The sun pours down a lot of energy onto the surface of the ocean every day. Now scientists are figuring out a way to get that energy onto the grid, with only seawater as a waste product. It just requires a really, really long pipe.READ»
The Department of Energy is doling out money to some high-tech oil drilling projects. If we're going to be drilling, we might as well invest time and money in making it as safe as possible.READ»
The Oregon city is the first to use IBM's app to help cities figure out how policy can affect the lives of their citizens. But can any algorithm quantify the whole experience of city living? READ»
In the latest installment of the Butterfly Effect: Predator drones are just the start of unmanned, autonomous warfare technology. But as the tech becomes more democratized and more deadly, what happens when anyone can assemble an army of killing machines?READ»
Lockheed Martin, the giant defense contractor, is wary of letting its staff use social networking. It's probably something to do with secrecy. But it also knows its staff are people, so it's built its own social net, and is now releasing it open-source.READ»
While you were all tucked up in your beds, innovation was having an all-night party. And this on a Tuesday after a long weekend? And in space? Apparently so.1. Iridium has become the largest presence in the cosmos--well, that we know ...READ»
It's tough to judge the sustainability of defense contractors--after all, they deal in wartime equipment, which isn't exactly friendly to the planet or the people living on it. But two of the biggest contractors, Raytheon and ...READ»
Proof positive that working for a scary-ass defense company can be fun: the Samari mini monocopter. It's a research project to develop an innovative unmanned spy drone, sure. But it also looks like the fun hybrid of a boomerang and an ...READ»
John McAfee, the antivirus-software pioneer, says he's lost most of his fortune -- but doesn't care. To the contrary, he now hopes to give something back by deriving antibiotics from jungle plants in Belize. Really?READ»
A national security panic spread through the Internet yesterday after a report by The Wall Street Journal suggested "terabytes" of classified data on the F-35 Lightning II had been stolen by hackers. Today the Pentagon and ...READ»
Generation Y (the young men and women born after 1977) are different
from other generations in many respects, from their political views to
the careers they choose (or don't choose). Their presence in the
workplace is truly ...READ»
