Labs, industries, academia, even consumers spent decades longing for more and more and more computing power. Unless you’re in an R&D lab working in virtual environments, crunching numbers to determine the effects of global warming, or proving Einstein right or wrong, today we’ve got more than enough computing power. How we use and interact with that power might, necessarily, be changing...

Is OSHA is doing enough to protect America's workers against dangerous dust? Or does the primary responsibility lie with employers and employees to follow existing safe procedures? (8/4/08)

Seems like the more technologically advanced we become, the stupider we get. When technology fails, no one knows what to do or even how to do it, and disaster recovery is a thing of the past. (8/4/08)

It’s easy to see The Light Side of The Force in engineering. Consider electrification or heating and air conditioning. There’s a Grey Side, too. Consider airplanes, automobiles, telephony, satellites, spacecraft, petrochem technologies. These technologies are largely good and may also harm. There’s also a Dark Side of engineering... (7/31/08)

If there’s an upside to global warming as melting Arctic ice opens up  cheaper shipping lanes, surely our collapsing economy will have a huge positive impact on all of us.  No jobs, no money, no places to live. But here's the upside ... (7/25/08)

Maybe GM shouldn't be paying its retirees' health benefits -- but how much sense does it make to organize health care coverage so that we lose it exactly when we're likely to need it most?...(7/24/08)

While it won’t make sitting in traffic for hours any prettier, GM’s concept windshield will highlight a few objects for added safety… (7/24/08)

Recently Honda began production of the first hydrogen fuel cell-powered car certified for regular commercial use by the EPA. But don’t make plans to get rid of that gas guzzler in your garage just yet...(7/25/08)