Posted by Webmaster
on 4/23/2009
Thomas Alva Edison isn't around anymore, but assuming he's watching what's going on from the afterlife (he might, after all, have better things to do)—he's enjoying a lot of laughs at our expense, according to Joe Salimando in Special Report. As it turns out, DC power wasn't such a doggone bad idea!... read more
Posted by TED Magazine
on 4/16/2009
It's not a depression, some say; unemployment in the 1930s hit 25%, and it's only 8% and change now. But wait, Joe Salimando writes: Actual unemployment is more like 14.8%, and in 1931, it averaged 15.9%. More data (including details on $12.8 trillion in federal spending and guarantees) in Special Report.... read more
Posted by TED Magazine
on 4/9/2009
Did you read our first two Special Reports on the NFM+T show? The series ends with a bang, via Joe Salimando's reporting on something called "total light management," as demonstrated in the new New York Times building. Lutron will love it! Plus: NEMA's brilliant press kit, EMCOR's booth, and more.... read more
Posted by TED Magazine
on 4/2/2009
Our Special Report columnist thinks he's Chico Escuela and pens a report from a recent conference titled "Bad Stuff About LEED." Did you know: You can adopt 17 "policies and procedures" to qualify for LEED-EB over a three-month period. Then, after you earn an LEED rating, you can disregard all that green stuff, if your heart is as black as all that.... read more