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Could Solar Power The Next Industrial Revolution?

The Horizons Tracker

The company, which was founded in 2013, currently has around 46 solar installations generating over 500 megawatts across Europe. For instance, Hello World , one of the finalists in the recent MIT Solve competition aims to use solar power to build Wi-Fi education hubs in parts of the world that lack access to both energy and the internet.

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4 Steps for Making Change Happen

Great Leadership By Dan

Historically, the vast majority of political and social change led to chaos not utopia. Find some "out of the way" department or project to experiment on where the variables are controllable, the investment is minimal, and results are easily measured. Only a tiny few lead to evolutionary breakthroughs.

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How And When Automation May Affect Long-Haul Trucking

The Horizons Tracker

In Oxford’s Michael Osborne and Carl Benedikt Frey’s hugely influential 2013 paper looking at the likelihood of automation for various professions, truck driving was one of the professions that were projected to be automated in double-quick time. We hope to help resolve these controversies.”.

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Is Free Internet Access A Human Right?

The Horizons Tracker

Shocking headlines emerged in 2013 when households across the UK proclaimed broadband access to be more important to them than water. For some it was regarded as an absurd statement, but new research from the University of Birmingham argues that free internet access should be regarded as a fundamental human right. A considerable challenge.

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A Biologist, Computer Scientist & Historian walk into a.

Mills Scofield

When I think about my time at Brown, I think about one of my housemates working on a computer science project, describing the mystery of the deep web and the power of torrent — and blowing my mind in the process. Or when yet another sat down next to me and asked me to define religion, prompted by a class project on religious law.

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A Biologist, Computer Scientist & Historian walk into a.

Mills Scofield

When I think about my time at Brown, I think about one of my housemates working on a computer science project, describing the mystery of the deep web and the power of torrent — and blowing my mind in the process. Or when yet another sat down next to me and asked me to define religion, prompted by a class project on religious law.

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5 Must-read Leadership Books for Women Leaders

HR Digest

Gender equality is a good concept to bandy about in politically correct forums, but in the real world, women have to fight that bit harder to get any privileges that their male counterparts take for granted. Women gaining more power to lead, green-light projects, and innovate does not come at the expense of men. by Sheryl Sandberg.

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