News tagged with infrastructure system


P2P traffic control

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Could a concept from information technology familiar to online file sharers be exploited to reduce road congestion and even traffic accidents? That is the question answered in the affirmative by researchers in California, ...


Watching over the water system: Engineers design sensors to monitor pipes after earthquakes

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created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

After a big earthquake, it's key to keep the water system afloat. Water is necessary for life, and it fights the fires that often accompany such disasters.





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Smart Grid Technology: Vulnerable To Hackers

Technology / Other

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Smart Grids are digitally based electricity distribution and transmission systems and test have shown that a hacker can break into the system resulting in a massive blackout.


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US electricity grid hit by cyber attacks: report

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created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Chinese and Russian cyber-spies have hacked into the US electricity grid and inserted programs that could be used to disrupt the system, a report said Wednesday.


Cisco outlines strategy for Smart Grid infrastructure

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created May 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Continuing its expansion into lucrative business niches, Cisco Systems on Monday will announce its entrance into the smart grid infrastructure market, which the company estimates will grow to $20 billion a year within the ...


New sensors capable of measuring damage to infrastructure

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Genda Chen, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was recently awarded a patent for "Strain Sensitive Coax Cable Sensors for ...


US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cut the ribbon Friday on a command center for government cybersecurity

US boots up new unified cybersecurity center

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cut the ribbon on Friday on a state-of-the-art unified command center for government cybersecurity efforts.


Clemson researchers study energy savings with electric cars and IntelliDrive technology

Technology / Energy

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clemson University researchers have been awarded a $470,000 National Science Foundation grant to study making plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) more efficient to reduce fossil fuel use.


On the road to secure car-to-car communications

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A European research project works out how to keep car-to-car data transmissions private and secure from malicious hackers.


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Car horns warn against natural disasters

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created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In the past, sirens howled to warn the population against floods, large fires or chemical accidents. Today, however, there is no extensive warning system in Germany, as most sirens were dismantled after the ...


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YouTube to support 1080p high-definition videos

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created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- YouTube says starting next week it will support the same high-resolution video that can now be seen on flat screen TVs.


FutureGrid to provide platform for experimental computation

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the next few months, a consortium that includes the University of Chicago will establish FutureGrid, a collaborative next-generation system for experimental scientific supercomputing.



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