| Smart Takes |
| U.S. DOT awards $175 million in 'livability' transit grants The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday announced the availability of $175 million in what it calls "livability grants" intended to help urban, suburban and rural communities develop... Read the full story |
| Business Brains |
| AAA to test mobile electric vehicle charging Details still sketchy, but first units will be deployed this summer. Read the full story |
| Pure Genius |
| An interview with the researcher behind smell-evision When news broke this week that smell-evision could be on the way to our TV sets, I called Sungho Jin, an engineering professor at the University of California, San Diego. Read the full story |
| Intelligent Energy |
| The Great Lakes: contender for first U.S. offshore wind farm? Midwest vs. East Coast: An Ohio company makes a play to become the nation's first offshore, and freshwater, wind farm. Read the full story |
| Thinking Tech |
| Four easy-to-remember passwords that will protect you for life The recent security breach at the beloved online storage service, Dropbox, has reminded us of the weakness of the Web. Founded in 2007 Dropbox uses cloud computing to allow us to store all kinds... Read the full story |
| Science Scope |
| Groundbreaking camera lets you shoot now, focus later One of the biggest frustrations of digital cameras -- the fact that they take precious time to focus -- is about to disappear. Read the full story |
| Rethinking Healthcare |
| Will graphic FDA cigarette labels deter smokers? This week, the U.S Food and Drug Administration released nine warning labels with graphic images. Will these graphic labels deter Americans from smoking? Read the full story |
| Solving Cities |
| Will Google's self-driving car lead to more sprawl? Google's self-driving car is cool, but will it lead to more sprawl? Or is it a worry for another day? Read the full story |
| Transport Theory |
| High-speed rail 2.0: trains that never stop Getting on a local train in Boston and getting off in San Francisco? A U.K. design firm says non-stop high-speed rail is the future of train travel. Read the full story |
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