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Crystalline powder soaks up nearly 3 liters of water vapor per day
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What could possibly go wrong? Sand people?
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Where some see smart cities, others fear a new form of governance based on algorithms rather than human experience.
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Where some see smart cities, others fear a new form of governance based on algorithms rather than human experience.
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With an open source robot design for 3-D printers, discover how Intel's 21st Century Robot program hopes to increase the growth rate, diversity, and utility of robots by allowing anyone to create and program their own robot. Via Szabolcs Kósa
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Previous technological innovation has always delivered more long-run employment, not less. But things can change Via Szabolcs Kósa
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Attempts to reverse the impacts of global warming by injecting reflective particles into the stratosphere could make matters worse, say researchers. A new study suggests the idea, seen as a last-ditch way to deal with runaway climate change, could cut rainfall in the tropics by 30%.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
As with all such geoengineering efforts, we would quite literally be rolling the dice; will it work or will the knock-on effects be worse than climate change?
I feel our technofix-loving society is increasingly moving towards such responses as we appear incapable of dealing with climate change in a responsible manner. Much work needs to be done here and I would hope more caution is urged. When the time comes, I fear that panic and desperation may be a powerful motivating factor to "do something...anything" despite the potential downsides.
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Improving visibility across the supply chain means knowing where food waste is generated. It puts organizations like yours in a position to identify possible causes and take preventative action. Via EcoVadis
PIRatE Lab's insight:
A nice slide deck in here with examples of specific European companies that have taken steps to reduce food waste.
EcoVadis's curator insight,
May 24, 2018 1:17 AM
Supply chain visibility is key challenge throughout the food industry.
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Light pollution refers to the various ways in which artificial light can negatively impact our natural environment. The four most common categories of light pollution are urban glow, glare, light clutter, and light trespass. Via Lauren Moss
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ARTOIS, Calif. — Nestled in a corner of the Sacramento Valley known for its rice, almonds and walnuts, densely packed rows of manicured olive trees stretch toward the horizon.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Industrialization can be one approach to more sustainable food systems. but it must be done right (and it normally isn't). This is possibly a case in point in that they are able to generate a higher yield of fruit without a corresponding massive increase in pesticides, water, etc. While we need to see the hard numbers on water use, etc. this is an interesting model.
So the upsides: reduced transportation costs of oil (for California/U.S. consumers) and more efficient agricultre. The downside is that with increased mechanization comes fewer people jobs (although those that are there tend to be higher wage).
A similar "new" approach to agriculture can be seen with a local industrial tomato grower here in Ventura County, CA: (http://future360.tv/video/houwelings-tomatoes). A wonderful approach (but their tomatos lack taste/flavor).
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This is a fun thought experiment for thinking about technollgy and technolgical innovation. Via Luísa Lima
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Traditional chicken, beef, and pork production devours resources and creates waste. Meat-free meat might be the solution. Via Szabolcs Kósa
PIRatE Lab's insight:
It is increasingly clear that these "optional" choices for syntheic meat/food stuffs will soon become central to the caloric and nutritional needs for a good chunk of the globe's population.
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