4:55 PM
Minnesota ceiling lights will be used to transmit data to specially equipped computers in city offices--internet messages sent via lights flickering faster than the lights can see. WiFi spectrum is getting increasingly crowded, slowing internet connections, with light being looked at as a way to get faster connections:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEC_INTERNET_VIA_LIGHTING?SITE=VTBEN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
China apparently accounts for 97% of the global production of rare earths, so their announcement of their 10% reduction of rare earth exports is crucial to the high-tech industry:
http://www.ecnmag.com/News/2010/12/China-shrinks-rare-earths-export-quota/
The Stuxnet virus may have destroyed 1,000 centrfuges in Iran. The malware was so subtle that it just increased the motors from 1,007 cycles per second to 1,064 cycles per second, resulting in damaged centrifuges without arousing suspicion:
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=200843
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEC_INTERNET_VIA_LIGHTING?SITE=VTBEN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
China apparently accounts for 97% of the global production of rare earths, so their announcement of their 10% reduction of rare earth exports is crucial to the high-tech industry:
http://www.ecnmag.com/News/2010/12/China-shrinks-rare-earths-export-quota/
The Stuxnet virus may have destroyed 1,000 centrfuges in Iran. The malware was so subtle that it just increased the motors from 1,007 cycles per second to 1,064 cycles per second, resulting in damaged centrifuges without arousing suspicion:
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=200843