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Wednesday, 04 July 2018 22:44
The Hywind Project: The World's First Floating Windfarm
Last year saw the official launch of Scotland's Hywind Project - the first floating windfarm to successfully generate energy. The project hopes to power 20,000 homes, and is part of a broader Statoil initiative in the UK to power as…
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Environment
Wednesday, 04 July 2018 13:58
History made with California ruling on compulsory solar panels for new homes
California just became the first state in the United States to require all new homes to be built with rooftop solar panels. The California Energy Commission hearing room was packed full as the commission voted unanimously in favor of the…
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Environment
Thursday, 21 September 2017 15:18
Advancing Public Sector Data Analytics
Advancing Public Sector Data AnalyticsUnlocking insights & innovation in a data-centric government OverviewData is driving the future of government The public sector has moved beyond using data to illustrate what we know today we are leveraging analytics to…
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GOVERNMENT NEWS
Tuesday, 25 July 2017 14:00
Recycling cigarette butts; Good for Melbourne & the environment
200,000 cigarette butts in Perspex (Credit: City of Melbourne) The Council of the City of Melbourne is making big inroads into a worldwide litter problem, cigarette butts. The council is running a citywide program to recycle cigarette butts into plastic…
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GOVERNMENT NEWS
Monday, 24 July 2017 14:55
London shoppers create electricity by walking in city oasis
Pavegen walkway in Bird Street, London (Credit: Pavegen) What was once a grey and dull street connecting Oxford and Barrett Street in London has now become a showcase for clean, green city living and an oasis for shoppers. Bird Street,…
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GOVERNMENT NEWS
Tuesday, 04 July 2017 10:48
This train doesn't need a railway track, or a driver
Is it a train? Is it a bus? Well, it’s kind of both. Developed by Chinese rail transit firm CRRC, the smart bus or Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) can be thought of as a train/tram that is able…
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Transport
Friday, 30 June 2017 10:31
Australia’s digital strategy needs major readjustment
Australia's digital strategy needs major readjustment Ron Johnston, University of Sydney When it comes to digital competitiveness, Australia needs to step up and get serious about education. University of Washington/Flickr, CC BY-NC Australia ranks 15 out of 63 nations when…
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GOVERNMENT NEWS
Tuesday, 30 May 2017 14:00
Microsoft plans to store data on DNA strands within three years
Just when you thought the world has enough problems, it seems we humans have created another one, data storage. In the past two years more data has been created than in our entire history. At this rate there may…
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GOVERNMENT NEWS
Tuesday, 30 May 2017 13:50
Meet the asteroid so valuable it could crash the global economy
In 2022 NASA will launch an exploratory space mission to an asteroid so valuable, it could completely crash the global economy. The asteroid, named 16 Psyche, has an iron-nickel core and contains other precious metals such as gold and…
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GOVERNMENT NEWS
Tuesday, 16 May 2017 14:44
WannaCry, the global ransomware attack. What is it? What can you do?
Last Friday the world was hit by the aggressive ransomware worm known as WannaCry in what could be the biggest and most widespread extortion scam do date on the internet. As of Monday the 15th of May, an estimated…
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GOVERNMENT NEWS
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