7:26 PM
CBS News revealed that the latest terror plot against the US involved the use of ricin and cyanide slipped into salad bars and buffets in simultaneous attacks targeting hotels and restaurants at many locations over a single weekend. The corporate security officers from the hotel and restaurant industries have been briefed by the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Agriculture and the FDA:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/20/eveningnews/main7169266.shtml
NATO's Allied Command Transformation selected IBM for a project to improve data center efficiency and increase data sharing by its 28 member nations via a new cloud computing model. They are looking to integrate technology capabilities for critical Command and Control programs via cloud computing:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/40778679
Restaurant in China uses robots (which look like droids from Star Wars) as entertainers, servers, greeters and receptionists. Each robot has a motion sensor to tell it to stop when someone is in its path so customers can get the dishes they want. The service industry in China has not kept up with their rapid growth, and customers at the restaurant say that the robots are better than human servers:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2010/12/Information-Tech-Robot-waiters-in-China-never-lose-patience/
Michigan researchers made a major improvement in the efficiency of a way to convert heat from a car's exhaust system into energy that could do things such as warm homes or charge batteries. Instead of just letting the heat be wasted, turning it into energy could offer a significant new energy source:
http://ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=8184
Researcher developed a pen that can measure the stress levels of the person using it and actually help to reduce the stress that a person has. Experiments showed that the heart rate of people who used the anti-stress pen dropped an average of 5%:
http://www.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=0f5dc277-1fc0-4487-b338-1f3cb389795f&lang=en
Tests and software have been developed that claim to be able to predict whether a child was on track to master reading at grade level by the end of the year or was likely to fall behind. This has caught on and has been adopted in 43 states, with drills available on handheld testing devices. News Corp bought Wireless Generation for $360 million last month and they say that they see a $500 billion market in the US alone for K through 12 education:
http://www.technologyreview.com/business/26812/?ref=rss
It sure appears that the HTC Thunderbolt will be the first Verizon LTE phone, unveiled at CES on January 6:
http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-thunderbolt-first-4g-again
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/20/eveningnews/main7169266.shtml
NATO's Allied Command Transformation selected IBM for a project to improve data center efficiency and increase data sharing by its 28 member nations via a new cloud computing model. They are looking to integrate technology capabilities for critical Command and Control programs via cloud computing:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/40778679
Restaurant in China uses robots (which look like droids from Star Wars) as entertainers, servers, greeters and receptionists. Each robot has a motion sensor to tell it to stop when someone is in its path so customers can get the dishes they want. The service industry in China has not kept up with their rapid growth, and customers at the restaurant say that the robots are better than human servers:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2010/12/Information-Tech-Robot-waiters-in-China-never-lose-patience/
Michigan researchers made a major improvement in the efficiency of a way to convert heat from a car's exhaust system into energy that could do things such as warm homes or charge batteries. Instead of just letting the heat be wasted, turning it into energy could offer a significant new energy source:
http://ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=8184
Researcher developed a pen that can measure the stress levels of the person using it and actually help to reduce the stress that a person has. Experiments showed that the heart rate of people who used the anti-stress pen dropped an average of 5%:
http://www.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=0f5dc277-1fc0-4487-b338-1f3cb389795f&lang=en
Tests and software have been developed that claim to be able to predict whether a child was on track to master reading at grade level by the end of the year or was likely to fall behind. This has caught on and has been adopted in 43 states, with drills available on handheld testing devices. News Corp bought Wireless Generation for $360 million last month and they say that they see a $500 billion market in the US alone for K through 12 education:
http://www.technologyreview.com/business/26812/?ref=rss
It sure appears that the HTC Thunderbolt will be the first Verizon LTE phone, unveiled at CES on January 6:
http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-thunderbolt-first-4g-again