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May 6, 2017
As Coal Jobs Decline, Solar Sector Shines
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: business, employment, solar power, sustainability
A work crew for the Pittsburgh company Energy Independent Solutions installs solar panels at a community building in Millvale, Pa.
Craig Williams is still mining coal despite tough times for the business. “We’re one of the last industries around and hope to keep it that way,” he says in a breakroom at Consol Energy’s Harvey mine, south of Pittsburgh.
The father of two — speaking in his dusty work jacket and a hard hat with headlamp — says coal is the best way he’s able to support his family. He declines to give his salary, but nationally, coal miners average about $80,000 a year.
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Apr 29, 2017
Dubai Aims to Be a City Built on Blockchain
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: bitcoin, business
The emirate believes using the technology to conduct its business will make it more efficient and burnish its business-friendly image.
Apr 29, 2017
#ymazing interview with Natasha Vita-More (Professor, University of Advancing Technology) about #AI and the future of humanity
Posted by Lily Graca in categories: biotech/medical, business, cyborgs, robotics/AI, transhumanism
Natasha is faculty and Program Lead of Graduate Studies at the University of Advancing Technology. Her book The Transhumanist Reader — Classical and Contemporary essays on the Science, Technology and Philosophy of the Human Future is the most read book on transhumanism. She designed the first whole body prosthetic and establishing groundbreaking science on long-term memory after vitrification of C. elegans. Her creative works have been featured in WIRED, The New York Times, The Observer, MIT Technology Review, U.S. News and World Report, YMAZING smile and in more than a dozen documentaries. She is Chair of Humanity Plus.
Natasha Vita-More World Business Dialogue #facingchange #20thwbdialogue #FutureOfHumanity #wow #ymazing Sam Dawkins
Apr 27, 2017
The changing space race | The Economist
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, government, space, space travel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wihUvbrzxlo
“The space race has changed since the Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1, the first man-made satellite, into space in 1957. The fight for domination is now between private companies rather than governments.”
Apr 27, 2017
Designing the hanging gardens of Mars
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: business, food, space
NASA is all about solving challenges, and the goal of having a prolonged presence in space, or a colony on Mars or some other world, is full of challenges, including the necessity of growing food. Scientists at Kennedy Advanced Life Support Research are working on the Prototype Lunar/Mars Greenhouse Project to try and meet that challenge.
The Prototype Lunar/Mars Greenhouse Project (PLMGP) is all about growing vegetables for astronauts during extended stays on the moon, on Mars, or anywhere they can’t be resupplied from Earth. Beyond growing food, the Project aims to understand how food-growing systems can also be a part of life-support systems.
We’re working with a team of scientists, engineers and small businesses at the University of Arizona to develop a closed-loop system. The approach uses plants to scrub carbon dioxide, while providing food and oxygen,” said Dr. Ray Wheeler, lead scientist in Kennedy Advanced Life Support Research.
Apr 25, 2017
Elon Musk Outlines His Mission to Link Human Brains With Computers in 4 Years
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: business, computing, Elon Musk, neuroscience
What you do on the Internet is nobody’s business but yours. At ProxySite.com, we stand between your web use and anyone who tries to sneak a peek at it. Instead of connecting directly to a website, let us connect to the website and send it back to you, and no one will know where you’ve been. Big Brother (or other, less ominous snoops) won’t be able to look over your shoulder and spy on you to see what you’re reading, watching or saying.
Apr 24, 2017
Elon Musk wants to enhance us as superhuman cyborgs to deal with superintelligent AI
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: biotech/medical, business, cyborgs, Elon Musk, robotics/AI
It’s the year 2021. A quadriplegic patient has just had one million “neural lace” microparticles injected into her brain, the world’s first human with an internet communication system using a wireless implanted brain-mind interface — and empowering her as the first superhuman cyborg. …
No, this is not a science-fiction movie plot. It’s the actual first public step — just four years from now — in Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s business plan for his latest new venture, Neuralink. It’s now explained for the first time on Tim Urban’s WaitButWhy blog.
Apr 21, 2017
How Global Value Chains Push and Pull U.S. Companies on Climate Action — By Emilie Prattico | Business for Social Responsibility
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, energy, environmental
“But for most companies operating within global value chains, the pull and push of climate action also comes from abroad, and many U.S. companies now understand the potential to demonstrate global leadership through climate action.”
Apr 21, 2017
Daisy Robinton — The Fight Against Aging
Posted by Montie Adkins in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, genetics, life extension, neuroscience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkxgRIgo2dA
Primarily talking about CRISPR.
Daisy Robinton explores bioengineering and its potential to end ageing.
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