Archive for the ‘Notes From The Electronic Cottage’ Category
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Topic: In these days of electronic communication, we hear a lot of talk about encrypting messages to keep their contents safe from the prying eyes of government and corporate eavesdroppers. But just what is encryption, and where did the idea come from. Here's a little cryptography 101 primer ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Topic: Thirty-five years ago, Nicholas Sheridan at Xerox PARC came up with Gyricon, a process that presaged the effort to create electronic paper. Ever since, electronic paper has been, according to its promoters, "just around the corner." Many false starts later, that claim may finally be true today ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Perhaps we need a new bumper sticker these days that asks "What would the Founders say?" Today's technology places immense power in the hands of government. Even though they could not specifically foresee today's technologies - like involuntary DNA collection - the Founders and drafters of our Constitution ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Every spring, the editors of Technology Review list ten important emerging technologies. To see the full list, go to
www.technologyreview.com/infotech/20249. To hear some ruminations on two of those technologies, Graphene Transistors and Wireless Power, listen up here.
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Every now and again a listener will say something like: "The world seems to be changing so fast - all this new technology, and globalization, and climate change and all the rest. What kind of world are our kids going to live in - and more important, what ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
We all know that there are radio and television waves all around us. And these days, we know there are cell phone waves and wi-fi waves as well. But just how do these waves arrange themselves in the electronic spectrum? Good question - here's a short review.
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
RFID is coming - in fact it's already here in warehouses, hospitals, and other places where tracking goods is important for inventory control. But what is good in the warehouse may not be so good in your house. Here's a short overview of the promise - and problems ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Ever want to read a book from one of the worlds; great libraries but you can't physically get yourself there? Help is on the way. The Internet Archive's Million Book Project and Google Books offer the possibility of reading books online from libraries most of us will never ...
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