We live in an age shot-through with technology. We are "always on," running flat out on a diet of information, driven by knowledge and a seemingly insatiable hunger for quicker, smaller, lighter and just plain more.
How we work, where we work and the type of work we do is changing---forever---with this growing interconnectivity and technological dominance.
The Sun Through Different Eyes
SNOTEL Watching Winter
Though many places have already seen snow this year, Saturday is the official first day of winter. That means months ahead of cold weather conditions for much of the U.S.
Trade is poised to get a little easier and less costly thanks to a recent global agreement.
Earlier this month in Bali, Indonesia, ministers from nearly 160 countries agreed to a trade package under the umbrella of the Geneva-based World Trade Organization. The most significant piece of the pie is a series of commitments aimed at simplifying and improving customs procedures and expediting the clearance of goods as they cross borders.
Over the last decade, millions of consumers in the U.S., Europe and other parts of the developed world have embraced wind power and other sources of renewable energy as an alternative to coal, reducing their greenhouse gas footprint.
Their counterparts in Eastern Africa are watching climate change in action, stripping the once abundant snow drifts from the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro. For them the choice is even simpler: they desperately need electricity and renewable power is often the only option.
Researchers for the first time have used 3-D printing to make a consumer electronic device, a loudspeaker ready for use almost as soon as it comes off the printer.
