National Science Foundation Devotes $20 Million To Building Tomorrow's Infrastructure
Blatnik Bridge Randen Pederson/Flickr CC by 2.0 Improving infrastructure is one of the main focuses of a new NSF initiative. Wildfires are raging, sea levels are rising, and cities just keep on growing. Increasingly large numbers of people in the United States are dependent on aging infrastructure, from crumbling roads and bridges to to overworked power lines. It's a sorry state of affairs that hasn't changed all that much in the past few years. Luckily, there are plenty of brilliant minds dedicated to making a difference, and they're getting both attention and funding from the government. This week marks the first-ever Smart Cities Week an initiative between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the White House focused on building the city of tomorrow, ready for whatever disasters the...