Articles tagged with technology

Jules Jaffe of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography is developing an army of underwater explorers that researchers hope will produce a fine-grained, real-time map of the movements of the sea.

The divide between new technology and what the government understands about it threatens the U.S., says Clay Johnson of Expert Labs.

Tech Town, an innovative business incubator in midtown Detroit, showcases the power of creative thinking and cooperation between public and private entities.

Researchers mix technology with fashion, analyze a pharaoh’s skin condition, measure the smarts of Scrabble players, and more in this edition of Miller-McCune’s “Cocktail Napkin.”

The Obama campaign’s adept use of technology in the 2008 election created not a permanent edge but a permanent path for others to follow, suggest two professors.

Efforts at geoengineering to cool a warming planet are picking up steam.

The movement to change your incandescent light bulbs for compact fluorescents completed its successful European Union campaign. The United States is next.

Even without fancy new cars or fuels, technology now motoring off the drawing board will help you take that lead foot off the accelerator and start driving green.

From innovation in architecture and robotics to mobile apps and interactive games, technology is reshaping our understanding of and approach to world hunger.

A pairing of U.S. foreign aid and the National Science Foundation should deliver vital technological and scientific access to the world at no additional cost to U.S. taxpayers.

The LAPD’s Sean Malinowski wants to prevent crime with “predictive policing,” which can forecast patterns of where crime occurs using computer algorithms.

With cellphones increasingly dominating every aspect of U.S. life, some researchers are wondering what happens when we go cold turkey.

An analysis of presidential candidates’ websites during the 2008 primaries finds Democrats used the Internet in a more sophisticated way.

Bioprinting allows researchers to create replacement human tissue and output it on equipment similar to what came free in your desktop bundle.

Technology, such as the humble cell phone, may knock down some of the impediments that tarnish the name of foreign aid.

New media inspires new generation to protest? It’s an old trope, argues a China scholar taking a practiced eye at the turmoil in the Arab world.

A federal program to provide phone lines to every cranny of the United States really ought to be focusing on broadband.

Highway administrators say car-mounted Wi-Fi system could let cars and trucks gossip with each other on the road, dramatically improving safety and efficiency.

Handheld sensors using specialized — and relatively cheap — biosensors may deliver an instant diagnosis of diseases, contaminated water and biological attacks.

The downside to the digital revolution, our readers remind us, can be funny. Or fearsome.

Looking to goose American participation in science, math and technology, President Obama’s “Sputnik moment” lacks the urgency and clarity of the original.

A stealthy flash drive attack emphasizes that hackers are toying with cyber warfare between sovereign states.

International treaties aren’t the way to combat cyber sabotage.

As election systems technology in America is getting more advanced, is the real world catching up to the laboratory?

For the first time, a tool allows researchers to identify the ancestry of the remains of children, which may help solve some forensic cold cases.

It’s not insufficient schooling or a shortage of scientists. It’s a lack of job opportunities. Americans need the reasonable hope that spending their youth preparing to do science will provide a satisfactory career.

Innovators are being asked to friend Uncle Sam as the next good ideas for the government are being sought through social networks.

In spite of major advances in offensive military technology, researcher Marco Nilsson says the most cost-efficient weapon is a motivated soldier fighting a defensive war.

Whether a government or a private company gathers data, Europeans get nervous.

As the globe catches World Cup fever, our Peter Nardi sees a little hidden scamming among the confetti.

A mixed picture emerges as science organizations examine the U.S. lead in innovation and where that lead is headed.

Understanding wildfire behavior and predicting its spread …

Far above the rough terrain where wildfires thrive, satellite and aerial technology is being used to give firefighters on the ground the big picture.

Why do bloggers blog? It sounds like a trick question, but a study of top political bloggers finds their motivations evolve over time.

The passing year has brought some technology and good ideas that just may improve the delivery of government services in the United States.

GIS mapping technology is helping underprivileged communities get better services — from education and transportation to health care and law enforcement — by showing exactly what discrimination looks like.

A volunteer effort to make federal and state data more accessible to the public makes efforts to be transparent more genuine.

The miracle berry’s astounding ability to turn the sour sweet makes it a party favorite, but its properties may help dieters and cancer patients, too.

Jatropha-fueled entrepreneur bringing biodiesel and self-reliance to both the military and the world’s forgotten corners.

The Obama administration’s tech czar wants a Silicon Valley value transplanted to the Beltway: customer experience design.

Drivers aren’t singing the blues so much about high-intensity headlights these days, but a smarter version of them might really light up their driving lives.

A generally risk-averse population in the Western world has so far been surprisingly welcoming of nanotechnology, a new meta-study finds.

A new book by W. Brian Arthur, a pioneer in the area of positive feedback in economics, argues that genius is overrated and technology drives its own innovations.

There appear to be cheaper, more effective ways to improve education in developing nations than the glitzy One Laptop per Child program.

In the capricious world of nuclear waste, a scientist focuses on promising technologies for the capture and storage of the maddeningly elusive iodine-129.

George Jetson is (or will be) a liar, says noted historian Michael Bess, who sees redesigning the human platform as the story that both scriptwriters and policymakers are missing.

In a deft bit of science diplomacy, Syracuse University has been engaging with a North Korean counterpart to bring a bit of knowledge — and some trust — to the Hermit Kingdom.

Although bullying and its new-media sibling cyberbullying aren’t going away, we don’t need to be helpless in responding to them, argue the authors of a new guidebook.

A critical report from the National Academy of Sciences calls for national standards in forensics science, validation of new technology and crime lab ethics.

University centers harness brainpower and technology to stop wasting energy — conserve, baby, conserve!

People lie more often when using electronic communication, business profs find.

Wilmington, N.C., is inundated in information as a test case for having all TV broadcasts in digital.

An engineering professor has submitted a patent application for a circular, spinning aircraft design … or flying saucer

A Massachusetts architect and a personal solar power system — Portable Light — bring comfort and better medical chances to South African TB patients.