Smart Cities Will Require Smarter Sensors

In a smart city, all aspects of city infrastructure would be connected.
New Pipe Simulation Could Have Predicted Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

The team’s simulation (bottom) closely matches real pictures taken from the Deepwater Horizon site (top).
Five Steps to Securing Internet-Enabled Devices

Wind River suggests taking a five-prong approach to securing Internet-enabled devices.
Channel Case Study: The Value of Cold Calls
It was the cold call that turned into a half-a-million dollar business deal.
Speed Bump on the Way to Exascale Computing

Argonne National Laboratory will use IBM's next-generation Blue Gene/Q supercomputer, a system touting a peak performance...
Quantum Tunneling Enables 3D Touch

Spiked nanoparticles aid in quantum tunneling to allow Peratech's film to sense a continuum between feather-light and heavy touches, thereby...
VA spent $717 million on a drug deemed as effective as a placebo
Over the past decade, the Veterans Affairs Department spent $717 million for an anti-psychotic drug to treat post-traumatic stress disorder that a recent study shows is no more effective than a placebo.
Era of the PC Waning

The PC market will be eclipsed by the Internet-enabled consumer devices by 2013.