Most agree the Net was born 40 years ago today.

Pennsylvania and Minneapolis are among successful shared services and outsourcing models.

Outstanding service, advocacy and leadership in state government.

The NTIA and RUS lack the time and staff to thoroughly evaluate broadband stimulus grants, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

Smart grid projects will include a statewide fiber-optic build-out that enhances Vermont's grid, improves interconnections with surrounding states and Quebec, and facilitates statewide broadband.

Play that saxophone letter E!Norway's Darling Clementine designed this jazzy poster for Blårollinger, a concert series for children and adults in Oslo. I am in awe of all the little creatures and singing and playing instruments; they fit so well

PicTranslator is an iPhone application that has the ability to capture any printed foreign text from a user's photo and translate it.

Over the course of a decade, robotics engineer David Hanson has been working with great minds to create robots that are as socially interactive as humans.

A new location tracking application for the iPhone called Stalqer is about to launch in the US. The app runs in the background and broadcasts your location to your friends automatically every 15 minutes.

Scott Saponas showcased his project on muscle-computer interfaces using a customized Guitar Hero application.

Nerdcore points us to a new kit for aspiring chef-scientists looking to try their hand at molecular gastronomy.

Emarketer has just released some very interesting statistics about the projected number of blogs in the US over a 5-year period from 2008-2013.

Thanks to Laurence Kemball-Cook, director of Pavegen Systems Ltd., energy generating pavement is now a possibility.

After more than ten frustrating years in various badly designed wheelchairs, Mark Owen took it upon himself to create a new wheelchair design that was beautiful, lightweight, bespoke and modern.

Well-known to fashionistas the world over, photographer and artist Todd Selby recently embarked on an interesting project with Nike for their Fall/Winter '09 Apparel campaign.

The Hotel Everland is a portable, bright green, rectangular one-room hotel that has been stationed in various locations in Switzerland, Germany, and France.

The city of Chicago is reportedly in talks with Apple to sponsor the renovation and improvement of its North and Clybourn Station. If successful, the city would net four million dollars from the deal, while Apple would maintain primary advertising

A number of smart libraries in the UK have started to lend ebooks in addition to their normal circulation.

Following their launch of Metrotwin last year, a social community that twins different things to do and places to see in New York and London, British Airways have now added another city to their fold - Mumbai.

Behance is a company that organizes the creative world to make ideas happen. Every Wednesday, Behance shares 5 fresh art and design projects from their network with PSFK.