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2012/07/262012/07/26

SmartPlanet: Social startup VoteIt wants to make decision-making simpler

Social startup VoteIt wants to make decision-making simpler Ever been in one of those interminable meetings or email conversation loops where everyone has an opinion but no one is willing to make a decision? Then you’ll appreciate a new social platform called VoteIt that aims to make the process of reaching informed consensus easier. VoteIt is …

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2012/07/252012/07/25

SmartPlanet: From DIY to Disruptive Tech: A bicycle made of cardboard

From DIY to Disruptive Tech: A bicycle made of cardboard f the weight of your bike frame is a chief concern, you can drop many thousands of dollars on a carbon fiber frame. Or you could talk to Izhar Gafni, an Isreali entrepreneur and rather obsessive tinkerer who has built a low-cost, good looking, functional …

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2010/09/252010/09/25

Worth a Look: IBM’s People for a Smarter Planet

People for a Smarter Planet offers a dynamic and intelligent network of activities, conversations and discussions you can participate in to help build a sustainable and smarter world. Or, if you just want to hang around and listen, that’s okay too. Phi Beta Iota: Now imagine if they had a Strategic Analytic Model and could …

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2010/01/302010/01/30

Worth a Look: IBM’s Smarter Planet Initiative

Phi Beta Iota: The problem with IBM, apart from its ignoring the threat from Google, is that it still tries to create proprietary and single-point solutions. IBM is a great company with smart people–they are going to have to be compelling to move into the Open Source Triad (Software, Intelligence, Spectrum) by smarter citizens who …

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2021/02/20

Berto Jongman: New UNEP Synthesis Provides Blueprint to Urgently Solve Planetary Emergencies and Secure Humanity’s Future

New UNEP Synthesis Provides Blueprint to Urgently Solve Planetary Emergencies and Secure Humanity’s Future Meeting ramped-up climate and biodiversity targets, cutting deadly pollution and achieving SDGs needs an all-society push for sustainability Shifting world views and putting nature at the heart of decision-making is key to achieving transformative change COVID-19 recovery plans are an unmissable …

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2020/04/272020/04/26

DefDog: Smart Cops Standing with Public — Dump Cops at Risk?

A Handful Of Cops Are Standing Up to Tyranny WITH The People Just because it’s legal, it isn’t necessarily right, and just because it’s right doesn’t necessarily mean it’s legal. It appears that even a few police officers have figured it out at this point. Perhaps they know people are standing up and they don’t …

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2016/11/212016/11/19

Yoda: Stephen Hawking – 1,000 Years Deadline for Finding New Planet

Disagree, we do. Earth can be saved. Stephen Hawking just gave humanity a due date for finding another planet If humanity survives the rise of artificial intelligence, the ravages of climate change and the threat of nuclear terrorism in the next century, it doesn’t mean we’re home free, according to Stephen Hawking. The renowned theoretical physicist has …

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