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Big Data

The Power Of Data: How Software Is Helping Keep Iceland's Lights On

Julie Khoo
May 17, 2017
There are many reasons to visit Iceland. This former Viking stronghold is now the most peaceful country and home to the happiest and most literate people in the world — one in 10 Icelanders on average reportedly has published a book.
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VR

Call Of Duty: This Woman's VR Simulation Makes Factories Work Better

Kristin Kloberdanz
February 19, 2017

Virtual reality became domesticated last year — at least in America — when the VR viewer Google Cardboard arrived for the first time with the Sunday New York Times. Today, you could use it to explore Pluto’s frigid heart or climb to the top of 1 World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan.

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Solar

The California Duck Must Die (But It's Not What You Think)

Kristin Kloberdanz
December 13, 2016
Solar power might be a shining example of a great renewable-energy source. But combined with existing infrastructure, it’s wreaking havoc on California’s electric power grid. So much so the problem already has a popular name: The California Duck Curve.
Here’s why. When legislators in the Golden State passed a climate-change law mandating that California gets a third of its electricity from renewable energy by 2020, they were hoping to encourage residents to install solar photovoltaic cells.
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VR

Yes, They're Playing Video Games, But It’s Work: How GE Tapped Gamers To Build Virtual Worlds Populated With Its Technology

July 04, 2016
After work on Friday, there are few things Claudio Cargnelli likes more than sitting with his kids on the sofa at his Toronto home playing “Clash of Clans,” a video game where barbarians and pyromaniac wizards battle raiders around the world.
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