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, Grameen Loan, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-11-13
SIM's 2008 Survey: Organizations are looking to IT for help, not cuts: On Monday, the Society for Information Management SIM released the results of its 2008 IT Trends Survey and it contained a generally upbeat forecast for IT in 2009, although the survey was conducted in June, before the global economic meltdown. In Orlando at its annual SIMposium conference,...; Tags: SIM Card, IT Budget, Information Technology, Survey, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner; Blog posts 2008-11-10
Voting With Dollars: Online Ad Spending Only Faces Thin "Scalpel": Overall ad spending in all types of media may shrink this year and next, as forecasts get revised and reality sets in. But online ad spending will still grow in double digits, eMarketer CEO Geoff Ramsey told attendees of the ad:tech NY conference today. Online ad spending...; Tags: Advertisement, Cell Phone, Online Advertising, eMarketer, Sales Channel, Sales, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-11-04
A Transparency Engine for the World Wide Web: Every so often you come across a web application that is a game changer: the utility of browser plugin reframeit is a hugely powerful adjunct to your use of the entire web. The video above demonstrates marking up the transcript of a political speech with associated...; Tags: Web, Note, WWW, Game Changer, Reframeit, Channel Management, Marketing, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-10-26
Research Institute Poised to Enhance Security With New Operating System: Based in Hsinchu, Taiwan, the Industrial Technology Research Institute ITRI develops next-generation technology for its corporate partners. Looking to enhance security, ITRI decided to evaluate the Windows Vista operating system for its client computers. After conducting a Proof of Concept project, ITRI expects to enhance security for its sensitive data.; Tags: Operating System, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Operating Systems, Security, Software; Case studies 2008-10-20
It's not easy being green--Optimizing eco-friendly packaging: It's not easy being green--Optimizing eco-friendly packagingSustainable Packaging Coalition a great source of infoFor business managers who are serious about implementing sustainability in packaging, the most reliable source for guidance is the [b]Sustainable Packaging Coalition SPC[/b] at [i]www.sustainablepackaging.org[/i]. The SPC is an industry working group of leadership companies dedicated...; Tags: Sustainable Packaging Coalition; Discussion threads 2008-10-18
Glassdoor.com allows students free access to impartial job reviews: One of my first posts writing here was on Glassdoor.com and how you can see your potential future salaries. After being told by a public relations person, they've now opened up the entire Glassdoor.com database for students for free, without having to post anything. They have a...; Tags: Job, Glassdoor.com, Recruitment & Selection, E-mail, Public Relations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-10-16