Posted Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:14 AM ET | 0
The idea that one government, one organization, or a single group "controls the Internet" is laughable. In my reporting lately, I heard someone refer to the 'Net as "modulated anarchy." I like that. But that, of course, doesn't stop some ... Read more
Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:00 AM ET | 0
You want ambitious? How about this: Bertrand Piccard wants to fly a plane around the world in 2012. No biggie, right? Well, now consider this: the plane he wants to fly around the world will be powered solely by solar ... Read more
Posted Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:46 AM ET | 0
It's not often that I get to celebrate a technology that is, fundamentally, the heart and soul of the day job over at PRI's The World. We're talking existential here, folks. The Internet turned 40 last week. That's UCLA's Leonard ... Read more
Posted Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:43 AM ET | 0
Nearly seven years of covering developments in global technology have taught me two things. First, I remain woefully, albeit sometimes blissfully, ignorant of all the great things that people are doing with technology across the globe. (That's OK,... Read more
Posted Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:30 PM ET | 0
You may have read, right here at Discovery, that Finland's just passed a landmark law that gives all of its citizens (yes, even the ones who live in the middle of snow-covered forests miles from nowhere, or are sitting in ... Read more
Posted Fri Oct 09, 2009 06:00 AM ET | 0
When Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, the resulting effect on global climate was staggering. The eruption sent so many millions tons of debris and aerosols into the stratosphere that it, quite literally, blocked the sun. Despite the... Read more
Posted Fri Sep 25, 2009 06:00 AM ET | 0
Wine lovers, take note of this research. You may not know it, but one of your greatest enemies is something called the grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV). The results of the virus aren't pretty on the eye (deformed, yellow leaves), or ... Read more
Posted Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:11 AM ET | 0
Remember that old adage that humans use only a tiny percentage of their brains? No? Well, there you go. Anyway, it turns out that the same might be said for personal computers. A California outfit called NComputing reckons that your ... Read more
Posted Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:45 AM ET | 0
One of the joys of working the tech angles on an international news program is that it can really help keep things in perspective. For example, I was putting together the latest episode of my weekly technology podcast for PRI's ... Read more
Posted Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:27 AM ET | 0
Electronic health records don't have to be just flickering screens with boring data entry boxes. In fact, IBM has partnered with Thy-Mors Hospital in Denmark to trial something called VPR, visual patient records. I could waffle on with a description... Read more
Posted Fri Aug 28, 2009 08:37 AM ET | 0
It's summertime, and the living is easy. Or, in the case of this week's podcast, the living dead, who are not, as they say, resting easy. Instead, in the latest example of "give-them-some-money-and-scientists-will-study-ANYTHING," we have a paper... Read more
Posted Tue Aug 25, 2009 09:56 AM ET | 0
What a great opportunity this week to revisit a story I did a while back. Discovery Tech is delving into electronic health records, and the focus so far seems to be on the developed world. Well, as these coders at ... Read more
Posted Tue Aug 18, 2009 09:11 AM ET | 0
Granted, the title of this post is truly a mouthful. But, stick with me here, because this podcast will introduce you to some very, very cool technology and some interesting scientific research. All you have to do, as they say, ... Read more
Posted Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:43 PM ET | 0
This is Gary McKinnon, and I've been following his strange story for the past three years. Just after September 11, 2001, McKinnon, who was an unemployed computer professional living in London, started hacking into poorly protected US government... Read more
Posted Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:04 AM ET | 0
You may remember that back in the early 1980s, they did make a movie called JAWS-3D. A forgettable film, to say the least. But for our Wide Angle for Shark Week, they asked me to look into some very interesting ... Read more
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