Defragging files without having to do a defrag
The GCN Lab looks at Diskeeper's latest in disk defragmentation technology, which prevents the fragmentation of files by changing how disk space is allocated. One result: Manual defrags will be fewer and further between.
Sensors warn of soldier brain injuries
BAE Systems will furnish sensors for helmets worn by soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan that can help warn of possible brain trauma resulting from close proximity to bomb explosions, reports UPI.com.
DARPA plots supercomputing revolution
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a program that aims for high-performance systems with self-aware operating systems that use considerable less power than systems today.
Wanted: A better system for intelligence collection
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity's Smart Collection office wants to fund research into ways to make collected intelligence more valuable.
Why 2010 is the year of the virtual data center
Agencies focused on virtualized servers for greater efficiency are seeing only half of the picture, according to Christopher Poelker, vice president of Enterprise Solutions at FalconStor Software. A look at why 2010 will emerge as the year for virtualized storage virtual data centers.
Coast Guard seeks oil spill technology
The Coast Guard is, perhaps belatedly, seeking technologies to help combat the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Hackathon weekend could yield solutions for disaster relief
Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra encourages people to hack to save lives
Sony working on hair-thin video technology
The military, which has been using organic light-emitting diode screen technology in a growing number of apps, could now have a new technology for its toolbox. A new Sony prototype is thinner than a human hair and is flexible enough to be rolled tightly around a pencil, even as it continues playing a video.
DARPA, Northrop taking chip speed into terahertz range
Northrop Grumman's Terahertz Monolithic Integrated Circuit operates at 0.67 THz, more than double the frequency of the previously reported fastest chip.
Next GPO head must guide agency to the digital future
William Boarman, nominated to be the next public printer, would face the challenge of maintaining traditional printing skills with an aging workforce while adapting the 150-year-old Government Printing Office to an increasingly digital world.
DARPA looks for stealthier Internet access
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking technologies to give the military “anonymous Internet communications to bypass techniques that suppress, localize and/or corrupt information.”
2 technologies that can make storage a small matter
Data deduplication can save considerable space on backup servers by eliminating duplicated data. Thin provisioning can optimize disk space on primary storaqe. And both can save you money.
New platform creates shortcut for field data analysis
Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an infrastructure to pull and analyze raw data from the field in military and emergency response operations, taking advantage of advances in communications and computing power in mobile devices such as smart phones.
How fast can wireless networking get?
The Wireless Gigabit Alliance announces Version 1.0 of its unified wireless specification, which would use the unlicensed 60 GHz band and achieve data transfer rates as fast as 7 gigabits/sec.
Big Brother is watching in high definition
The Homeland Security Department is testing out a new 360-degree video surveillance system at Logan International Airport in Boston that is described as offering high-resolution imaging and analytics without the distortion of the typical fisheye lens.
Open source is NASA's next frontier
NASA's new CTO proposes a brave new universe for the space agency -- one in which officials will have to conquer their fears of open-source projects.
Fortress mesh system lets you set up wireless networks on the fly
The GCN Lab takes the ES210 Tactical Mesh Point with a Librestream Onsight 2000R field camera out for some serious testing.
White House contributes to open-source project
Whitehouse.gov has released the code for four open-source modules, adding to the ongoing Drupal project.
HP takes computing closer to the atomic level
Memristors could replace transistors on processing chips, built at the 3-nanometer scale with the ability to turn on and off in a billionth of a second and retain information even after the power is off.
Can DARPA get a flying car off the ground?
GCN Lab director John Breeden is glad to see that DARPA is putting serious research into developing a flying car, like we were promised by futurists decades ago.
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