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A coinage to recognise the value of technical knowledge in the public domain.
Archive for the ‘Technology and Society’ Category
October 25th, 2009
Category: Technology and Society
That’s “Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy.” Good idea!
September 2nd, 2009
The advent of Google Books calls for the restoration of non-automatic copyright renewal.
July 22nd, 2009
Category: Health Care, Technology and Society
Phillip Longman confirms our warnings about throwing money at health IT.
June 26th, 2009
Category: Technology and Society, The Built Environment
Metro testing suggests that a single-point failure in the block control system caused Monday’s fatal crash. This is an unacceptable design and Metro should shift to a positive location model with the block control system as back-up.
April 28th, 2009
Let me get this straight: flying an Air Force One around lower Manhattan with a fighter plane chasing it, which scared the pants off the locals (I wonder why?) was a photo session, to get a picture of the airplane near the Statue of Liberty?
Never mind the idiot who thought it would be a [...]
January 5th, 2009
Category: Arts and Cultural Policy, Technology and Society
An idea to solve the problem of labelling in museums with RFID and mobile phones.
December 24th, 2008
The Obama science team needs more social scientists and a global perspective.
December 13th, 2008
Constraints on the smart grid from the consumer end.
December 6th, 2008
Obama promised.
