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Article published Saturday, May 7, 2005 Fusion: Gore = Internet, Adding Up Gore, who boasted in a CNN interview he "took the initiative in creating the Internet," was only 21 when the Internet was born out of a Pentagon project. ( ASSOCIATED PRESS ) Zoom GORE = INTERNET Al Gore may have been lampooned for taking credit in the Internet's development, but organizers of the Webby Awards for online achievements don't find it funny at all. In part to "set the record straight," they will give Gore a lifetime achievement award for three decades of contributions to the Internet, said Tiffany Shlain, the awards' founder and chairwoman. "It's just one of those instances someone did amazing work for three decades as congressman, senator and vice president and it got spun around into this political mess," Shlain said. Vint Cerf, one of the Internet's key inventors, will give Gore the award at a June 6 ceremony in New York. "He is indeed due some thanks and consideration for his early contributions," Cerf said. Gore, who boasted in a CNN interview he "took the initiative in creating the Internet," was only 21 when the Internet was born out of a Pentagon project. But after joining Congress eight years later, he promoted high-speed telecommunications for economic growth and supported funding increases for the then-fledging network, according to the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which presents the annual awards. He popularized the term "information superhighway" as vice president. ADDING UP Online ad spending reached a record high last year, driven largely by growth in keyword ads that appear in results from online searches. Revenues totaled $9.6 billion last year, a 33 percent increase from $7.3 billion in 2003. Search-related ads accounted for 40 percent of the revenues last year, up from 35 percent the year before. The previous record was set in 2000, when online ad spending reached $8.1 billion. Since then, the dot-com economy tanked, then rebounded. FLEX PLASTIC The Army is bringing to the battlefield flexible plastic sheeting that converts light into energy — technology that could someday find its way into the casing of laptops or even clothing to power portable devices. Konarka Technologies Inc. has signed a $1.6 million contract with the Army, which hopes to lighten the load for troops who must lug around batteries to power everything from night vision goggles to GPS units. Troops could recharge devices by connecting them with energy-converting plastic sheets, replacing disposable batteries and easing logistical requirements in remote settings, according to the Army's Natick-based Soldier Systems Center. The sheeting also could be woven into sunlight-soaking tents, reducing the need for diesel fuel for noisy, polluting generators. Lowell-based Konarka is among the developers of next-generation photovoltaic technology that seeks to improve on rigid, glass-panel solar cells. Advances in semiconducting materials allow for lower-cost production of lightweight solar cells that can be woven into plastics and textiles — including camouflage-patterned materials Konarka is developing for the Army. Konarka is working with partners on commercial applications, said Daniel Patrick McGahn, an executive vice president. He offered no predictions when such products would reach the market. http://www.konarkatech.com/ TSUNAMI WARNING Thailand will soon have a tsunami early warning system that includes technology to send alerts to mobile phones, television and radio stations as well as watchtowers equipped with sirens. About 80 percent of the system, for the six coastal provinces affected by the December tsunami disaster, will be in place by mid-May, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said. The full system will be completed by the end of 2006, he said. It will include special buoys off coastal areas considered vulnerable to tsunamis. Those devices will be able to determine whether a tsunami is imminent. In the meantime, Thailand will rely on earthquake measurement data to gauge the threat of possible killer waves, Thaksin added. In Thailand, the Dec. 26 tsunami killed more than 5,300 people and left more than 2,800 missing. CAMP FIREWALL Twenty-eight high school students spent their week off at cybersecurity camp, looking for vulnerabilities in a wireless network. The camp, at Mohawk Valley Community College in upstate New York, was run in collaboration with The Griffiss Institute for Information Assurance and the Cyber Operations Branch of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. It was funded with a federal grant. The thinking behind the weeklong program, held last month for the first time, is that 80 percent of hackers are under 18 so high school is the perfect time to recruit them to the security side. A two-week camp for high school students is planned for this summer. The curriculum, modeled on a 10-week course given to college ROTC students, included lessons on encryption and digital forensics. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? 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