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Automotive Technology
Satellite Constellations May Be the Answer to Enhanced GPS
Researchers at Radionavigation Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a software solution that would use SpaceX’s Starlink constellation of satellites, an effort to provide Internet coverage from orbit that may create more secure, pinpointed...
Green Deals: 24-pack Solar LED Lights from $29, more
Today only, Meh offers a 24-pack of Eternal Living Solar Pathway LED Lights for $29. Free shipping is available with a Meh membership or runs $5. Today’s deal is around 25% off the regular going rate. At just over $1 per light, this is a great way to illuminate your...
Italian rail is exploring the use of hydrogen trains
Italian rail operator Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) and Italian energy infrastructure company and Europe’s biggest natural gas transport group Snam have partnered to study using hydrogen for FS’ transport network. more… The post Italian rail is exploring the use of...
Healthcare Technology
Not Just Faxes
By KIM BELLARD I missed it when it was first announced in Japan, but fortunately the U.S. mainstream media has finally picked up on the story, with articles in both The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal: Japan’s new Administrative Reform Minister Taro Kono...
EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 10/22/20
Continuing its ongoing slide towards irrelevance, HIMSS issues its ...
THCB Gang Episode 29 10/22 1PM PT/4 PM ET
Episode 29 of “The THCB Gang” will be live-streamed on Thursday, October 22th! Watch it below! Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) will be by some of our regulars: patient safety expert Michael Millenson (@MLMillenson), MD turned leadership coach Maggi Cary (@MargaretCaryMD),...
Consumer Products
4 futures for urban mobility post-lockdown
This is a follow-up of our previous blog on how urban mobility behavior has changed during lockdown. In this blog, we look at four possible scenarios of the future for urban mobility post-lockdown. Built around actual behavior, our scenarios combine MOTIONTAG’s...
How to keep shoppers in FMCG loyalty card programs in Europe
Love them or hate them, you can’t ignore loyalty cards, but just how widespread is their use across Europe, and what innovations are shaking up the existing schemes? In our whitepaper Keeping Shoppers Loyal – An inventory of FMCG loyalty card programs in Europe, we...
Urban mobility after lockdown: Travel behavior post-coronavirus
In this series of blogs, we have teamed up with MOTIONTAG and leading industry experts to help cities understand the new realities and opportunities in urban mobility after lockdown. This first blog looks at what is currently happening and in our second blog, we’ll...
Academic Technoloy
An Unplanned Benefit of Using Your Own Pictures in Blog Posts and Presentations
Last week I went on a bit of a rant about copyright and fair use. If you didn't read it, the gist of it was "no, you can't use any picture you find on the Internet and call it Fair Use because it's...Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com » Related...
A Helpful Update to Canva's Image Background Removal Tool
Late last year Canva added an image background removal tool to the menu of options for editing your graphics and presentations. Yesterday, when I used that tool to create an image for my blog post...Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com » Related...
A TED-Ed Lesson Exploring the Pros and Cons of Types of Milk
TED-Ed released a new lesson this week. The lesson is all about milk. The title of the lesson, Which Kind of Milk is Best for You? doesn't accurately portray the number of lessons and questions that...Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »...
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
Nuclear champions make another push for NELA
MurkowskiLuriaSen. Lisa Murkowski (R., Alaska), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Rep. Elaine Luria (D., Va.), along with 29 of their colleagues, sent a letter last week to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Armed...
Nuclear science research highlights from 2020
Frequently the three international research journals published by ANS dedicate issues to special topics or selected top papers presented at conferences. In celebration of Nuclear Science Week, here’s a recap of the research highlights published by Nuclear Science and...
NRC okays power uprate for Farley units
The Joseph M. Farley nuclear plant, in Columbia, Ala.The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved Southern Nuclear Operating Company’s request to increase the capacity of the two Farley reactors by approximately 1.7 percent. The company applied for the requisite...
Cloud Storage Technology
Champions | Lori Dyer
Cloud Academy is highlighting users, our very own Champions, who take the best of their abilities and make something new happen with the technical skills they learn. Meet Lori Meet Lori Dyer. Lori works as an Organizational Development Partner in the Learning and...
Champions | Nitin Thakral
Cloud Academy is highlighting users, our very own Champions, who take the best of their abilities and make something new happen with the technical skills they learn. Meet Nitin Nitin Thakral currently works as a Database Administrator and has been in the IT world for...
Serverless Computing – what to consider when investing
It wasn’t until relatively recently that physical servers were the backbone of every data centre. While on-premise servers have by no means disappeared, more and more infrastructure components are finding their way into the cloud every year and hype around serverless...