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2013/03/292013/03/29

SmartPlanet: Free Online Courses Discovering Global Talent

Massive open online courses discover global talent We’re starting to learn more about how massive open online courses — free online classes from some of the world’s top universities — are being used. The four major organizations Coursera, edX, Udacity and Udemy already have millions of users. But while the appeal of gaining knowledge from …

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2013/02/08

SmartPlanet: Drone-Proof Cities, Cop Bullets that “Tag” Suspects

Artist envisions drone-proof city How would you feel about living in a city where drones aren’t able to function? Gun shoots DNA bullets, tags suspects for arrest With SelectaDNA’s High Velocity DNA Tagging System, police can mark rioters or looters with a unique DNA tag and apprehend them later.

2013/02/052013/02/05

SmartPlanet: Is a free nationwide WiFi network coming to the U.S.?

Is a free nationwide WiFi network coming to the U.S.? Tyler Falk, 4 February 2013 The United States government wants to make access to fast and free WiFi as easy as accessing public roads. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has proposed to free up digital infrastructure to allow free public access to WiFi — more powerful …

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2013/01/042013/01/04

SmartPlanet: Supermarket Gets Grip on True Cost of Refrigeration with and without Doors

The simple plan that saved a supermarket chain millions By Tyler Falk | January 3, 2013 Imagine if your refrigerator didn’t come with a door. The unnecessary energy use would be costly and your kitchen would always be cold. Despite the obvious benefits of having a door on a refrigerator, supermarkets around the world have …

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2012/10/312012/12/15

2013 Creating a Smart Nation: Transforming Education, Intelligence & Research through Integration, & Innovation – 99-Day Plan for the Secretary-General

2012/10/242012/10/24

SmartPlanet: CISCO in Lake Nona, Flordia – Brilliant Today, Flooded Tomorrow

A Florida aerotropolis bets on intelligent infrastructure By Andrew Nusca | October 23, 2012 Ever heard of Lake Nona? If you’re unfamiliar, it’s a 7,000-acre, 25,000-person planned community in Orlando, Florida with urban ambitions the size of Tokyo. In just 15 years, the community wants to become ”a global model and standard for sustainable urban development” …

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2012/10/232013/11/22

Steve Aftergood: Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals Deepens Its Lack of Integrity – “Negative Reciprocity” Means Unsigned Unsworn Summary Statements from CIA — Itself Notorious –Can Kill a Contractor’s Career – UPDATED

“NEGATIVE RECIPROCITY” EMERGES IN THE SECURITY CLEARANCE SYSTEM In the world of security clearances for access to classified information, the term “reciprocity” is used to indicate that one executive branch agency should ordinarily recognize and accept a security clearance that has been granted by another executive branch agency. This is not just a nice, cost-efficient …

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