News tagged with information grid

New buoys enable submerged subs to communicate

(PhysOrg.com) -- Communicating with a submerged submarine has always been difficult, and since the submarine has to come up to periscope depth it has also been risky. Now a new buoy developed by Lockheed Martin ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Waste watchers? UK group fears trash bin spies

(AP) -- It's the new front in the nanny state: Microchips placed in garbage bins to monitor how much people throw away. A pro-privacy group warns in a new report that more than 2.6 million of the chips have ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 05, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Free, open virtual laboratory for infectious diseases

(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors around the world will soon have a powerful new tool at their disposal in the fight against HIV and other infectious diseases: a virtual laboratory that will help them match drugs to ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 04, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Empowering power systems: Researchers light up possibilities with solar panel based design

A team of eight researchers at Kansas State University is using renewable energy to generate an agile power distribution system and transform the industry.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Sources: Pentagon planning new cybercommand

(AP) -- The Pentagon is planning to create a new military command to focus on cyberspace and protect its computer networks from cyberattacks, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Pentagon spends $100 million to fix cyber attacks

(AP) -- The Pentagon spent more than $100 million in the last six months responding to and repairing damage from cyber attacks and other computer network problems, military leaders said Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0