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Automotive Technology
What Cruise’s self-driving vehicle reveals about GM’s EV ambitions
As Electrek reported, Cruise yesterday unveiled its van-like, self-driving, all-electric vehicle. For the past four years, Cruise (a GM subsidiary) has been repurposing Chevy Bolts — including its four-generation self-driving Bolt that doesn’t have a steering wheel....
New details emerge on Cleveland Cyclewerks’ upcoming light electric motorcycle
Ohio-based Cleveland Cyclewerks (CCW) is planning to become the next US-based electric motorcycle manufacturer. The big reveal of their upcoming electric motorcycle won’t take place for another two months, but the company is keeping the hype alive by dropping a slew...
Renault Twingo Z.E. Electric Confirmed For This Year
Renault Twingo Z.E. is coming in 2020, but hopefully with a bigger battery than the 17.6 kWh in its smart fortwo EQ cousin.
Healthcare Technology
Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 105 | JP Morgan 2020: Virta, Arcadia Health, Teladoc & more
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I bring you the first ever cliffhanger episode—money was flying everywhere during JP Morgan last week, so stay tuned for more tomorrow. Jumping right in, on Episode 105 we discuss Virta Health raising $93 million for diabetes...
Leading Innovation in Dermatology | Francesca Wuttke, Chief Digital Officer, Almirall
BY JESSICA DAMASSA, WTF HEALTH Almirall is a dermatology-focused pharmaceutical company based in Spain, and its investment in R&D for developing new therapeutics leads the way as the largest within the country’s pharma industry. It’s no surprise, then, that...
Your Wealth is Your Health
By KIM BELLARD We’ve been spending a lot of time these past few years debating healthcare reform. First the Affordable Care Act was debated, passed, implemented, and almost continuously litigated since. Lately the concept of Medicare For All, or variations on it,...
Consumer Products
Smart car technology and the generational divide
With every passing year, smart car technology becomes more of a deal-breaker with consumers. From safety features to voice technology, the options get more compelling – and non-vehicle digital tech keeps elevating car buyers’ expectations. If they can have it at their...
What does the future of Millennials look like?
As the oldest members of this oft-discussed group prepare to turn 40, the future of Millennials will have a significant impact on the global marketplace. Although they haven’t suffered from a lack of media attention in the past decade, Millennials are worth another...
4 facts you can’t ignore about Black Friday
Seasonal promotions are one of the core reasons consumers make a purchase. The importance of good deals to consumers can be clearly seen in GfK’s weekly long-term sales trends for Technical Consumer Goods. GfK has found that about a quarter of cumulative global sales...
Academic Technoloy
Vortex by ClassTools – Create Your Own Sorting Game
Vortex is the latest game template published by ClassTools. Vortex lets you create an online game in which players have to sort words or phrases into up to four categories. Vortex replaces the Dust...Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com » Related...
How to Use Microsoft Forms to Collect Files
In this week's Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week I featured three ways to create online forms to collect files from students. One of those options is to use Microsoft Forms. With Microsoft Forms you...Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
How to Create an Online Sorting Activity Using Google Sheets
Flippity is a great source of templates for making online games, flashcards, and quizzes. Recently, Flippity added a new template that makes it easy to create an online sorting activity based on...Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com » Related...
Alternative Energy
Operations achieved at 290-MW Nam Ngiep 1 hydropower plant between Laos and Thailand
Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc. announces that the 290-MW Nam Ngiep 1 hydropower plant has begun commercial operations.
Holtec, Eos create battery manufacturing JV
Eos Energy Storage and energy equipment firm Holtec International are creating a joint venture to produce Eos’ next generation of large-scale zinc batteries.
Australia in planning for multiple massive battery projects
France’s Neoen SA has outlined plans to build a giant renewables complex in South Australia, including battery storage with up to nine times more capacity than the Tesla Inc. design at its nearby Hornsdale plant, which is billed as the world’s largest lithium-ion...
Nuclear Energy
The Strangest Things
by Will Davis Over the years that I’ve been writing for ANS, I’ve managed largely through that association to come into possession of a number of fairly odd things. I mean, all of us have things that the “normal person” (and by that I mean non-nuclear) would find...
SMR progress takes off for five developers
By Dan Yurman Fall 2019 was a banner period for five developers of small modular reactors. Here is a roundup of their announcements as well as some information about their plans for the future. OKLO Announces 1.5 MWe Mini-Reactor After working under wraps for several...
VIDEO: Nuclear Power: The road to a carbon-free future
Nuclear energy provides 10% of the world’s electricity. To counter climate change, we need more clean and reliable energy sources. Currently, 30 countries operate nuclear power plants, and more than two dozen others are looking at nuclear energy to meet their power...
Cloud Storage Technology
Top 5 AWS Salary Report Findings
At the speed the cloud tech space is developing, it can be hard to keep track of everything that’s happening within the AWS ecosystem. Advances in technology prompt smarter functionality and innovative new products, which in turn give rise to new job roles that have a...
Kubernetes: The Current and Future State of K8s in the Enterprise
On July 21, 2015, Google Cloud announced a new application management technology named Kubernetes. It is not like a conventional inclusive Platform as a Service (PaaS) system. Since it tends to operate more at container level than at the hardware level, Kubernetes has...
8 Financial Benefits of Cloud Migration
Companies that have long migrated to the cloud many times have confirmed the effectiveness of this solution from a practical point of view. This gives you more flexibility to perform tasks, work with data is organized more quickly and efficiently, and the data itself...