Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Category: Television
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From Broadcast to Narrowcast: Finding Signal in the Noise
The explosion of tailored communications and personal preferences can trap any one of us in a self-reinforcing echo chamber.
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Just the Facts, Ma’am: Reasoning is Not Dead, Jim
Establishing actual facts (a neologism, for sure) is the essential prerequisite for fact-based reasoning.
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Star Trek@50: Inspiring Discovery and Innovation
Our longing for a better world is why Star Trek has lived long and prospered.
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Lessons from Winnie the Pooh: Sustainable Cyberinfrastructure
The longitudinal value of research data often accrues to disciplines other than those where it was created. We need a new model that judiciously balances investment between the “next big thing” and sustainable cyberinfrastructure, for the latter is itself a crucial enabler of discovery.
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White Spaces and Adaptive Communication
The demand for wireless communication continues to grow, placing unprecedented demands on spectrum management and allocation. Spectrum is like beach front property; we can’t make more and we must use it wisely. New, more adaptive management approaches are needed.
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Smart Grids: Getting Personal
How many electronic devices do you own? Here’s a simple experiment that will (quite literally) illuminate the truth. Some evening, after darkness has fallen, turn off all the lights in your house, walk from room to room and count the number of lighted power indicators, blinking LEDs and glowing screens. I suspect you will be…