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Save to My PortfolioA Look at the Pentagon’s Five Step Plan For Making Iron Man Real

Peter W. Singer, May 02, 2008, The Brookings Institution

A Look at the Pentagon’s Five Step Plan For Making Iron Man RealAs the movie Iron Man debuts in theaters, Peter Singer writes that the superhuman strengths enabled to the star character, through use of a suit, are "no mere fiction." Instead, Singer details how this vision of technology overcoming the weaknesses of the human body has led the Pentagon to invest billions of dollars into creating a military of supersoldiers. Read More

Defense, Military Technology, U.S. Military, U.S. Department of Defense, Technology

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Save to My PortfolioChildren and Electronic Media

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Washington, DC

Reuters/Fred ProuserOn April 23, a slate of panelists, including researchers, media representatives, and advocates discussed the role of government and the private sector in making media a positive force in the lives of young people. Video clips from several positive media campaigns designed to improve the health and well-being of the nation’s youth were presented. Read More

Education, Children & Families, Media & Journalism, Technology, K-12 Education

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Save to My PortfolioClusters and Competitiveness: A New Federal Role for Stimulating Regional Economies

Karen G. Mills, Elisabeth B. Reynolds and Andrew Reamer, April 22, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Clusters and Competitiveness: A New Federal Role for Stimulating Regional EconomiesRegional industry clusters—geographic concentrations of interconnected firms and supporting organizations—represent a potent source of productivity at a moment of national vulnerability to global economic competition. For that reason, the federal government should establish an industry clusters program that stimulates the collaborative interactions of firms and supporting organizations in regional economies to produce more commercial innovation and higherwage employment. Read More

Competitiveness, Information Technology, Productivity, Technology and Development, Regions and States

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Save to My PortfolioBoosting Productivity, Innovation, and Growth through a National Innovation Foundation

Robert Atkinson and Howard Wial, April 22, 2008, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioUsing the Media to Promote Adolescent Well-Being

Ron Haskins, Elisabeth Hirschhorn Donahue and Marisa Nightingale, Spring 2008, Future of Children Policy Brief

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Save to My PortfolioTechnical Difficulties

Robert W. Crandall, November 08, 2007, The Wall Street Journal

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Save to My PortfolioAn Antitrust Analysis of Google's Proposed Acquisition of DoubleClick

Robert Hahn and Hal J. Singer, September 2007, AEI-Brookings Joint Center

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Save to My PortfolioClimate Change Takes Center Stage

Friday, September 21, 2007
Washington, DC

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Save to My PortfolioFinding Optimal Agent-Based Models

Ben Klemens, September 2007, CSED Working Paper No. 49

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Save to My PortfolioDon't Drink the CAFE Kool-Aid

Hal J. Singer and Robert W. Crandall, September 06, 2007, The Wall Street Journal

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Save to My PortfolioObesity and the Influence of Others

Carol Graham, H. Peyton Young and Ross A. Hammond, August 21, 2007, The Washington Post

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Save to My PortfolioTelecom Time Warp

Hal J. Singer and Robert W. Crandall, July 11, 2007, The Wall Street Journal

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Save to My PortfolioBeyond the 'Buy America' Debate: Sustaining America's Industrial and Technological Edge amid the Challenges of Globalization

Christopher S. Robinson, July 2007, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioDoes NASA Still Have the Right Stuff?

Gregg Easterbrook, May 30, 2007, NPR "Morning Edition"

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Save to My PortfolioComplex Systems Approaches to Population Health

Joshua M. Epstein, May 30, 2007, National Institutes of Health

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