Yearly Archives: 2013

Robotics Update: Lab at Cornell Developing Robots That Anticipate Human Needs

Imagine a robot companion that cleans up in the kitchen, loads the dishwasher, wipes the table and counter, makes your bed and picks up...

Gizmos & Gadgets: New Phone Transmitter Widens Reach of Cellular Networks in Africa

Cell phones in combination with the Internet and cloud computing applications are changing the world faster than any other technological innovation. But the lack...

Headlines at 21st Century Tech for June 7, 2013

It was a longer hiatus than anticipated but I'm back to provide you with the headlines that caught my eye over the last two...

Space Update: The News from Mars

What a challenging couple of weeks for my family. Who knew that moving in the 21st century was no different from moving in the...

Biomedicine Update: New Artificial Heart – Part Machine, Part Cow

If your heart fails today you have a number of medical choices. These include:   using pharmaceutical aids that can prolong the functioning of a failing...

Transportation Update: Tesla’s Supercharger Network to Expand Across the U.S. and Parts of Canada

Recently I wrote about the launch of supercharger stations in California for the Tesla Model S sedan. For owners of this vehicle it meant...

Energy Update: Once Again Cold Fusion in the Headlines

The E-Cat or Energy Catalyzer, created by Andrea Rossi, has been undergoing "independent" validation and the first results reported from November and December 2012...

Space Update: Curiosity Mission Points to Biggest Hazard to Human Deep Space Missions

Space is a hazardous place! That's the conclusion of the research published today in the journal Science. NASA gathered the data from Curiosity's long...

Transportation Update: EV Infrastructure Pioneer Too Early for the Market

An ambitious plan to build an electric vehicle infrastructure in tiny Israel has backfired as the company, Better Place, announced on May 26, 2013...

Headlines at 21st Century Tech for May 17, 2013

This is my last posting for the next few days. I will be taking my office apart so that we can move to our...

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