Supercomputer In Your Pocket

While you weren’t looking, computing power accelerated so quickly that a new smartphone is more powerful than a recent supercomputer. Continue reading →

Nano Solar Excels

Black silicon solar cells reached a new record in efficiency by adding nanotubes to the surface. The new record, 22%. Continue reading →

Virtual Reality Gets More Real

Virtual reality has been available for years, but always with technological limitations: low bandwidth, processing power, and memory storage. Computer Continue reading →

Kansas Wind Power Surprises

Kansas’s adoption of wind power surprised even Kansas. They gave themselves a goal of generating 20% of their power from Continue reading →

Americans And Stuff

Americans own a lot of stuff. We know that. The numbers, however, can be incredible. Start with the average number Continue reading →

Which Jobs Will Robots Get

Robots are taking jobs. But which jobs? Yet another study has made some guesses. The closer the labor gets to Continue reading →

Building Housing For The Rich Not The Poor

The Great Recession changed housing. Millions in the US have decided to rent instead of buy. Corporations bought many of Continue reading →

GM Owns Cars Brains Always

It’s official, General Motors has stated in court that, even if you pay for your car in cash, you don’t Continue reading →