When a linguist sets out to study how a language describes spatial relationships between objects, he or she typically offers a speaker of that language pictures showing, for example, a drawing of a cup on a table or a coat hanging from a hook.
Failing to deal with the ever increasing global cybersecurity threat could cost the global economy $3 trillion by 2020 and plunge international relations to levels not seen since the Cold War, according to report released by the World Economic Forum just ahead of its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Will Fairbairn's patented banana-shaped crane was a quick success when it first appeared in English docks in the 1850s. Bristol, for example, had a steam-powered version that could lift 35 tons of cargo, more than 10 times the lifting capacity of the port's other 17 cranes. It was also a one hit wonder. The Industrial Revolution was gathering speed, ships were getting bigger and the revolutionary banana jib was soon too short to reach far over the hull.
STAMFORD, CT, Jan. 20, 2014 -- GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General Electric (NYSE: GE), announced today an order for 40 737s. The order, with a list-price value of approximately $3.9 billion, consists of 20 737 MAX 8s and 20 Next-Generation 737-800s.
The Internet of Everything is the connection of people, data, process and things. It is revolutionizing the way we do business, transforming communication, job creation, education and healthcare across the globe. As we're beginning to witness, when we connect people, communities, cities -- even countries -- amazing things are possible.
