Too Dumb Smart House

A cautionary tale about smart houses. When everything is connected, one thing can control everything, and that isn’t always good. Continue reading →

Better Batteries Threaten Fossil Fuel

In the battle between fossil fuels and renewable energies, fossil fuels have been winning because of their convenience. Fuel in Continue reading →

Robots Reach Beyond Factories

When machines replaced humans, humans shifted to more specialized tasks because there was more work to be done. When robots Continue reading →

Technology Is Not A Panacea For Apocalypse

Pick your apocalypse. There are many to choose from. There’s the pessimism. Optimism tends to show up with either a Continue reading →

Cyberattacks Overwhelm Cyberdefense

Cyberattackers have two things going for them: they can launch millions of attacks for almost nothing, and count on humans Continue reading →

Efficiency And Consumption Rise

The good news, almost every device has become dramatically more efficient. That should mean the total energy and resource use Continue reading →

We Are Using Less Sort Of

We are actually using more of the Earth than the Earth can replenish, and yet, things are much better than Continue reading →

Cameras Cover You

Embedding cameras is almost every electronic device has been amazingly popular. Now, the police are appreciating the coverage as well. Continue reading →