Archive for the 'Government' Category
Iran’s Nuclear Technology Program
Closed Published by Dr. Beyster November 26th, 2013 in Government, Technology.The big news in Washington today seems to be the deal that President Obama reached with Iran on their nuclear technology program. As you probably know by now, there are a number of limits placed on Iran which are meant to prevent the country from developing a nuclear device. This includes limiting the number of […]
I was surprised and saddened by the news that Detroit filed for bankruptcy last week, making it the largest American city to take this step. I was aware that the city has been in decline for many years, but I didn’t realize how bad things had gotten. According to one article I read, Detroit is […]
Book Updates and U.S. Government Hacking
Closed Published by Dr. Beyster May 28th, 2013 in Government, Network Solutions, The Book.We are continuing to make progress with both the book on Network Solutions and the second edition of The SAIC Solution. We are currently working on the NSI book interior design with our publisher, and reviewing some new cover ideas for the second edition of The SAIC Solution. From what I understand, The NSI book […]
North Korean Threat and Domestic Use of Drones
Closed Published by Dr. Beyster February 19th, 2013 in Government.I guess it should be no surprise to anyone that North Korea has tested another nuclear device that according to the reports I have read is both smaller and more powerful than previous devices. This coupled with improvements that North Korea is making to its KN-08 ICBM, which are expected to give the missile a […]
Fragmented Internet and Super WiFi Networks
2 Comments Published by Dr. Beyster February 6th, 2013 in Government, Network Solutions, Technology.I was very interested to read an article in this week’s Washington Post about Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s belief that China will one day take action to break off its part of the Internet from the rest of the world. Schmidt believes that if China takes this step, then other countries and regions will be […]
Underwater Drones
Closed Published by Dr. Beyster January 15th, 2013 in Government, SAIC, Technology.Ron Zollars sent me an interesting article about the recent award of a DARPA contract worth at least $58 million to SAIC to build and test a unique kind of drone: an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV). The author of the article was complimentary about the work that we did at SAIC more than a decade […]