Technology
The American Food Industry: An Incubator for Disaster
In the United States, the food production industry pervades everything we do. Meetings with friends are often accompanied by lunch or coffee, family dinners are treasured as time to bond with family, and mealtimes are regarded as sacred. So much of what we do revolves around food that imagining what would happen if that food [...]
Leaf it to Me: Biomimicry and the Artificial Leaf
The concept of environmentalism is almost inevitably coupled to sacrifice and responsibility. In order to reduce our disruption of nature, we are provided with lists upon lists of things we should not do. We should not take long showers. We should not forget to turn the lights off before we leave a room. It’s as [...]
Our Draining Willpower in the Digital Age?
Quick, say the colors of the following words out loud: BLUE, ORANGE, GREEN, PURPLE, PINK, YELLOW. How many did you get right? And what does this have to do with willpower? Psychologists use this kind of test to measure our current level of willpower.1 The speed and accuracy of your responses reflects your level of [...]
Generation Y: The Internet’s Effects on Cognition and Education
It is difficult for young people today to imagine a time without text messaging and internet surfing. The current generation of college students in particular have literally grown up with the internet, and are often more technologically literate than their parents and professors. Studies have shown that young people’s frequent use of the internet affected [...]
Gaming: Harnessing the Cognitive Surplus
Harnessing the Cognitive Surplus By James Scott-Brown How do you spend your free time? If you were an average American, you would spend 20 hours a week watching television, and another 3 hours playing games [1]. Clay Shirky has written about how, after the Second World War, enormous changes in society occurred, so that “society [...]
Paving the Way for Moore’s Law
As long as Moore’s Law holds true, every two years, computers will grow either twice as powerful or half the size. This trend, in which the number of transistors that can fit on an integrated circuit doubles every two years, has continued since the 1950′s and is forecast to continue for another decade. However, with [...]
Effects of Wireless Power Beaming in the Space Industry: Modern Applications and Future Possibilities
In an increasingly mobile society, we’ve found new and innovative ways to go wireless in almost every capacity. Cell phones replaced home phones long ago, and wireless internet, or wi-fi, is replacing Ethernet jacks at airports and hotels around the world as we speak. The advancement continues onward, as companies and governments all over the [...]
Cheating Through College: Rational or Not ?
Is cheating through college a rational option, or something different? This article takes a deep look at a pervasive issue at institutions of higher education
Terrorist Networks: Rethinking the Logic Behind Web Search Engines
Productive network analysis is often hindered by an overabundance of information, the bulk of which is frequently extraneous and of limited relevance. The question is, then, how can this profusion of information be gathered, managed and propagated in an efficient way? Assuming we can surmount some major roadblocks—such as this baffling quantity of data—the answer may be contained in the relatively new but burgeoning field of social network analysis.
Water and Land: Bottlenecks of Green Energy
Water and land are some of the most fundamental bottlenecks of green energy, but we often fail to think about them.
Ford Meets Formula 1: Racing Innovations Hold Promise for Automotive Market
An intriguing look at the technological advancements in commercial automobiles coming from Formula One Racing
The Utility of Social Media in Autocratic Middle Eastern Regimes
In our contemporary era of social media technology and global networking websites, observers of the Middle East widely agree on one point: unless autocratic regimes obstruct or heavily restrict Internet access, they will be subverted by technologically shrewd activists.
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