The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Smart Cities — A $1.5 Trillion Market Opportunity Sarwant Singh Forbes, 19 June 2014 Mahatma Gandhi once said, “India is to be found not in its few cities, but in its 700,000 villages.” Though that may at one time have been true, it is no longer the case. With about 30 country dwellers moving lock, stock …
Here’s the Right Way to Build the Futuristic Cities of Our Dreams By Adie Tomer and Rob Puentes WIRED, 04.23.14 Our technology-first approach has failed the city of the future. So-called “smart cities,” powered by technology, carry the promise of responding to the great pressures of our time, such as urban population growth, climate instability, and …
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Worse than NSA, plus Hazardous to Health & Home (Causes House Fires) This is one of the 2-3 most important and perhaps alarming articles (and well documented) I’ve referred to on this site in the last twelve months. An absolute must-read for anyone living in the US and all other western countries and owns a …
Freedom from shareholders: how to succeed as an open-source business For many launching businesses in today’s fast-moving tech sector, the goal is to attract investors and shareholders, and eventually selling it all to an even larger company. One tech vendor, however, is bucking this urge, preferring instead to have a positive impact on its communities …
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Saltwater-cooled greenhouse grows crops in the Sahara How do you grow vegetables in arid areas? Reverse the trend of desertification, the Sahara Forest Project proposes. The project combines existing technologies — such as the evaporation of saltwater to create fresh water along with solar thermal energy tech — to utilize what we have (saltwater, CO2) …
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Could Iceland finally transmit clean electricity to Europe? The North Atlantic island has 100 percent “clean” electricity. Financing could soon emerge for a decades-old vision of the world’s longest subsea high voltage cable. Elon Musk’s advice to Ireland: Give engineers free tuition Elon Musk has some advice for world leaders who want to attract technology …
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Top 10 best and worst places to do business By Tyler Falk | October 29, 2013 If you’re a small or mid-sized business it will be easiest to do business if you’re based in Asia — places like Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. A new report from the World Bank, says that Asia has about …
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