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Throughout most of the 20thcentury, the Sears Roebuck Company was one of America's premier retailers, offering consumers everything from clothing to household items to automotive care. In fact, Sears pioneered many aspects of retail marketing that are now standard practice today. However, by the turn-of-the-century a weak economy saw the...
Ever since the 2011 earthquake that devastated the Fukushima nuclear reactor in central Japan, the country's nuclear power capacity has been reduced significantly. The Japanese government is looking at other sources of energy in hopes of abandoning nuclear altogether. According to the New York Times, one potential source is wind....
The European Commission took the opportunity presented by a November 7 memo to release a fact sheet explaining the idea of what ‘Big Data’ is. Although no official reason for why the memo was necessary has been offered, the language of the fact sheet suggests that the Commission intended to...
Finding new ways to harness the earth's natural resources for energy production has long been part of the human landscape. Over the centuries, we've used the sun, wind and water as a means of making our lives better. More recently, these natural resources are being put to use for electrical...
There's no doubt that LED lights are the latest craze for everything from household to decorative to automotive lighting. LED lights are very attractive because they are efficient, cost-effective and very powerful however there may be a new use for LED lighting on the horizon: high-speed data transmissions. BBC News...
Samsung Electronics has announced an ambitious plan to connect remote villages on the African continent with resources in larger cities by way of new digital villages. The company plans to use solar power as the main source of electricity for each of the villages. According to company officials, the project...
In a move destined to be greeted by both cheers and jeers, the UK government recently approved construction of a new nuclear power facility in Somerset, England. The Hinkley Point C power plant will be built by a consortium consisting of France's EDF Energy and a number of Chinese corporations...
Students and researchers at the George Washington University (GWU) in Washington have announced the completion of the first solar powered walkway. A recent exhibition of the walkway demonstrated a system comprised of a solar powered trellis and a walkway made up of 27 slip-resistant panels. The semi-transparent panels include embedded...
Picture, if you will, an oil rig communicating with a ship heading out to resupply it. How do the two vessels communicate? Through acoustic waves sent through ocean waters via specialised equipment. It is technology that has been around for decades. That technology is about to get a lot smarter...
All over the world, the incredibly simple process of steam condensation is used to both generate electricity and produce clean water. Unfortunately, the condensation process can be somewhat inefficient when used on a large scale. MIT researchers may have finally developed a solution that overcomes both inefficiency and feasibility challenges....
It is safe to say that few other companies have made as much of an impact on the Internet and IT systems as Facebook. Originally launched as a college project by entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook has grown to be an international force to be reckoned with on many levels. Therefore,...
The troubled United States National Security Agency (NSA) has been the subject of an incredible amount of international scrutiny due to surveillance practices that may eventually prove to be a violation of international privacy laws. And now, just as things couldn't get any worse for the agency, their brand-new data...