Results tagged “National Science Foundation” from Innovations

Shaping the Next Generation Internet

July 31, 2008 1:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

A project to re-think the Internet from the ground up has received $12 million in funding from the National Science Foundation. The Associated Press reports that the money will go toward developing prototypes for the Global Environment for Network Innovations, a testbed to try out new networking ideas. Actual construction of GENI would cost about $350 million.

Web pick posted by Neil Savage, Xconomy.com

Tags: Associated Press, GENI, Global Environment for Network Innovations, National Science Foundation, NSF

Web Pick: Grant Aims for Greater Ambulance Efficiency

June 24, 2008 7:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Can public safety officials get emergency help where it's needed in a more timely manner? That's the question researchers at Cornell are examining. Science Daily tells us the researchers have a National Science Foundation grant to perfect a computer program that will tell city managers where to place ambulances across a city for maximum availability at all times.

posted by Neil Savage, Xconomy.com

Tags: ambulance, Cornell, National Science Foundation, Science Daily