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• National Broadband Plan: Rural Electrification all over again

  By John Dodge | Mar 15, 2010 | 0 comments

  The National Broadband Plan will be unveiled tomorrow as the U.S. plays catch up to countries that have evolved plans already. Call it Rural Electrification II.

• IEEE 802 Ethernet committee turns 30, passions still run high

  By John Dodge | Mar 12, 2010 | 2 comments

  The key IEEE 802 Ethernet standard turns 30 today and is showing no signs of losing influence when it comes to key network standards. Even better, the pioneers that hammered out the Ethernet standard are still hammering each other. Now, that's passion for technology.

• The impossible computer is theoretically possible

  By Dana Blankenhorn | Mar 12, 2010 | 5 comments

  A computer that works faster than the speed of light has been proposed by Viennese physicists Karl Svozil and Volkmar Putz.

• Poll: What do you think caused unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles?

  By John Dodge | Mar 11, 2010 | 11 comments

  What do you think is causing unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles? Here's my take, along with several theories.

• Input text directly from your brain

  By Dana Blankenhorn | Mar 11, 2010 | 0 comments

  The Intendix device is pricey, about $12,000, it's limited to basic text input, and it's designed for people who can't communicate any other way. But with training a user can input a letter per second, enough to carry on a conversation and even write a blog.

• Lessons from Toyota: Has software become too complex?

  By John Dodge | Mar 10, 2010 | 0 comments

  Is the unintended acceleration in Toyotas caused by faulty software? It doesn't matter when it comes to the question of software complexity. How massive can software systems become and still be safe?

• Do you want Google running your TV?

  By Dana Blankenhorn | Mar 10, 2010 | 4 comments

  Despite its best efforts, Google is coming to be seen as evil.

• Toyota fights back, but is it making a horrendous situation worse?

  By John Dodge | Mar 9, 2010 | 10 comments

  Toyota's is taking on its critics, but that doesn't really help the American public understand the truth behind the unintended acceleration problem and how to fix it.

• Peepoo bag neutralizes the scourge of pee and poo

  By John Dodge | Mar 9, 2010 | 0 comments

  The remarkably simple Peepoo bag solves a huge problem in the developing world - sanitizing human excrement, which is responsible for a host of lethal diseases, and turning it into fertilizer.

• The big challenge in wind energy portability

  By Dana Blankenhorn | Mar 9, 2010 | 3 comments

  If you can turn wind power or solar energy into hydrogen or less-volatile ammonia, you can transport it and have it ready for use in fuel cells when demand develops far away. Both hydrogen and ammonia can go through pipelines. But that will take money. A lot of money.

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