n The Net Delusion, by Evgeny Morozov, we finally have a long-overdue market correction to cyber-utopianism, which Morozov defines as “a naïve belief in the emancipatory nature of online communication that rests on a stubborn refusal to acknowledge its do
"The Boeing X-37 (Advanced Technology Demonstrator) is an American unpiloted spaceplane operated by the U.S. Air Force for orbital spaceflight missions. It is a reusable robotic spacecraft that is a 120 percent–scaled derivative of the X-40A." Also htt
Yhdysvalloissa on esitelty keksintö, joka voisi mullistaa jopa koko maailman energiantuotantoa. Bloom Energy -yhtiö on esitellyt polttokennoon perustuvan laitteen, joka tuottaa edullisesti vihreää energiaa. Ensimmäinen asiakas on, kukapa muukaan kuin Goog
Diana Bronson: "...we still believe that there should be an exclusion for geoengineering technologies, for any of the enhancement measures that are now envisaged under this new technology body, and that there should be means of assessment and also of prec
En kinesisk solskenshistoria. Thursday, October 12, 2006 By Andrew Batson in Wuxi, China, The Wall Street Journal. "When he arrived in Australia 18 years ago as a physics student, Shi Zhengrong scraped by on a meager stipend from the Chinese government t
Haluamme ratkaista tuulivoiman käyttöä haittaavaan varastointiongelman yhdistämällä uusinta tekniikkaa maailman vanhimpaan energiamuotoon, kertoo Clausthalin teknisen yliopiston tukija Marko Schmidt. Harzin kokeilun ydinosa on "virtuaalinen” voimalaitos,
En fransman och en tysk - ett sådant par har aldrig delat Nobelpriset förr. Men nu har det hänt: oberoende av varandra upptäckte Albert Fert och Peter Grünberg jättemagnetoresistans, ett magnetiskt fenomen på kvantnivå. På kuppen blev de faddrar till en n
An international team of scientists has performed the ultimate miniaturisation of computer memory: storing information inside the nucleus of an atom. This breakthrough is a key step in bringing to life a quantum computer - a device based on the fundamenta
Copenhagen, December 10, 2009 – Over 160 civil society groups, including social movements and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), today released a joint declaration on technology: “Let's Look Before We Leap!”. The declaration alerts governments to the
If developed sensibly, nuclear power could be truly sustainable and essentially inexhaustible and could operate without contributing to climate change. In particular, a relatively new form of nuclear technology could overcome the principal drawbacks of cu
Links to web pages containing news (2004-2008) of TREC, the DESERTEC proposals, CSP or HVDC (or any combination of those things). On other pages, there is related news and an archive of news reports about TREC.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Computerworld: "Thanks to Windows' security weaknesses, botnets are now commonplace and we can only expect to see more DDoS attacks in the future." Botnets.