Posts Tagged ‘United States’
Why HP Thinks Sensors Will Lead to The Next Big Wave of Computing
Written by Richard MacManus Earlier this month I had the chance to visit Hewlett Packard Labs in Palo Alto. I spent my time there talking to a number of senior engineers and scientists about the exciting technology they're working on, much of it related to the Internet of Things (a trend I've paid particularly close attention to [...]
Fiber Optic Networks: Connect Communities
Image via Wikipedia Dr. Mir F. Ali Fiber optic technology advanced at an astonishing rate in the second half of the twentieth century. The discovery of fiber optics in 1966 was indeed a major landmark for which Charles Kao won a share of the Nobel Prize in physics in 2009. Working at the Old Standard Telecommunications Laboratories in [...]
Nuclear Energy: Safe, Clean, and Affordable
Image via Wikipedia Dr. Mir F. Ali In these days of climate change and energy crisis, it's too bad that the word "Nuclear" has a connotation that brings back memories about the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl and the near miss of Three Mile Island. People are rightfully scared of potential accidents and the proliferation of nuclear weapons [...]
Way to Copenhagen
Dr.Mir F. Ali The December 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, from December 7 to 18, will involve 192 countries, and more than 150,000 heads of state and government officials, advisers, diplomats, campaigners and journalists. The list of global dignitaries includes the American President Barak Obama and [...]
Clean-energy legislation
Here's a simple look at the climate and clean-energy legislation being considered by the House of representatives in the US. Interesting graphic and well worth a look. They also have a Twitter retweet contest you might want to partake in, though you might want to go to lifeasahuman.com and signup there for our contest because as of today your odds [...]
Summer Success – Fresh Air Fund
Here's a post from Sara Wilson, from the Fresh Air Fund. Check them out here. And thanks and keep up the good work Sara.________ News Facts: One out of four school children in the U.S. has vision problems, and 86% do not get their vision checked before age 12. Many Fresh Air children do not have access to affordable vision care. Glasses [...]
UN Summit on Climate Change in New York
Dr. Mir F. Ali If any Canadian ever had any doubt about Harper's apathy about the environment, the Prime Minister's recent decision for not showing up at the UN Summit on Climate Change, should help them to make up their minds. It was reported that Canada was hardly a factor in the climate summit, which came a day ahead of the annual UN [...]
The Cost of Building Green
Dr. Mir F. Ali Commercial real estate executives are increasingly seeking greener office space -- and are less inclined to pay premiums for it, according to a recent survey by CoreNet Global and Jones Lang LaSalle. "They are less willing to pay a premium for sustainable space because they understand that it doesn't cost the owner more to make [...]
Greenwashing is nothing but Hypocrisy
Dr. Mir F. Ali The Climate Greenwash awards are out! The Climate Greenwash Awards are organized by Corporate Europe Observatory, Attac Denmark, The Climate Movement, ClimaX and Friends of the Earth Denmark to challenge the corporate capture of the UN climate talks and to highlight the way in which big businesses are increasingly turning to [...]
