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Virtual Earth Report The goal of Microsoft Corp.'s Virtual Earth is to build an accurate replica of the world. The company already has created fully rendered cities, including Philadelphia and New York, in enough detail to guide urban planners and emergency responders. GTtv leads a tour of virtual New York City and talks to developers of the technology. Tags: news e.Republic erepublic GTtv Government Technology 3D render virtual model Curlander cities Microsoft urban emergency |
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School of the Future West Philadelphia opens the School of the Future. The future graduates of 2010 entered the high tech school incorporating 1:1 computing, RFID lockers, solar window shades and rainwater recycling. Partnering with Microsoft's experts the School of the Future shows how to make education work for the 21st century. Tags: news e.Republic erepublic GTtv Government Technology Philadelphia School 1:1 computer Microsoft education high tech RFID |
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Clinton and the Climate Changers More than 700 mayors signed on to the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) Climate Protection Agreement, committing them to various energy efficiency measures. Former President Bill Clinton headlined the event, announcing that the Clinton Climate Initiative would include all USCM cities in its green technology-purchasing consortium. This will enable those cities to purchase green technologies at sharply reduced prices. Former vice president Al Gore also spoke at the conference, via satellite. Tags: news e.Republic erepublic GTtv Government Technology Council of Mayors Clinton Gore Climate change green energy politics |
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Robot Race: DARPA Urban Challenge The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, known as DARPA, offered 3.5 million in prize money to the robot building teams who could build the safest and most precise autonomous robotic land vehicles. The 60 mile course set in an urban environment, had 50 "traffic" vehicles driven by stunt drivers, four-way intersections, blocked roads, sections of unmarked pavement, and other robots simultaneously running. The robots were also required to obey all the traffic laws of the State of California. 35 teams arrived to the qualifying event just prior to the Urban Challenge. There were 20 slots allotted to start in the Urban Challenge, but that was not the number to qualify. By the middle of the first mission of three, as vehicles began to drop from the running, there were rising doubts that any 'bot would finish. Tags: news e.Republic erepublic GTtv Government Technology DARPA Urban Challenge autonomous robot LIDAR NQE Tether Whitaker 57 |
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Vint Cerf on the Internet's future Thirty years ago Vint Cerf and a colleague developed the TCP/IP communication protocols that form the foundation for the Internet. Today, Cerf is vice president and chief Internet evangelist for Google, where part of his job is to identify new Internet applications and technologies. Cerf recently spoke with Government Technology at Google's Washington DC offices. During the course of an hour-long conversation, Cerf spoke about Internet opportunities and challenges. He also gave his views on net neutrality, municipal wireless projects, mobile connectivity and other critical issues. What does the man widely considered to be the father of the Internet predict for future? Cerf sees a handful of clear trends over the next five years. Tags: Vint Cerf Internet Future wireless e.Republic connectivity trends GovTech Government Technology eRepublic |