By Patricia Burke The 1960’s television series Lost in Space featured a “Class M-3, Model B9, General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Robot (G.U.N.T.E.R.), which had no…
Op-Ed by Patricia Burke The conveniences of the emerging explosion of artificial intelligence, machine-to-machine learning, and ubiquitous “5G” fifth-generation connectivity of the 4th industrial revolution…
By Patricia Burke Many pro-industry groups have compiled lists of the benefits of smart cities, the promise of data-driven decision-making, and the purported benefits of…
By Patricia Burke On September 26, 2018, the FCC meets to discuss ways to expedite the installation of “small cells” required for the roll-out of…
By Patricia Burke In 2009, utilities across the U.S. began installing new two-way wireless electric smart meters on homes. With economic stimulus funding from the…
By Patricia Burke A few years back, the deployment of wireless smart utility meters and smart grids was “sold” to the public, especially environmentalists, in…
By Patricia Burke Travelers riding west on Rt. 9 in Framingham may notice that the building up on the hill looks a little bit like…
By Patricia Burke In the 1950s, during the Cold War, the United States established a “science center” at Camp Century, on the Greenland Ice Sheet….
Op-Ed by Patricia Burke FCC Chair Ajit Pai could not attend the Annual Consumer Electronics Show in Nevada this week due to concerns about his…
By Patricia Burke On November 14, 2017 the Environmental Defense Fund and the Citizens Utility Board of Illinois released the results of a study “New…
By Patricia Burke Note: The compilation of state smart meter opt out bills listed below does not constitute endorsement of the bills. In some cases,…
By Patricia Burke Insightful students of history readily note parallels between the Manhattan-Rochester coalition’s covert research on radiation weaponry in the 1950s, and the smart…