Colorado State University President, Dr. Larry Penley is slated to speak at the DaVinci Institute’s trend setting event, a Night with a Futurist, on Monday, Feb 7th.

Once viewed as a competitive necessity—though not necessarily a money-maker—on-demand programming from television set-top boxes is starting to make bucks for cable and satellite companies.

Scientists at the University of Arkansas have signalled the end of future clean energy woes by exploring supercritical methanol as a method of converting chicken fat into biodiesel fuel.

Ever wondered why a product becomes more desirable if an attractive member of the opposite sex is selling it? Well, now researchers at University of Alberta have proved that there’s science to back up that perception.

From January 20, 2008 new content laws introduced by the Federal Government will force sites to verify the age of users before accessing content intended for mature audiences (MA15+ and R18+). The laws bring internet classification into line with Film and Book classification laws and completely prohibits X18+ and RC content from the internet.

A 74 page report from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences warns that digital films are as vulnerable to loss as digitized documents, but vastly more expensive to preserve — as much as $208,569 per year.