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#amazon/whole Foods
Jun 19 2017 03:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Whole Foods has more than . . . 460 stores in the . . . . . . U.S., . . . . . . Canada, and . . . . . . U.K., generating about . . . $16 billion a year. Amazon, to acquire . . . Whole Foods, for . . . $13.7 Billion. 6-19-2017 Source: #Amaz...
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Hurricane Sandy Ongoing Experience
Jan 02 2013 08:55 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
During and for weeks after “Superstorm” Sandy, . . . we lost power and cell service dropped; . . . we were up against a gas shortage . . . . . . because the pipelines turn off during the storm and . . . . . . during loss of electricity, “So you have ....
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#robot-Assisted Vaulted Classrooms For China
Apr 19 2018 08:05 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
“To minimize construction time, and also . . . reduce the number of separate building elements required, . . . to be transported to the school’s remote location, . . . ZHA proposes to combine the local skills of in-situ concrete construction, . . . wit...
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#earthquakes
Jun 26 2017 12:30 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Yellowstone Park, hit by about 770 earthquakes since June 12, raises fears of possible volcanic eruption. https://www.youtube....h?v=a4H-WS2GGJA 6-26-2017 Source: #earthquakes
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We Let Kids #design Our City
Feb 09 2018 05:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Kids make up 25% of the population, . . . shouldn't we include them in some important conversations? In this inspiring talk, . . . urban planner Mara Mintzer, . . . wonders what would happen, . . . if we let children design our cities. https://www...
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#energy Secretary: $1.8 Billion Supercompu...
Apr 17 2018 05:35 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
The new supercomputers, . . . will be follow-on systems to the first U.S. exascale system, authorized by . . . Secretary Perry this past June, named Aurora, . . . which is currently under development at . . . Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), and . ....
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#shelter's
Feb 06 2017 09:05 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
"Better Shelter's," . . . flat pack emergency shelter incorporating solar power, . . . has won both the . . . Architecture award, and . . . Grand Prize in the . . . Beazley Design of the Year. 2-6-2017 Source: #Shelter's
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#self-Driving Truck
Jul 13 2017 07:15 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Einride, a Swedish tech company, . . . unveiled "T-pod," a self-driving, battery-electric truck, on highways, but on main roads, a human will remotely manage the driving system. https://www.youtube....h?v=DW922Wa9a_k
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Global Gigabit #broadband
Feb 25 2018 02:35 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
Elon Musk tweets that the . . . Starlink constellation of thousands of gigabit per second internet satellites, . . . will help get internet to the last billion, and . . . areas in the developed world with bad internet service. Falcon launch carries, ....
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Jay Leno's New Car
May 14 2012 09:05 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Leno adds the World's cheapest car, Tata Nano to his collection.
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#weather Forecasting
Feb 05 2017 08:05 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
NASA's, 3 foot wide, carbon-fiber gliders, . . . with onboard sensors, and instruments, . . . dropped from a weather balloon, . . . at 100,000 ft, and . . . remotely guided to a predetermined location, . . . could fill a tremendous need, . . . in...
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#climate: Alaska Bering Sea Ice Melt
Mar 12 2018 01:30 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Unprecedented, record-breaking high temperatures in the Arctic, and . . . rapidly disappearing sea ice, . . . have the climate science community concerned. In a shocking melting event, . . . 1/2 of the ice in the Bering Sea disappeared ,during a . . ....
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Climate Change 1990 - 2006
Feb 02 2016 07:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Earth is experiencing ecological change at a greater rate than ever seen before, . . . today’s rate of change is far quicker, . . . which is an alarming piece of information, . . . given that this event would result in, . . . our mass extinction on thi...
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#google's New Quantum Processor
Mar 07 2018 06:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Google's new quantum processor, Bristlecone, . . . a new quantum computer chip with the record-setting power of . . . 72 quantum bits (qubits), could soon outperform, . . . classic supercomputers. Quantum computers are great at performing simultan...
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#arctic: Record-Breaking Warmth
Mar 01 2018 01:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Though the sun hasn’t shone on the central Arctic for more than . . . 4 months, parts of the Arctic were more than . . . 50 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal. The Arctic Ocean is on track to set a new record this year, ...for the smallest extent o...
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Ez-Go: Self-Driving #ev
Mar 09 2018 08:10 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
EZ-GO: . . . . . . 4-wheel, . . . . . . all-electric autonomous transportation pod, . . . . . . with a portcullis-like device grafted onto the front, and . . . . . . U-shaped couch inside. “When you are in our car, . . . on the bench seat, and . . . be...
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#emergency Shelter
Nov 22 2017 01:40 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
Project Ground-up, . . . attempts to provide all basic amenities, . . . within a small house-footprint, and . . . building a community around the construction of the house, . . . with a village cooperative between . . . 100 families, to create job...
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Tesla #electric Trucks: Operational Synergies?
Mar 09 2018 01:05 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Tesla is doing , battery transport between, . . . the Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, and . . . the Fremont, California, production plant, . . . now being partly handled by the firm’s own electricity semi trucks, . . . partly as a means of testing the t...
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Self-Driving Vehicle
Nov 14 2016 12:45 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
Self-Driving Vehicle
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#energy Rejected, What Is It?
May 14 2017 01:35 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
USA Energy Flow Chart https://www.youtube....h?v=G6dlvECRfcI . . . 2/3 of all energy generated, is "Rejected." . . . What does "Rejected" energy, mean? 5-14-2017 Source: Energy Flow Chart
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Goal: Just Be #happy (In A Tiny House)
Jan 30 2018 08:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Some times, you have to lose it all, . . . before you realize, . . . what's really the most important thing to you. Richard reevaluated his life, . . . after a motorcycle accident, he: . . . . . . quit his job, . . . . . . sold his house, and . ....
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125 Ev Sold In Israel $4 Million Dollars
Oct 18 2012 01:10 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
Elco will purchase 125 Renault Florence ZEs, . . . eventually Elco may purchase as many as . . . 600 vehicles from Better Place. Source: Cars
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Solar Tea Cart
Feb 22 2012 01:15 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
In cities throughout India, . . . street vending is a way of life, . . . with many street-food carts (called Thattukada's) that burn fossil fuels. Christopher Gregory of Bent Harbor, Michigan, has a vision . . . to reduce Thattukada's car...
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Uk: $37 Million #3D Printing Facility
Mar 21 2018 12:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Siemens UK, says . . . 3D printing technology needs to be embraced, . . . in order to drive manufacturing in the UK forward. “This significant investment, underlines our belief that, . . . there is huge potential for innovation, and growth, . . . withi...
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Do Frugal Cargo Bikes, Fuel Economic Upturns?
Sep 25 2012 05:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
A lot of the perceptions of Rio and Brazil don’t really apply anymore. . . . The country and the cities are experiencing an economic upturn, . . . we’re not dealing with an underdeveloped city here. In the Copacabana neighborhood, there are 11,541 deli...
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