Yearly Archives: 2013

Communications Update: The Internet of Things and Smartphones is Breaking the Internet

I have written several articles on network communications on this blog site as well as on other sites, describing its evolution from serial communications...

Biomedicine & Computing Update: BiFi, Biology, Engineering and Artifical Life

BiFi is to biology as WiFi is to computers. It is a technology being pioneered by researchers at Stanford University and other institutions, looking...

A Personal Note and Then A Recantation, Not Mine

Today is my birthday. That puts me in a group that includes Elvis Presley and Stephen Hawking. It's nice to share this date with...

Biomedicine Update: Cd Proteins And What We Are Learning

The acronym CD comes up a lot in science and technology. For those who remember them CDs or compact discs represented the primary media...

Gizmos & Gadgets: The Aggie Bus is Electric and Recharges Wirelessly

If electric vehicles (EVs) are to become ubiquitous we have a number of hurdles to overcome. These include: Improvements to batteries not only to make...

Space Update: Has NASA Lost its Bearings or its Marbles?

NASA through the latter part of the 20th century developed two programs, one manned, the other robotic. The former initially was driven by a...

Headlines at 21st Century Tech for January 4, 2013

Welcome to 2013 and our first headlines posting of the year. This week's stories include: Mars Rover Approaches Ninth Anniversary on the Planet and is...

Gizmos & Gadgets: Mobile Ultrasound Lets You Encrypt and Email Images to Remote Physicians

MobiSante has built the first smartphone-based ultrasound system designed to support diagnostic imaging anywhere there is cellphone coverage and that means virtually everywhere on...

Environment Update: Drilling in the Polar Extremes Frought with Potential Dangers

Shell Oil has been doing test drilling in the Arctic off Alaska's north shore and this week the reality of just how problematic this...

Gizmos & Gadgets: Autoclave Quality Sterilization in Remote Settings for Less Than $200

My wife many years ago worked in a dental clinic. One of her responsibilities was taking discarded dental instruments and cleaning them in a...

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