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AUTOnomous: How automated technology could end vehicle fatalities

For decades, automakers have developed new safety features that attempt to lower driver fatalities, but for the first time in history, autonomous technologies designed to drastically subdue vehicle fatalities by allowing the vehicle to control itself are debuting.

A Watchdog for Fisker? (4/24/12)

A watchdog for Fisker? | Speedy work on resins | Women vote Mini, men vote Ferrari

Simple steps to a greener cloud

Greenpeace's latest volley in the battle to clean up data centers' energy act highlights the importance of green initiatives for cloud providers and cloud customers alike.

Study Links Plant Damage to Nanoparticles

A new study suggests that the introduction of some nanoparticles into plants’ DNA could cause them to shrivel and die.

Intelligent Design is not a Recent Invention of the Christian Right: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Part 1)

Ancient philosophers including Plato and Aristotle adovcated early forms of intelligent design theory, which shows that intelligent design is not a recent invention of the Christian right (download “The Roots of Intelligent Design” at

Fifth Japanese supplier charged with price fixing

A Tokyo-based auto supplier has agreed to pay a $20 million criminal fine and cooperate with the U.S. government’s ongoing investigation into price fixing in the industry.

Antenna-Sharing IC simultaenously delivers signal to several RF receivers.

Supplied in 4-bump flip-chip package with 1.14 mm² footprint, DIP1524 enables handsets to connect receivers for GPS/GLONASS satellites, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and LTE band 7 from same antenna. IC can deliver high signal strength to several RF receivers simultaneously, accelerating GPS startup time while providing position detection accuracy and location-based service reliability. Diplexer utilizes Integrated Passive [...]

Movie Monday: Think Like a Man

Katniss had a good run.   After four weeks as box office champ, The Hunger Games was finally toppled by a couple of films about—well, couples.   Think Like a Man featured four of ‘em, in fact (plus a tag-along divorced guy)—perhaps figuring the only way to knock off the longtime champ was through sheer [...]

Tributes to Chuck Colson

Today’s Focus on the Family radio program features our late friend and lion of the Christian faith, Chuck Colson.   I’d invite you to listen to the broadcast by clicking here .   In the meantime, tributes from friends of Chuck’s

Beijing Sights and Sounds (4/23/12)

General Motors adding 600 dealerships in China, Lamborghini’s 600-horsepower SUV, BMW’s electric ‘i,’ Nissan’s Sentra tease, Germain growing.