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4th Industrial Revolution, Land Use December 29, 2015

The Future Of Food: Completely Automated Farms Run By Robots

Since Dorn Cox began automating his 250-acre New Hampshire farm four years ago, he has installed dozens of sensors. Some measure moisture in soil around…...

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Technocracy December 28, 2015

AI Chatbots Will Become ‘Friends’ To Millions Of Technology Users

Artificial intelligence is coming to a messaging app near you. Google has been working on a messaging-based chat bot for a year, according to The…...

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Sustainable Development December 28, 2015

Micro Apartments To Reduce ‘Carbon Footprint’ in Cities Across America

How small can you live? It’s a question more Portlanders are asking as home prices keep rising. That’s why the trend of “micro-apartments” is gaining…...

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Sustainable Development December 28, 2015

The African Development Bank Promotes Sustainable Development As ‘The Answer’ To Economic Woes

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is upbeat about 2016 and hopes to build on unprecedented development in 2015 which in its view would go down…...

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Climate Change December 28, 2015

Pizza Ovens Targeted as Italy Combats Air Pollution

Rome and Milan have imposed bans on cars starting Monday, with one small town near Naples prohibiting wood-fired pizza ovens, as Italian authorities seek to…...

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Privatization December 27, 2015

The Public-Private Partnership Trap

A trend recently in economic development circles has been to encourage public-private partnerships. In this kind of partnership, the government partners with a private business…...

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Technocracy December 27, 2015

Techno-skeptics’ Objection Growing Louder

Astra Taylor’s iPhone has a cracked screen. She has bandaged it with clear packing tape and plans to use the phone until it disintegrates. She…...

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Technocracy December 24, 2015

Anchors Worried as Chinese TV Employs Robot As Weather Reporter

BEIJING: For the first time, a Chinese news channel has employed an artificial intelligence robot as a weather reporter on its live breakfast show, raising…...

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4th Industrial Revolution, Total Surveillance Society December 24, 2015

IoT: Within 20 Years, Every Physical Item Will Have An Embedded Chip

The hype around the Internet of Things has been rising steadily over the past five years. In tech analyst Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies…...

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Police State, Technocracy December 24, 2015

When Facial Recognition Tools Are Available To Everyone

Chances are, you’re already familiar with facial recognition software, even if you’ve never spent time in an artificial intelligence lab. The algorithm that Facebook uses for…...

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