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Algorithms and Automation Will Give Us More Freedom and Control

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Algorithms and Automation Will Give Us More Freedom and Control

Thermostats that automatically adjust the heating and cooling based on a home's occupancy. Cars that automatically brake to avoid collisions, like when a child runs into the street. Smartphones that alert users when it is time to leave for their next appointment based on current traffic.

When Hardware Met Software: Mining the Value of the Industrial Internet

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When Hardware Met Software: Mining the Value of the Industrial Internet

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There is more to the Internet of Things (IoT) than FitBits and smartphone-controlled thermostats. While consumer goods are some of the IoT's most visible applications, they're just one part of the vast and game-changing phenomenon that could soon encompass 200 billion connected devices and add trillions of dollars to the economy.

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Spinning Spur II Wind Project in Texas Becomes Operational, Project also Closed Financing from GE and Union Bank and UBS Partnership Confirmed

July 07, 2014

SAN DIEGO, Calif. and AMARILLO, Texas (July 7, 2014): EDF Renewable Energy announced today that the 161-megawatt (MW) Spinning Spur II Wind Project in Texas has reached commercial operation (COD). The company further announced the close of structured equity financing from GE Energy Financial Services (NYSE: GE) and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. The completion of construction and COD milestone allows the closing of the sale of 50 percent of EDF Renewable Energy's equity interest in the project to UBS International Infrastructure Fund.

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University of California, Berkeley engineers are working on...

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University of California, Berkeley engineers are working on cooperative systems to control robots through complex environments. In this demonstration, a ground station uses computer vision to guide the group's new 13-gram H2Bird ornithopter robot through a window.

Access to Quality---The New Education Gap

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Access to Quality---The New Education Gap

Despite all-time highs for graduation rates, significant education gaps still persist. We have seen improvements in equal access to elementary and secondary education, yet there is still more that needs to be done to increase opportunities for students to attend college by better preparing them for post-secondary education.

In Search of Lost Trash: French Landfill is Using Remains of the Past to Illuminate the Future

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In Search of Lost Trash: French Landfill is Using Remains of the Past to Illuminate the Future

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When the giant Plessis-Gassot landfill opened its gates outside Paris in the 1960s, Charles de Gaulle was France's president and Brigitte Bardot its most famous movie star.

Confronting the 'Blood Money' of Conflict Minerals

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Confronting the 'Blood Money' of Conflict Minerals

If you've texted, chatted, computed, flown, opened a fridge or put on jewelry today, chances are good you've come in contact with one of the "conflict minerals"---tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold---used to fund the bloody 18-year-old war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The war has killed an estimated 5 million people since the turn of the century and is characterized by the worst kinds of human rights abuses, rape as a weapon and the recruitment of child soldiers.

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