#Hawaii s solar boom is so successful it s been blocked from further expansion Rooftop solar on a house in Hawaii.
The new HECO policy was included deep in the text of emails the Walkers solar contractor had sent,
We, the searchable In Mid-january,#Facebook introduced Graph Search, a way for the average user to tap into the social network s web of interconnected human intelligence.
Instead, Facebook automated the process of querying its users relationships with one another, their tastes and everything else with a##public##setting.
In April Facebook#introduced##partner categories, ###letting advertisers target users not only on the basis of their##likes##on the site,
but also by correlating that with data about what they buy through other web services.####OK, now I m convinced Facebook is#trying#to be creepy,
##my colleague Derrick Harris#wrote. Limited glimpses Publicly posted information is one thing, but what about private posts and communications?
Most people were aware that law enforcement agencies and governments ordered web companies to give up data on individuals of interest,
but the scale of this trend has always been difficult to nail down. On this front, Google has led always the way,
and the January 2013 edition of its semiannual Transparency Report showed the numbers of such requests had increased 70 percent between 2009 and 2012.
Facebook said at the time that it had#no plans#to release such information to the public
However, while Google covered itself with more glory than most on this aspect of transparency,
The company was fined by a German privacy regulator#for the 2010 siphoning of people s passwords and communications by Google s Street view cars.
the unification of Google s disparate services represented an attempt to do new and serious things with people s information without true permission,
A lot of people were unhappy about Google search and Maps##and Google+##knowing about their Youtube commenting habits.
However, although European privacy laws are significantly stronger than those in the U s a February survey showed that#Americans are nearly as keen as Europeans on protecting their online privacy.
The Ovum study also demonstrated an overwhelming lack of trust in internet companies honesty about data protection;
Google said Glass would gain the same functionality, which also became a feature of the#Moto X#smartphone.
Apps#got in on the act. All listening, all the time. Glass wasn t the only wearable computer with eavesdropping potential.
Britain s#Guardian newspaper#ran a story alleging that the U s. carrier Verizon was handing over call records to the National security agency, America s signals intelligence operation.
Many don t recognize that our digital data##from cell phones, connected devices and our social media profiles##combined with powerful computing
and analytics can create detailed histories of our lives, our habits and our actions.####The next story was even more explosive.
It alleged that the NSA had#direct access to the servers#of the big U s. tech firms, such as Google, Microsoft and Apple.
and transmitted through American web services. As well they might. While Snowden had ignited a#debate in the U s.#about the constitutional protections that U s. citizens were supposed to be enjoying in their home country,
With the advent of the web, that data-gathering activity took on new dimensions. And now we knew about it.#
Slow clarity Early surveys#showed most Americans#weren bothered t that#about the NSA recording their cellphone metadata.
It can also involve knocking on the door of Google or Facebook. Even without the firepower that can be brought to a targeted investigation
A U s. federal judge has taken this view#in relation to the Verizon metadata. There are at least a few recorded cases of NSA employees using their power tostalk crushes
but the trust system that governs web security has#integral flaws that need addressing. As the closures of#Lavabit and the Silent Mail service#showed,
Google, Microsoft, Apple and others appeared utterly complicit with the NSA, as though they were happily inviting them into their data centers for a look around,
Knowing that, many of the big web companies were scarcely encrypting the data they held in storage, let alone the connections between their data centers.
the likes of Facebook and#Apple#are now a whole lot more keen about#transparency when it comes to government data requests, perhaps in order torescue their public image.
and Germany s big telcos to consider the merits of keeping local-to-local internet traffic#within their borders.
This has led to fears of a##balkanization##of the web, with unpleasant censorship potential. However, the web s globally interconnected nature makes this a tall order at best.
What does look set to happen is a legal and technical reinforcement of online privacy. The United nations is#working on a resolution#affirming that human rights apply online as well as offline,
and on the technical side the web may soon beencrypted by default. But what of the tech firms
whose services have been hijacked so successfully by the NSA and its partners? Facebook is still quietly doing
what it can to#stop users from protecting their privacy. And Google, which delighted privacy advocates in July by releasing an Android feature called#App Ops#that made it possible to turn off specific tracking functionalities in individual apps,
pulled that feature in a later Android update, claiming it had been included by accident. The online ad industry is also doing its best to ensure everyone remains trackable.
a browser feature that s supposed to dissuade websites from tracking internet use with cookies.
whereby#smart trashcans scoop up identifying information#from passing smartphone users, and retail chain Tesco started#scanning customers faces#as they stand in line to pay.
Sure, many suspected and some knew that the internet is a giant monitoring system, but anyone paying the slightest bit of attention must now realize that everything they do online
##and increasingly offline too##is enabled open to tech surveillance. Anyone carrying a mobile device should now understand that they are being tracked constantly.
Can we create popular internet business models that don t make the user a well-described product?
The innovations will bring the power of the Web right to where the shopper can touch it.
The Web can make sales associates smarter, and augmented reality can deliver more information to the store shelves.
where IBM researchers are working with#a crowdsourcing toolthat people can use to report accessibility problems, via their mobile phones,
We could access the Internet control electronics, and make phone calls, with just our thoughts. In addition, we would understand complicated subjects;
#Will the Internet of Thing replace the web? Apple stores can already pinpoint your location with unprecedented accuracy. 2014 will be the year that the##internet of things###that effort to remotely control every object on earth##becomes visible in our everyday lives.
In this way, the internet of things will become more central to society than the internet#as we know it today.#
#The web will#survive, just as email survived the arrival of the web. But its role will be reduced to that of a language for displaying content on screens,
which are likely to be more ubiquitous but less necessary. Here s a closer look at the internet of things that s already here,
The internet of things will create a world of##invisible buttons##The#pioneer species#of the internet of things is the smartphone.
For example,#every time we take a smartphone with us in a car, it beams information on our location and speed to Google.
That smartphones gather traffic data without their users ever being aware that they re doing
so shows how the internet of things replaces the internet-related actions we already know##click a button,
and whatever other data Google and other companies have about us, leads to what#Amber Case, a researcher for mapping company Esri,#calls##invisible buttons.##
a smartphone##moves into that physical space. It could be as small as a two-inch square on top of a conventional credit card reader,
such as the time of day, our previous actions, the actions of others or what Google knows about our calendar,
That we currently need a cell phone to act as a proximity sensor is just an artifact of where the technology is at present.
The same can be accomplished with any number of other internet-connected sensors. GE and Quirky s motion, sound, light, temperature and humidity sensor#
internet-connected smart energy systems can figure out you re home the moment you switch on a light.
which allows any newer iphone or Android phone to#know its position in space with centimeter precision.
Notably, the signals broadcast by any ibeacon-compatible radio (which broadcast signals known as Bluetooth Low energy) can also be picked up by Android and Windows phones,
which shows that Apple is trying to dominate a technology that could become ubiquitous across phones.
This means invisible spatial buttons that could be so small that touching your smartphone smartwatch or other equipped device to a surface will allow you to press that##button.##
once the internet knows that we re present and what our intentions might be. For example, a smart home might know
##Invisible buttons and other contextual information about you will allow the internet to do more than facilitate your needs.
#Google Now#is a good example of the potential of this technology. As long as you opt in, Google has access to every meaningful store of explicit data about yourself you create##email, contacts, calendars,
social media##and plenty of implicit ones as well, like your web-browsing history.##Adding location and other physical inputs#to that data allows Google Now to do everything from sending youhyperlocal news items targeted to the precise neighborhood in
which you live#to offering information about the television show#you re watching at that exact moment.
So what s required for more companies to tap into anticipatory computing? There are companies that specialize in reality mining,
Wearable computers will connected keep us at all times The next layer of the internet of things will require combining disparate streams of data##mined##from reality##everything from your location to the members of your social network.
##Esri s#Case said at last year s Le Web conference.####If you have to be a data scientist to do it, then it s totally wrong.##
the internet of things will replace the internet, but not by giving us another way to explicitly tell computers what we want.
the internet-connected devices around us will react automatically, and their representations in the cloud will be updated accordingly.
And maybe we ve recently posted on social media about a tragedy that befell us. Text alerts are sent out to friends,
and body with the internet, this is good news . But if you were hoping that in the future,
getting away from it all would be as simple as#switching off your mobile phone, you re in for a rude surprise.
#Google s new robot army Wildcat Google has purchased Boston Dynamics, the#lab of scientists#behind some of the most awesomely scary robots you have seen ever.
The deal gave Google an army of jaw-droppingly capable robots that can walk, run,
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#A solar-powered 3d printer that prints glass from sand Marcus Kayser s Solar Sinter project When Markus Kayser, a design student,
wanted to test his#solar-powered, sand-fed 3-D printer, he knew the gray skies outside his London apartment wouldn t do.
So he shipped the 200-plus-pound contraption to Cairo, Egypt, flew there himself, and haggled with officials for two days to get it out of customs.
A few small##tips##and 11 hours of driving later, he finally made it to the Sahara.
But soon the mercury hit 104 degrees his components nearly overheated, and he was forced to improvise.##
but Norway has taken the extra step of making agreements with many publishers to allow anyone with a Norway IP ADDRESS to access copyrighted material.
is wading into the wearable computing market, revealing a new#developer#kit that, unlike#Google s Glass, offers full augmented reality support.
but where Google s headset has a small display-block suspended in the corner, the entire right lens of the Lumus wearable is in fact a 640 x 480 display.
That means developers building apps for the Android-powered headset can overlay graphics directly on top of the real-world view
##Lumus might not be the household name that Google is, but it has some history in#wearable#displays.
##It is possible that there will be a cyber attack on a site supplying the daily needs of Israeli citizens;
#RF Safe-Stop can shut down a vehicle s engine by blasting radio waves Will high-speed car chases become a thing of the past?
##E2v s#RF Safe-Stop#can stall the engine of a vehicle by confusing its electronic systems with radio frequency.
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#UPS researching drones to compete with Amazon Prime Air UPS researching delivery drones. Amazon made headlines
By wearing Google glass or other Internet-connected goggles with cameras, they could get clues to the reactions of the people with
#Powerup 3. 0 A paper airplane controlled by your smartphone Powerup 3. 0 Scientists have spent so much time making amazing airplanes,
Basically, Powerup 3. 0 allows you to control a paper airplane with your smartphone. Exactly what we ve all been waiting for ever
That front piece also has Bluetooth capabilities, so turn on your iphone and go nuts controlling your paper airplane.
The battery charges via mini USB and lasts for 10 minutes of continuous flight. The app itself gives you a pilot s view, complete with a range indicator, a thrust level indicator,
tilt your iphone in the direction you d like the paper plane to head. Real talk for a moment:
It s somewhat depressing that we re now controlling our paper airplanes with iphones. I feel like
##But the maximum radio frequency intensity of the transmission##is only one-fourth that of sunlight,##according to former NASA wireless power transmission engineer Richard Dickinson.
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#Volocopter VC200 18-rotor electric helicopter takes flight Volocopter VC200 Greener transportation options have become a priority in the modern world.
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#Computer analyzes images to teach itself common sense At Carnegie mellon University computers are running a program that analyze images to learn common sense.
##The Never Ending Image Learner (NEIL) program is being run at Carnegie mellon University in the United states. The work is being funded by the US Department of defense s Office of Naval Research and Google.
##CEO Travis Kalanick said in a blog post#that Uber is experiencing increased demand in existing markets,
for example, through a cell phone built into the car, Bluetooth transmissions to other devices, or when the car goes in for service.
Half of the mass is the motor, a commercially available component about the size of the vibrator in a phone.
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#Scientists create electrode that lets you taste virtual food on your tongue The same research team is also working on a digital lollipop.
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#Project Ara: Motorola And 3d Systems will 3d-print modular cell phones 3d printed modular cell phone.
Motorola announced last month a plan for a modular smartphone.##Project Ara will be a simple way for users to individualize their phones,
swapping out parts like the battery and camera until users have#a phone that s#just for them.
They plan on doing that with 3-D printing.####The company has inked a deal#with 3d Systems, a global 3-D printing manufacturing company,
to help produce parts of the phone. Assuming the projectstill officially in developmenttakes off, 3d Systems would be#a##multi-year###production partner, making smartphone##enclosures and modules##for the Google-owned phone company.
There s#reason to be skeptical#of modular phone technology, but Project Ara does get a pedigree boost#from former DARPA director and now-Google exec Regina Dugan,
and having the weight of a big tech company behind it doesn t hurt. Motorola says they ll be releasing more details on the project in the coming months.
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#Heat from subways to warm homes in London London s subway will be supplying green energy to warm up more homes around the borough.
A new project announced by the#Islington council will redirect the heat from a Northern Line of London s subway to vent to homes across the city,
giving homeowners a new way to get through the cold season. The project will deliver cheap heating to 500 homes around the area.
##Need an RFID T-shirt? A smart magazine? The possibilities appear to be endless, as the same material can also be adapted to make a##transparent conductive film,##in other words a see-through electronic circuit,
But charging moving vehicles with high-power wireless chargers below them is complex.####Researchers at North carolina State university have developed a method to deliver power to moving vehicles using simple electronic components, rather than the expensive power electronics or complex sensors previously employed.
Wireless charging through magnetic induction##the same type typically used for electric toothbrushes##is being pursued by a number of companies for consumer electronics and electric vehicles.
Stationary inductive chargers for electric vehicles typically use sensors to ensure that the receiver coils on the vehicle are aligned above wireless charging pads correctly.
Commercial interest in wireless charging systems for moving vehicles is growing. Qualcomm is working on a##dynamic##charging system that builds off its current stationary#wireless EV charger.
The University of Utah has tested a wireless charging infrastructure for city buses and has spun out a company called Wireless Advanced Vehicle Electrification#to build commercial products.
With the Utah system a bus could charge from coils placed under the road surface where passengers load or at traffic lights.
a company that makes wireless charging equipment. But the electronic tooling used for small electronics,
and tougher environmental requirements, particularly on air emissions.####In other words, TVA was bowing to reality. Federal emissions regulations make retrofitting aging coal plants prohibitively expensive
As#Nokia###once the hometown hero of the country, accounting for 4%of the Finnish GDP##began to shed workers over the years,
long before#Nokia sold its mobile division to Microsoft#in September, and is encouraging venture capitalists from around the world to invest in the local talent.##
##With the success of Nokia in the 90s, it grew our confidence that we could really make it in the tech space,
##But Nokia became too big for comfort, and as leaders moved out, the startup scene started to surface.
along with Nokia and Microsoft, and is set up to spur app development for Windows phones. Startups from various countries around the globe,
Companies like Apple and Google have tried to give us digital wallets, but nothing has caught really on.
A Square-like card reader attachment that ships with Coin plugs into your iphone s headphone jack.
Coin communicates with your iphone using low energy Bluetooth and securely stores the data on the card.
One cool feature that was highlighted in the above video is that Coin checks in over Bluetooth with your iphone.
So when your phone and Coin card get separated a push notification is sent to your phone letting you know you let your Coin behind.
Coin looks like it could be for normal people what Square is for merchants. We ll see.
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#Top 10 fastest growing job titles are all in technology Four of the seven fastest-growing technology jobs did not even exist on Theladders five years ago.
The fallout from the U s. spying scandal is starting to take its toll as U s. technology companies including Cisco systems Inc
Oracle and#EMC#Corp,##said a former#China-based telecommunications executive. Beijing#is focused especially on security for government, energy, transport,
##Cisco s problems in#China#have been particularly severe due to the#San jose,#California-based company s longstanding rivalry with Huawei technologies Co Ltd,
which has faced stiff political opposition to selling equipment and buying companies in the U s. telecom market.
In October 2012,#Mike Rogers#and Dutch#Ruppersberger, the chairman and ranking member of the#House Intelligence Committee, urged U s. companies to stop doing business with Huawei, the world s second
-biggest telecom equipment maker, and a second Chinese vendor,#ZTE#Corp, citing security concerns. Snowden s revelations have reverberated in other big emerging markets such as#Brazil#
For telecommunications equipment, for example, domestic carriers will look to buy products from Huawei and#ZTEOVER#Sweden s Ericsson or Cisco,
the former telecoms executive said. Huawei, too, is making rapid progress in its server business, with shipments jumping 258 percent in the second quarter.
IBM saw its market share shrink to 13 percent from 18 percent, during the same period, according to Jefferies LLC.
Huawei now is the second-biggest server vendor in#China s double-digit growing market, behind Dell Inc,
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#3d printed biodegradable underwear can be made in 3 seconds 3d printed underwear. For those who hate to do laundry the days of washing your underwear may soon be over.
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#Barkbox caters to the canine obsessed Barkbox Matt Meeker, president and CEO of#Bark & Co.,has created a dog-themed subscription service that caters to the canine obsessed population.#
He found it through Facebook and signed up because he thought it was great. That was the moment when
The website, which has been described as a dog-themed Buzzfeed, started with one post a week.
#Government mass surveillance will create a surge of technology spending A simple graphic that shows how the NSA hacked Google.
Companies vs Governments The US is a hub for internet companies and cloud companies that carry the private data of people and businesses around the world.
European and other advanced nations are likely to enact laws that prevent companies like Google
companies like Google will have to work hard to regain the trust of their customers. Google is already#taking measures#to prevent the NSA from eavesdropping without them knowing.
Apple is#making noises#that they might challenge the legality of not allowing them to disclose
Perhaps people will increasingly want to#roll-their-own email#rather than use Gmail or Yahoo mail.
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#Sono could soundproof your home from city noise Sono Living in a city has plenty of perks.
Its included suction cup mount has an##energy antenna##embedded inside to gather electromagnetic activity (such as from#Wi-fi signals) to translate for use as power,
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#Top 7 reasons you need to learn reactive programming The U s. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 22 percent growth in programming jobs in by 2020.
Since then, companies like Facebook, Netflix, and Twitter have followed suit, adopting the model to slash their development time.
And now Gartner has included reactive programming in its#newest report#on the hottest application developmenttrends of 2013.6.
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