Jan
11
Drowning in data? The big flood's yet to come
If you think the amount of data your organization has to deal with is overwhelming now, you ain’t seen
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Jan
11
Global risks threaten to sow 'seeds of dystopia'
Leadership failure on a global scale threatens to sow “the seeds of dystopia” — a future beset by rising economic inequality,
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Jan
10
Consumer electronics: Bigger, smarter and hype-ier than ever
It’s that time of year again, when the Sugar Plum Fairies have put away their dancing shoes, and the
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Jan
10
Can wasteful gas flaring be stopped?
We mentioned in an earlier post that the size of the global gas-flaring problem is massive – 150 billion cubic meters
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Jan
10
Watch oil companies waste gas around the world: video
Check out the video below to see some of the world’s gas flaring stations.
There are two excuses for
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Jan
09
8 minutes and 19 seconds that could change the world
The company name Eight19 doesn’t seem to suggest anything … until you hear the reason its founders called it that:
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Jan
06
Electricity's new mantra: Use it AND lose it
It’s a strange thing to expect a business to try and sell less of what it traffics in, but
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Jan
06
What's up with the smart-grid 'conspiracy'?
Why is smart-grid technology — smart electricity meters in particular — being met with such opposition, even fear, from some people?
You
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Jan
05
As new mercury rules loom, US power sector eyes dramatic change
The US power sector is set for dramatic change over the next several years, as electric utilities work to meet
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Jan
05
How to cut several megacities' worth of carbon? The right tech helps
How much impact can smart-grid technology really have on our energy consumption and carbon emissions? How about enough to eliminate
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