Archive for category Science and Engineering
Join me at the SUITS Conference this Jan 31st
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Cooperatisim, Economy, Science and Engineering on January 22nd, 2012
The Synopsis Under IP/Patents Telecom Sourcing Conference (SUITS) was launched to advance the knowledge innovators of telecommunications including developers, implementers, licenses, licensors, end users, carriers and enterprise patents.
Learn how to be aware and prepare to protect your most valuable assets – individual and company patents and intellectual property stored in the Patent Eco System or being held for security.
I will be moderating a few sessions if you would like to join me here is a link to a discounted registration –> SUITS
Today marks the birth of Broadband
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Broadband Stimulus, Science and Engineering, US Broadband Coalition on January 6th, 2012
This day January 6th 1838 Samuel Morse’s telegraph system was demonstrated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey. For those of you to young to remember Morse Code (required for FCC 1st class licenses) sent a series of pulses long and short that was used to transmit words and information over wire. This invention would eventually revolutionize long distance communications and yes today’s Internet where the pulses are streams of data.
The Telegraph was truly an invention and spurred millions of new ideas creating what today is a world wide network bridging the gap between Nations and People.
My Congratulations to a real inventor and a healthy acknowledgement of Samuel Morse’s impact on the world.
Enabling The Trust That Society Needs to Thrive
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Science and Engineering, Trust on December 26th, 2011
March of 2012 Bruce Schneier – (author of the Crypto-Gram) will release his new title Liars and Outliers 
For additional information here is a link to the Press Release and Here is a link to Bruce’s “Crypto-Gram”
Enjoy and Happy New Year
Why do we balance an egg on its end?
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Physics, Science and Engineering on December 21st, 2011
My daughter called today to obtain the correct window of time where during the Winter Solstice (and yes I know we normally do this during an equinox event) however she is correct that the gravitational pull on the Earth during the Solstice is just right for a few hours and you actually can balance an egg on its large end. (by the way official Winter Solstice is at 5:30 UT – or 12:30 am December 21st 2011 – EST) (and a PS for the EGG on its end urban myth – yes you can balance an Egg almost anytime however during these four events it becomes so simple that a child can do it)
So how did I get so lucky to have kids with such inquisitive minds? It all starts with the excitement around discovery and this has been quite a year. This year CERN has proven the mass of the Higgs boson particle and proven that particles do actually travel beyond the speed of light.
I won’t get into a long dissertation of how important these discoveries are to our everyday life however believe me your life is about to change as a result of exactly how we can now use these discoveries to unmask the physics of everything. Read the rest of this entry »
The Cooperative Revolution
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Cooperatisim, Earth Day, Economy, Science and Engineering on April 23rd, 2011
Working Together
Man’s growth over the past few hundred years has led to the Industrial Revolution, the Information Age, and with the birth of the Computer and the Internet we are on the precipice of the Cooperative Revolution.
The Cooperative Age is the period in which we develop our understanding that through self responsibility we are greater working together than apart; scrabbling over the same common resources like energy, water, food, land. Cooperatism is not a new concept Read the rest of this entry »
The “End” is NOT near….
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Cooperatisim, Economy, Physics, Science and Engineering on April 13th, 2011
by Mark Hewitt
14 quantum bits
I got into a conversation the other day reguarding how close we are to the upper limits of fiber and broadband so I thought I might examine this with a closer eye to the future of Broadband.
A simple statement clearly shows us why this is important ”Broadband is one of the cornerstones of our Economy”
I would argue that the foundation of any Economy is energy however from that point forward it becomes Communications and Transportation; the availability of a work force and proximity to resources simply follow the three pillars of any economic system.
It is widely assumed that the physical limits of optical fiber are confined by the frequency limits of light waves or 12.5 THz and while we are still not nearly there yet it doesn’t seem far away as I have seen reports of Read the rest of this entry »
What you don’t know can hurt you!
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Economy, Health & Wellness, Physics, Science and Engineering on April 13th, 2011
However what you think you know that is incorrect can destroy you.
Question Everything
Never before in human history have we had so much access to each other and to information. The Internet has become the great equalizer granting the most common amongst us access to rich and useful information. It is though a world of information and knowledge riddled with miss-conceptions; errors; omissions; and sometimes intentional misleading facts.
For example:
- The Flat Earth – hmm guess science showed them
- July 4th – actually the Declaration of Independence did not occur on July 4th, 1776 – it was signed on August 2nd, 1776
- Sushi – is not raw fish rather the type of rice folded with vinegar, salt and sugar.
- Lemmings do not engage in mass suicidal dives off cliffs when migrating
- Bats are not blind
- Sugar does not cause hyperactivity in children Read the rest of this entry »
Ask not what your Country can do for you….
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Cooperatisim, Earth Day, Economy, NASA, Science and Engineering, US Broadband Coalition on December 7th, 2010
Nasa First Moon Landing
Just shy of 50 years ago on January 20th 1961 then President John F. Kennedy (part of the Hewitt family tree) issued his now famous speech “Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You” calling a nation together to rise and eliminate human poverty and to remember and hold fast to the vision and belief that our forebears fought so hard to make possible. A few short months later Kennedy ignited the dream of putting a Man on the moon; rising to the challenge of Sputnik; American business and science teams rose to achieve success on one of the greatest challenges in human history.
Today we also are faced with a world leading in the face of our petty bickering and economic manipulation. It is again time to rise to the same challenge that Kennedy called for in the 60’s to become the greatest nation on the earth; working to achieve leadership in our energy, environmental, and educational shortfalls.
America today has fallen behind on almost every front; investment, science, manufacturing, business, education, communications; leadership will not come from our government; or our political parties; leadership will come from “We The People” it is our responsibility to seek out and secure our own goals; to lead not follow.
This next week I am fortunate to be attending one of the world’s leading entrepreneurial conferences; with an over a 20 year history of Read the rest of this entry »
What does Apple and BP have in common?
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Physics, Science and Engineering on July 3rd, 2010
iPhone 4 Antenna
by Mark Hewitt
I could only guess why Apple did the antenna design they used for the iPhone 4 however I can guess that it most likely had to do with an attempt to not violate the Nokia patent. The engineering mistake that placed the dual antenna arrays on the outside edge of the iPhone is a first year product engineering mistake – one that I would not assume Apple made due to lack of senior engineering expertise. We knew this kind if design was flawed at Motorola in the early 90′s and Nokia was the first to lead the Cell phone market with it’s famous body antenna design.
Apple and HTC have been hammering away at each others patent portfolio when most of the actual intellectual property patents are completely obvious to any designer in the industry. I would expect they will wipe out each others patent claims and in light of the recent Biliski case Read the rest of this entry »
Howard University first to develop a Microgrid
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Building Information Modeling, Cooperatisim, Earth Day, Economy, Science and Engineering on June 25th, 2010
Alternative Energy
Today Pareto Energy and Howard University announced the first every MicroGrid partnership. Organized around co-generation technologies the proposed MicroGrid will allow highly efficient technologies to simultaneously produce electric and thermal energy used for space heating and cooling among other things.
The build out will take about two years to complete and based on the Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) the engineering phase will begin immediately. Howard University is only one of five academic facilities in the nation with a core competency in SmartGrid and MicroGrid design and development. Guy Warner, founder and CEO of Pareto Energy when asked about MicroGrids is quoted “They’re also efficient, secure and often renewable energy sources that create jobs while eliminating the threat of power interruptions that cost Americans billions of dollars every year”