Episode 75 • • 6:18 - 8:49
75: Boeing vs. Airbus - The Flatulence Conspiracy
Smart Grid Funding, IBM, and RFID Livestock Tracking
The Western Area Power Administration is set to borrow $3.25 billion from the U.S. Treasury as part of the 2009 Recovery and Reinvestment Act. IBM and GE are identified as primary recipients of smart grid grants, with IBM projecting a trillion networked things by 2010. The technology will facilitate the tracking of livestock and pharmaceuticals using RFID chips, which is framed as a solution to the "meat problem."