1.) With real-time data, a shorter wait at the DMV, writes Christian Madera.
2.) The air conditioner: inefficient and outmoded.
3.) New Jersey’s nuclear power plants are showing their age.
4.) Despite a severe recession, the U.S. wind energy market grew in 2009.
5.) Turn any phone into a touch-sensitive device with acoustic fingerprinting software.
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Andrew Nusca is editor of SmartPlanet and an associate editor for ZDNet. Previously, he worked at Money, Men's Vogue and Popular Mechanics magazines. He holds degrees from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and New York University. He based in New York but resides in Philadelphia.
