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Internet ‘in running’ for Nobel Peace Prize
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Image via Wikipedia
The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
The number of nominations surpasses last year’s record of 205 nominations.
The internet’s nomination has been championed by the Italian version of Wired magazine for helping advance “dialogue, debate and consensus”.
The director of [...]
Eye concept – a glimpse of Tesla’s future?
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010The all-electric Tesla Roadster is indeed a fine-looking, high-performance automobile,
but its projected $US109,000 price tag will likely put it out of reach of the much sought-after Generation Y demographic. Tesla’s less-pricey Model S four-door sedan is more of a refined, subtly-classy car – again, not something the fun-loving twenty-somethings will be flocking [...]
Monitoring greenhouse gases
Monday, March 8th, 2010Image via Wikipedia
Highs and lows
You might think that measuring the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would be a priority. If you did think that, though, you would be wrong.
IN NEGOTIATIONS on nuclear weapons the preferred stance is “Trust but verify”. In negotiations on climate change there seems little opportunity [...]
Magic Fingers: Digging Into Multi-Touch Technology with Both Hands
Monday, March 8th, 2010Image by Eliel via Flickr
At Perceptive Pixel’s offices on Manhattan’s West Side, Jefferson Han stands in front of a megasize multi-touch screen and runs his fingertips across the display. Each finger leaves a trail of colored pixels in its wake, causing the display to look, briefly, like it has been scratched [...]
Tree seeds could provide low-cost water purification for developing nations
Monday, March 8th, 2010“In the developing world, more than 1 billion people cannot get clean drinking water…
The United Nations says that dirty water causes 80 percent of diseases in the developing world, and kills 10 million people annually.” Those sobering lines are from the United Nations’ website, and underscore just how urgently needed water [...]
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