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On this Independence Day, I salute editors—those unseen gatekeepers who make writing better and whose absence highlights the risks of too much independence. Freedom. Liberty. Rugged individualism. They are in our national DNA and inseparable from American culture. But like…
The task of educating our children faces more social and technological disruption and more uncertainty about the future than at any time in the past century. Can our schools break free of what worked in the past (but no longer…
The movie Her raises interesting questions about the future of relationships between humans and artificial intelligence, as well as the direction of movies in the same genre. For example, many people must carry a separate employer-provided business phone in addition…
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“The truth is that the book is an exceptionally good piece of technology—easy to read, portable, durable, and inexpensive.” — James Surowiecki, on why paper books are likely to coexist with electronic books for a long time to come. http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2013/07/29/130729ta_talk_surowiecki…
Biomedical informatics offers powerful new tools Wake Forest Baptist Health — Insight magazine, October – December 2011 Smartphones and tablets, using applications like Facebook, Twitter and Google, are rapidly changing daily life by keeping people connected and informed wherever they…
Book Review: How the Helicopter Changed Modern Warfare by Walter J. Boyne Pelican Publishing Co., 2011 This book is a must-read for anyone interested in flying machines and particularly for those who like military history. For everyone attending the…
Peace Corps helped twins launch science careers WorldView magazine –Winter 2010-11 Identical twins Daniel Kim-Shapiro and David Shapiro-Ilan have more in common than matching DNA. Both 49-year olds are high-level research scientists. Both credit Peace Corps volunteer service 25 years…
Government Technology’s Digital Communities website – September 25, 2009 In the never-ending battle to protect computer networks from intruders, security experts are deploying a new defense modeled after one of nature’s hardiest creatures – the ant. Unlike traditional security…