Emergency alert service for mobile devices in the works
DHS is working with government and industry stakeholders to develop technical specs for a Commercial Mobile Alert Service that would extend the Emergency Alert System to mobile devices.
UltraCell, Protonex to expand fuel-cell technology for military apps
UltraCell and Protonex Technology Corp. have teamed to expand fuel cell technology for the military to deliver low-weight, portable power to warfighters.
Biomass-consuming robot isn't 'Soylent Green' IT
Companies working on a DARPA-funded project to create a self-sustaining, biomass-consuming robot found themselves having to explain that the robots would not be eat dead bodies on the battlefield.
DOD tests fuel-cell technology for ground, UAV uses
The Defense Department is stepping up efforts to provide soldiers in the field with reliable, long-lasting portable power by working with companies to integrate fuel-cell technologies into mobile and off-grid power applications.
DOD to launch Web 2.0-intensive site
The new Defense.gov site will feature greater use of new technologies, appeal to younger Web users, official says.
Web 2.0 increases demand for data visualization tools
Data visualization tools offer new and more effective ways to represent and present complex data patterns graphically.
Juniper Networks introduces multimedia voice-over-IP solutions
Juniper Networks introduces new applications and services that enable customers to deliver voice, video and other multimedia services in ways that require less bandwidth and lower costs for high-volume users.
Solid-state drives find novel niches at some enterprises
Solid-state drives eventually will change the IT and physical architectures of most storage systems.
The bottom line on solid state drives
SSDs have advantages if you need quick access to data, and eventually, as their prices fall, they could become more common for PCs.
DARPA project seeks to teach machines better reading skills
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is giving new meaning to the term “machine readable” with a program to develop an automated reading system that would close the gap between natural text and artificial intelligence systems.
The power of DOE's patents
The Energy Department's research laboratories last year brought in nearly $44 million in royalties from licening of the labs' patents.
Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration tests command and control on the go
This year's Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration focused on mobility, field-testing a new set of prototype command and control technologies by running them in a simulated operational environment.
Technical priorities for Smart Grid development outlined in new report
A report identifying issues and priorities for the technical standards for developing an intelligent power distribution grid has been released for public comment.
DOE cannot quantify research lab gains: GAO
The Energy Department doesn't have adequate reporting measures in place to quantify how much success its national laboratories have in producing scientific research that private industry and others can use to develop new technologies, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Chandrakant Patel | How IT can better manage energy in a time of dwindling resources
The depletion of available energy and limited natural resources necessitates next-generation infrastructures that are designed, built and operated using the least amount of materials and energy possible
Double duty for video cards
How graphics processing units are being used for hard-core number crunching.
Air Force studying solar cells as lighter-weight power source for UAVs
By integrating solar cells into the materials used to build unmanned aerial vehicles, the size and weight of the aircraft can be reduced and flight times increased.
IBM offers new real-time data analysis tool
IBM has developed a technology that it believes will raise the threshold for analysis of massive amounts of data in real time.
Next goal for the Internet: managing information
Robert Kahn, whose work helped make the Internet what it is, discusses his ideas for the future, via the Digital Object Architecture, the Handle System and Knowbots.
Researchers close in on faster circuit chips using exotic carbon material
The exotic and puzzling properties of graphene are being studied and applied to advanced computing technologies in government-funded research programs that could help engineers advance the limits of conventional computing.
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