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Supercomputers: Cray Dominates Government Lab Contracts

By Dick Weisinger

Cray Inc., long-time US-based supercomputer vendor, is on a roll this year with securing government contracts for building next-generation supercomputers. In August, Cray won a 600 million contract with the US Department of Energy to build a 1.5+ exaflop system…

Security: Encrypted DNS could Thwart Hackers but also Concentrate DNS Handling to a Few

By Dick Weisinger

SSL encrypts data sent from a browser to a server, keeping that information confidential. Now more than 55 percent of all websites use SSL encryption by default. But SSL alone doesn’t plug all the potential security problems of browser to…

4D-Printing: Building Programmable Objects that Respond to External Stimuli

By Dick Weisinger

3D-printing has already had an big impact in the manufacturing and parts industries. 3D-printing is now used for everything from creating toys to appliances. But now, the next generation of the technology is getting ready to leapfrog what 3D-printing has…

Augmented Intelligence: Getting Humans to Work More Effectively with Machines

By Dick Weisinger

AI usually refers to Artificial Intelligence. But some are saying that a different AI, Augmented Intelligence, is likely to be as important or possibly more important. The goal of Artificial Intelligence is to create machines that mimic human intelligence. This…

Analytics and Business: Be a ‘Doer’, not a ‘Dabbler’

By Dick Weisinger

“When companies effectively use data and analytics, they regularly surpass business goals at rates far beyond those that don’t take advantage of data,” according to a recent Deloitte report. The problem is that most businesses don’t. The Deloitte survey found…