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Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2008: 

Summary: The Bush Administration has requested $142.7 billion in federal research and development (R&D) funding for FY2008.As in the recent past, the FY2008 proposed increase over the FY2007 funding level ... is due to significant funding increases in the Department of Defense (DOD); the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) space vehicles development program; and the continuation of the American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI). The President initiated the ACI in FY2007 and continues to promote it in his FY2008 R&D budget. While the ACI is likely to be well received by lawmakers, other administration proposals for agency R&D funding are likely to encounter strong opposition in Congress. For example, the administration's proposed budget for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is $28.5 billion, a decrease of $529 million (1.8%) below the estimated 2007 funding level. This proposed level represents the fifth year in a row the administration has proposed cutting NIH's   [More...] [Less...]

Japan Leads U.S. in Fast and Cheap Internet Connections - New York Times 

Yukari Haruzono, a computer game enthusiast in Tokyo, waited Sunday for an upgrade while her daughter, Yuho, 6, played. She pays $55 a month to be able to download data at high speeds. TOKYO The United ... States may be the world s largest economy, but when it comes to Internet connections at home, many Americans still live in the slow lane. By contrast, Japan is a broadband paradise with the fastest and cheapest Internet connections in the world. Nearly eight million Japanese have a fiber optic line at home that is as much as 30 times speedier than a typical DSL line. But while that speed is a boon for Japanese users, industry analysts and some companies question whether the push to install fiber is worth the effort, given the high cost of installation, affordable alternatives and lack of services that take advantage of the fast connections. Indeed, the stock price of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone , which has two-thirds of the fiber-to-the-home market, has sunk because of concerns about   [More...] [Less...]

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Illuminations The Carbon Challenge: 2007 Summer Seminar : EPRI’s 2007 Summer Seminar gathered leaders from industry, government, academia and advocacy groups to look at RD&D imperatives and opportunities ... for different technologies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the electric power industry. EPRI/NRDC Joint Research : Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality. : This EPRI guide enables users to perform preliminary capital investment evaluations in a consistent and informed manner.   [More...] [Less...]

MTB Europe - European Commission sponsors study on regulating nanotechnology in the EU and US 

European Commission sponsors study on regulating nanotechnology in the EU and US 18 February 2008 The European Commission has awarded a US$587,000 grant to researchers at the London School of Economics ... and Political Science (LSE), Chatham House (The Royal Institute for International Affairs), the Washington based Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and the US Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN), to study the issue of regulating nanotechnologies in the European Union and United States. The aim of the project is: to produce high quality analysis of the comparative dimensions of nanotechnologies regulation in the EU and US; to publish and widely disseminate policy-relevant research results that will assist policy processes and debates on both sides of the Atlantic; and to create greater awareness among decision-makers and opinion formers for congruent approaches and transatlantic convergence in nanotech regulation. In recent years, several transatlantic conflicts have erupted over ho   [More...] [Less...]

US Records Yet Another Trade Deficit in Technology Product Markets [pdf]

NEMA - National Electrical Manufacturers Association 

NEMA is the leading trade association in the U.S. representing the interests of electroindustry manufacturers of products used in the generation, transmission and distribution, control, and end-use of ... electricity.   [More...] [Less...]

Big Brother is watching us all - BBC News 

The US and UK governments are developing increasingly sophisticated gadgets to keep individuals under their surveillance. When it comes to technology, the US is determined to stay ahead of the game. "Five ... nine, five ten," said the research student, pushing down a laptop button to seal the measurement. "That's your height." "Spot on," I said. "OK, we're freezing you now," interjected another student, studying his computer screen. "So we have height and tracking and your gait DNA". "Gait DNA?" I interrupted, raising my head, so inadvertently my full face was caught on a video camera. "Have we got that?" asked their teacher Professor Rama Chellappa. "We rely on just 30 frames - about one second - to get a picture we can work with," he explained. Tracking individuals I was at the University of Maryland just outside Washington DC, where Professor Chellappa and his team are inventing the next generation of citizen surveillance. They had pushed back furniture in the conference room for   [More...] [Less...]