Driverless Taxis Replace Buses

Driverless vehicles are changing basic transportation. City centers may need buses and subways, but for less dense areas the economics Continue reading →

Breaking The Internet

Some stories are best covered in simple terms because the next level of complexity immediately jumps to expertise understood by Continue reading →

Electric Grid Hacked

One of the large concerns about hacks is the eventual assault on public infrastructure. It finally happened, in the Ukraine. Continue reading →

Global Climate Data – November 2015

Sad to say, but we’re hearing this news so often that it is easy to forget how important, uncommon, and Continue reading →

California Sinks Faster

California was sinking before the drought because water was being pumped from the aquifers even when it rained. Now, the Continue reading →

Natural Sea Rise Protections

Regardless of climate change, beaches and coasts are affected by storms and shifting land. Weather and geology must be defended Continue reading →

Data That Matters July 2015

US wages rose 3.3%. Humans can lay bricks at 700/hr. Robots, 1,000/hr. Americans turning away from owning homes as only Continue reading →

US Highways Need $1T

Maintaining a highway is more than fixing potholes. The US Interstate Highway system was designed to connect the lower 48 Continue reading →