NERSC Flips Switch on New Flagship Supercomputer The National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) Center recently accepted “Edison,” a new flagship supercomputer designed for scient... Read more
Sensor technology: Microphones are designed to capture sound. But they turn out to be able to capture other sorts of information, too MICROPHONES exist in many shapes and sizes, and work in... Read more
“YOU are walking around naked on the Internet and you need some clothes,” says Michael Fertik. “I am going to sell you some.” Naked? Not exactly, but close. Mr. Fertik, 34, is the chief exec... Read more
The electric light was a failure. Invented by the British chemist Humphry Davy in the early 1800s, it spent nearly 80 years being passed from one initially hopeful researcher to another, lik... Read more
Stanford University scientists have breathed new life into the nickel-iron battery, a rechargeable technology developed by Thomas Edison more than a century ago. Designed in the early 1900s... Read more
Edison’s Revenge The rise of direct current using devices and direct current generation have some rethinking the use of alternating current in the grid A new front in an old feud is be... Read more
Analysts suggest supporting innovative start-up companies to increase hiring. For the second part in a series on job creation in the US, a look at incubators designed to turn great ideas int... Read more
Image via Wikipedia More choices for energy-saving lighting WITH many countries phasing out the use of traditional incandescent light bulbs to save energy, the lighting business has taken on... Read more