A light bulb? Seriously? Well, yeah. But not just any old light bulb. A whiz-bang, low-energy, cool-to-the-touch, lives-practically-forever $10 light bulb. It’s from Cree, a big name in commercial and industrial lighting that uses light-emitting diodes, or LEDs — the...
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The control room at Exelon Corp.'s Limerick nuclear power generating station in Pennsylvania.
Control-Systems Bugs Jump After Stuxnet Nuclear Plant Attack
Control systems are a dream for hackers and Hollywood script-writers. They run power plants, dams, train lines and traffic lights — and they’re becoming more vulnerable to attacks that can inflict spectacular, physical destruction. According to research released today by...
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As one of the creators of the iPod and iPhone, Tony Fadell raised eyebrows when he announced last year what he’d be doing for a second act. “A thermostat?” was the collective response from Silicon Valley. Fadell, along with fellow...
Read more »Bill Gates Funds Quest to Build Better Toilet to Combat Disease
When Bill Gates was at the helm of Microsoft, the fate of software products rested on his approval. The technology giant’s co-founder and former chief executive is now judging something completely different: toilets. With 1.5 million children a year dying...
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The radio frequency of a newly-installed smart meter is checked in Burlington, Vermont.
Smart-Meter Hacker to Give Talk He Shelved Under Industry Pressure
Few things are as scandalous at computer-hacker conferences as the presentations that don’t happen. Hackers face constant legal threats for their discoveries. So when someone plans to disclose an important security hole, but is forced to cancel the talk because...
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