We’ve been hearing it for years – print is a dying media.
Each week, it seems, there’s a new study released quoting social media statistics and predicting the inevitable demise of print. It stands to reason then, that your grandchildren may never lay eyes on archaic things such as hard copies of magazines and newspapers, right? Not exactly. A recent Ad Age article by Stephen Kraus and Bob Shullman explains how the demise of traditional media outlets has been grossly exaggerated. Keep reading →
This video from the National Science Foundation (NSF) shows how researchers at Princeton University have developed an innovative technique to transfer microscopic materials by blasting them from one place to another with a laser. The tiny patterns help to advance technology as they make help pack more into electronic screens. Keep reading →
The National Ocean Service mobile website allows users to have access to the National Ocean Service website’s information, including audio and video, on their mobile device.
The National Ocean Service mobile website allows users to easily open up the website on their mobile device and find information regarding facts on the ocean, news and to explore ocean related topics. Here are some listed features: Keep reading →
When scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) were tasked with creating a way to stop a fleeing vehicle moving at high speed, they turned to crowd-sourcing for a solution. What they got was an ingenious idea from a retired, 66-year-old South American engineer, Dante Barbis (pictured above).
Using InnoCentive Inc.’s open innovation platform (discussed in video below), AFRL and its research partner, the Wright Brothers Institute, posted a $25,000 challenge contest last March for a viable and inexpensive means for stopping a speeding vehicle without harming any of its occupants or causing significant damage to the vehicle. Keep reading →
Report after report has been generated and multiple warnings have been issued about the threat to the U.S. economy from intellectual property theft.
One recent report, from a publication published last month by the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive suggests that the economic dollar losses for research and development data theft could be as high as $398 billion. Keep reading →
Social media is by definition social.
Thus, it raises real security concerns among the Army brass. Until recently, many surely bristled at the thought of communicating with their personnel through popular social media platforms. Keep reading →
This week the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) marked another milestone in the US Federal Government’s march to the cloud with Cloud Computing Workshop IV. Held at the NIST Gaithersburg campus, November 1-3, attendees had the pleasure of hearing Federal CIO Seven Van Roekel as the first day’s keynote speaker.
Mr. Van Roekel highlighted the great partnership that has been establish between government and industry around cloud computing. He also reaffirmed the administration’s support for cloud computing, praising NIST for their effectiveness in fulfilling a unique leadership role. Keep reading →
Computer scientists working at the National Science Foundation (NSF) have taken the art of motion capture — typically used to enhance video games and movies — to a new portable level capable of analyzing motions to reveal emotion.
In this video, they demonstrate how they’ve used the technology on handheld devices to capture motion as indicative of thoughts and feelings. Specifically, they’ve used the technology to analyze political speeches from Fidel Castro and Barack Obama. Keep reading →
The National Institute of Standards and Technology launched Phase 2 of its efforts to guide the adoption of cloud computing in the federal government with the release this week of the first two volumes of the U.S. Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, Release 1.0.
Release 1.0 of the roadmap, is “designed to support the secure and effective adoption of the cloud computing model by federal agencies to reduce costs and improve services,” according to authors of the NIST document. Keep reading →