Date: April 26, 2022 Source: Osaka University Summary: A team in has created a nanocellulose paper semiconductor with both trans-scalability of structural design and wide electrical property tunability. The structure and function of the nanopaper semiconductor could be customized according to the desired use, allowing diverse applications as a wearable water-vapor-selective sensor and an enzymatic... Continue Reading →
Roundtable Discussion | August 24, 2021 - 03:00 PM About Schneider Electric Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency. We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings,... Continue Reading →
The New Electric World: Raising the bar for Electrical Safety and Power Availability
(yes, this is Climate Emergency related as in regards to Circular Economy...) iFixit co-founder and CEO Kyle Wiens has exposed how companies including Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft manipulate the design of their products and the supply chain to prevent consumers and third-party repairers from accessing necessary tools and parts to repair products such as smartphones... Continue Reading →
iFixit CEO names and shames tech giants for right to repair obstruction
lose their common sense…
"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense." - Gertrude Stein *** "It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information." - William Gibson *** "Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology.... Continue Reading →
Representatives from throughout the supply chain recently reflected on how batteries and electronics can find their place as greener solutions in the circular economy. Technologies like electric vehicles and wind turbines were designed to help reduce the planet’s reliance on fossil fuels or support other “green” lifestyle changes, but more work needs to be done... Continue Reading →
Representatives from throughout the supply chain recently reflected on how batteries and electronics can find their place as greener solutions in the circular economy.
A transformation to a sustainability-oriented economy will confront all subsequent generations with enormous challenges over many decades. Given the complexity of the changes required, global and open collaboration is essential. Here are four reasons why a transition to sustainable technology should follow open practices: 1. Transparency and trust A sustainable economy requires a shared understanding... Continue Reading →
4 open practices for a sustainable technology transition
In June, as 15 million people nationwide marched in Black Lives Matter protests and employees at tech companies called on their bosses to cancel company contracts with law enforcement, Microsoft announced that it would temporarily restrict sales of its facial recognition software to police departments. In July, as temperatures in the far north climbed to... Continue Reading →
Big Oil, Big Profits, Big Brother
evolution of media
Media politics are growing stronger and stronger, locally and internationally. Politicians are aware of media attention and often attempt to manage the flow of information to their own advantage. The amount of information available to all of us increases in leaps and bounds, but as the volume grows, so does the amount of false and... Continue Reading →
depart anew…
“It might be said that the human race is incapable of withstanding the drastic changes that are taking place in today’s world. For those changes have been so terrible, so far-reaching and, above all, so swift that they make those that caused the disappearance of the dinosaurs pale into insignificance. Man has not had time... Continue Reading →
life’s greatest mysteries…
“One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.” - Proverb quotes (Downloaded from Thinkexist)
lose their common sense…
"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense." - Gertrude Stein *** "It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information." - William Gibson *** "Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology.... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 