While developed markets have not only introduced digital terrestrial and largely completed analog switch-off, a second generation of digital broadcast (DVB-T2) is now being adopted in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

FORBES: Connect

The analog-to-digital switch was actually mandated by an act of Congress in 2005 and signed into law early last year.

FORBES: The Switch To Digital

In the face of record deficits, ballooning entitlement costs and an indefinite war, the government plans to subsidize part of the analog-to-digital switch.

FORBES: The Switch To Digital

The explanation, according to Consumers Union's Joel Kelsey: The federal government, which mandated the switch from old-style analog broadcasting to digital and set the cutoff date, hasn't spent much to inform the public about how to deal with the switch.

NPR: A Year Out, Digital TV Picture Still Far from Sharp

Under the Federal Communications Commission's requirement, cable operators must either switch to all-digital systems, or carry both the digital and analog signals of local stations in the first three years after the February 2009 conversion.

WSJ: Cable Must Air Broadcast Signals

Researchers ultimately envision smart prosthetic limbs with near-natural reflexes, completely soft robots with complex gestures and even a switch from digital to analog computing for some tasks.

ENGADGET: Turing machine built from artificial muscles may lead to smart prosthetics