How Does the U.S. Power Grid Work?

With over 160,000 miles of transmission lines, the U.S. power grid is designed to handle natural and man-made disasters, as […]

Want a stranger’s half-eaten pizza? Need to rent a treehouse? Technology can help

New social media groups and smartphone apps are redefining how we barter, lend, buy and give in 2013 By Tim Skillern | […]

Will This Tiny Technology Mean the End of China’s Manufacturing Dominance?

In the 1970s, PARC, a Xerox (NYSE: XRX  ) company (formerly the Palo Alto Research Center), helped usher in an era […]

Israel’s Iron Dome, and the Ongoing Energy Revolution

By Byron King, Outstanding Investments Byron King The Middle East mess affects all manner of scenarios for future price and […]

The Stock Market

Haven’t blogged in a while. So I decided to look back and pull out one of my first blog posts, […]

The End of the University as We Know It

In fifty years, if not much sooner, half of the roughly 4,500 colleges and universities now operating in the United […]

Technology will replace 80% of what doctors do

Data-driven healthcare won’t replace physicians entirely, but it will help those receptive to technology perform their jobs better. By Vinod […]

2012 Election Winners and Losers: Coal, Dividends, Health Care, Utilities, Oil and More

Election Day has come and gone. President Obama won a second term. The current electoral vote was by a margin […]

Does 3-D Printing Have a Future in Your Home?

My opinion on 3-D printing can best be described as “evolving.” I consider this a good approach when dealing with […]

IT market in Russia to maintain double-digit growth in 2012

The IT market in Russia went up by 15% last year, fuelled by healthy development of the Russian economy. The […]