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No steering wheels, no pedals, no mirrors
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Under the plan, New Yorkers will no longer need to sort their recyclables, “dramatically increasing the city’s recycling rate,” de Blasio said. United States Waste & Recycling News
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https://www.salon.com/2017/10/08/can-l-a-save-the-planet-citys-zero-waste-plan-could-be-a-model/
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L.A.'s ambitious plan to divert 90 percent of waste by 2025 isn't just about recycling. It's about remaking a city
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/oct/04/australian-cities-to-have-50c-summer-days-by-2040-study-says
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Researchers say Sydney and Melbourne would have unprecedented temperatures even if Paris target met
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https://insideevs.com/news/332584/efficiency-compared-battery-electric-73-hydrogen-22-ice-13/
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Transport & Environment's energy efficiency comparison shows battery-electric at 73%, hydrogen fuel cells 22% and ICE 13%. BEVs won.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/29/robots-labour-tax-jobs
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The automation revolution will cost jobs and cause massive unrest. Those affected must be supported, writes Gaby Hinsliff
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https://www.theasianbanker.com/updates-and-articles/barclays-rolfe-i-can-create-a-ubiquitous-bankless-banking-experience
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Kevin Rolfe, head of technology cluster at Barclays Africa Group, speaks on how the banking industry needs to think beyond telemetric type data concepts to truly understand IoT’s significance.
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https://www.engadget.com/2017-08-03-plastics-breakthrough-improve-car-mileage.html
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A new thermal engineering process could make it viable to use lighter plastic product components in things such as vehicles, LEDs and computers. Until now, the material has been overlooked for certain applications because of its limitations in dissipating heat, but scientists from the University of Michigan have found a way to change plastic's molecular structure, making it as thermally conductive
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When Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012, few could have predicted the scale of the growth which would bloom across the industry. Legal marijuana sales in the US and Canada are now expe
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https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/wind-energy-is-one-of-the-cheapest-sources-of-electricity-and-its-getting-cheaper/
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A comprehensive survey of the wind industry shows wind energy is routinely purchased in bulk for just two cents per kilowatt-hour—and turbines are only getting cheaper, bigger, and better
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https://dailyenergyinsider.com/news/14439-wind-energy-prices-drop-to-2-cents-per-kilowatt-hours/
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/setting-stage-eu-reform
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After lingering on the European Union's back burner for years, reform debates are finally poised to become the bloc's main focus. And some of its most powerful leaders are starting to make their preparations.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/data-is-the-new-oil-1.4259677
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Data has surpassed oil as the world's most valuable resource, much of it controlled by just five mega-companies — and jurisdictions are struggling with how to contain, regulate and protect all those ones and zeros.
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/23/the-decline-of-the-western-tourist-china-india/
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Citizens of China, India, and other emerging markets are traveling for pleasure in ever greater numbers — and the rest of the world is competing…
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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2107796/worlds-next-fastest-supercomputer-will-help-boost-chinas-growing
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The world’s next fastest supercomputer will help boost China’s growing sea power
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https://www.clickz.com/how-challenger-banks-are-revolutionizing-the-banking-customer-experience/112503/
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https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-and-royal-caribbean-frictionless-and-immersive-vacations-on-the-high-seas/
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The CIO of Royal Caribbean explains how artificial intelligence (AI) and new technologies are a crucial part of the cruise line's effort to rethink customer experience. Read this fascinating story for keen insights into digital transformation.
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https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-we-fell-for-clean-eating
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The oh-so-Instagrammable food movement has been thoroughly debunked – but it shows no signs of going away. The real question is why we were so desperate to believe it.
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https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/295827
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First generation robots worked in factories. Second generation robots are preparing for white-collar professions. Sort of like people.
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https://www.wired.com/story/malware-dna-hack/
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Researchers planted a working hacker exploit in a physical strand of DNA.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/markewing/2017/08/09/toyotas-hydrogen-fuel-cell-kenworth-can-revolutionize-heavy-transport/#1f0791f06e48
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Toyota Motor North America’s “Portal Project” is an effort to develop a fleet of zero-emission semi tractor-trailers to haul freight from the world’s two busiest container ports, Long Beach and Los Angeles, to a railhead well beyond the densely populated Southern California coastline.