Monday, July 12, 2010

Is technology innovation plagued by arrogance and hubris?

Darpa's synthetic blood almost ready for the battlefields

Darpa's synthetic blood, intended for medical application on the battlefield, is seeking FDA approval. Read the full story

Cisco's Laura Ipsen: Smart grid success requires infotech, energy tech savvy

Cisco smart grid chief Laura Ipsen says the development of the smart grid parallels the development of the Internet -- and the tech giant wants in. Read the full story

Kraft surpasses several sustainability goals

The giant food company meets water and waste reduction targets, gets more aggressive about energy efficiency. Read the full story

Is technology innovation plagued by arrogance and hubris?

Technology disasters are often the result of cocky know-it-alls who neglect to ponder worse case scenarios because they are too arrogant to think their projects will fail. Read the full story

A beetle-inspired water bottle that fills itself

An award-winning device collects dew that could help quench the thirst of people living in arid lands. Read the full story

Baltimore's next steps: transportation, energy, green building, food

If the city planning director has his way, Baltimore's east and west sides, known for blocks of abandoned and boarded up buildings, will be getting light rail and produce stands. Yes, produce stands. Read the full story

Robots as teachers: how much can we learn from machines?

Robots are now capable of teaching rudimentary skills. And they are quick learners as well. by Joe McKendrick Read the full story

First solar plane takes flight

Watch a solar-powered plane succeed in its first attempt at a 24-hour voyage. Read the full story

This mobile biofuel processor looks promising

Purdue University researchers think turning biomass into biofuel on a mobile platform will make the process cheaper. Read the full story

Generation Y to usher in age of smart systems with data sharing, openness

Generation Y, the always-connected twentysomethings that openly share information, are unlikely to change that behavior as they age. Read the full story

The next hidden benefits of health reform

An end to co-pays on mammograms and the establishment of an institute to run comparative effectiveness research kick off this year. Read the full story

What we're reading...

Developing world population explosion; Asia's nuclear domination; wind power debunked; electric car grid outages; environmental modeling portal. Read the full story

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