Apr 07 2020
Since many Coloradans are at home during the one month or longer ‘stay home’ coronavirus period, Here are several ideas to keep you, your children, or grandchildren busy. Technology is key to getting you through this troublesome time. This requires a computer and the Internet to access several educational databases, webinars, programs, videos, or digital …
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Mar 03 2020
Space junk is a problem. The European Space Agency estimates there are about 170 million pieces of debris orbiting the Earth. Apart from dead satellites, there are also spent rocket boosters and bits of machinery scattered by accidental collisions. Even the tiniest piece of cosmic junk poses an enormous threat to other satellites and spacecraft. …
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Feb 04 2020
According to a recent article on the popular technology website, RECODE, our federal government is investing in an AI-based software tool that would help catch illegal opioid sellers on the Internet. But the same approach could find lots of other illegal transactions. An estimated 130 people die from opioid-related drug overdoses each day in the …
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Jan 07 2020
In 1968, Stanford University professor Paul and his wife Anne Ehrlich authored a popular bestselling book, “The Population Bomb” that described how our planet was going to implode unless we took some drastic changes. Back then the population was 3.8 billion people and today is 7.8 billion. It has doubled in 50 years, whereas the …
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Dec 03 2019
Last month, I wrote about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the healthcare industry. Interestingly, AI for military applications is also being pursued aggressively by the U.S. and China with their goal to dominate the AI world by 2030. According to others, China is slowly eroding America’s military superiority through the integration of AI systems in its military …
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Nov 05 2019
As seen on 60 Minutes and other recent TV shows, artificial intelligence (AI) is being used everywhere to support or replace humans in critical or non-critical jobs including the healthcare industry. AI includes several technologies that enable home devices to sense, interpret, act and learn. Currently almost half of U.S. broadband households own at least …
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Oct 01 2019
A new concept in transparent solar panels generating electricity has surfaced into window glass panels. This will save lots of space in installing normal solar panels on buildings and generating more power for buildings or adding power to a major electrical grid system. Several universities including Michigan State University (MSU), UC Santa Barbara, and Massachusetts …
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Sep 03 2019
Landline telephones are disappearing fast due to newer technologies such as cellphones and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. According to a CDC study, about 54% percent of Americans homes dropped their landline telephones for cellphones. Because the number of landlines is decreasing rapidly, telephone companies are charging higher rates to survive. Even though cellphones dominate …
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Aug 06 2019
A recent article from AMAC indicates putting politics aside and focus on America’s can-do spirit. That spirit is about believing, reaching, hoping and making things happen few believe are possible. Americans are risk-takers because we believe in ourselves. Nothing illustrates this better than remembering the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. That brings …
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Jul 02 2019
Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr was a reigning movie star during the ‘30s and ‘40s. She amazed audiences as Delilah in the 1950 biblical film “Samson and Delilah,” but she was also a pioneer in wireless communications. The Vienna-born actress teamed with composer George Antheil in 1940 to develop a radio frequency hopping communications system they …
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Jun 04 2019
A 75-year-old woman, who lived outside the Georgian capitol of Tbilisi hoped to dig up copper wiring to sell for scrap. Instead, she cut through a fiber-optic cable and stopped communications to millions of people in neighboring Armenia staring at blank screens for 12 hours. She had cut off their country’s Internet. The 2011 incident …
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May 07 2019
Remember the toy gyroscopes and spinning tops you played with as a child. Gyroscopes are actually a lifesaver device used in many private, commercial, or military vehicles, ships, and aircraft for navigation and stabilization during their travels. Gyroscopes measure three directional axis rotation and come in mechanical, laser, and electronic versions. It basically measures and …
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