Future
North Korea calls Shinzo Abe an idiot, warns of future missile launch
North Korea called Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe an “idiot” and “political dwarf” Saturday in a row over Pyongyang’s latest rocket tests, warning that he “may see what a real ballistic missile is in the not distant future.” The statement from the North Korean foreign ministry followed Pyongyang’s launch of two short-range projectiles into the ocean on Thursday. The test had prompted Abe to …
How technology can help forge a sustainable future
DUBAI: Urgent steps must be taken if the fight to curb climate change is to have any chance of success, according to growing global scientific consensus. Climate scientists say the situation has become untenable because current global carbon emissions — estimated to be 45 percent above pre-industrial levels — exceed the amount that nature can …
From battery to radar: Technology for electromobility of the future
How can the capacity of solid-state batteries be physically predicted? How can autonomous driving be made safer by a new frequency range that radar can use to measure distances? How can errors and risks be detected and better understood at an earlier stage when developing mechanical products? How can the electronics of a battery charger …
The future of collaborative technology
Many of today’s most strategic IT leaders are looking for ways to implement a unified communications and collaboration strategy. According to recent research from Ovum, seven out of ten IT leaders are looking to invest in new collaboration technologies in 2020. This is because the very nature of work is changing and in order to …
Future forests facing climate balancing act
Image copyright M.Venturas Image caption Researchers found that trees could be surprisingly resilient to increased warming and CO2 levels Forests can cope with a warming world if – and only if – temperature rises increase in line with increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Increased CO2 allows trees to develop physiological characteristics, such as greater foliage, …
Does farming’s greener future mean a return to tradition, or new technology that heralds ‘the end of sustainable agriculture as we know it’?
With the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis becoming increasingly pressing, we could see a shift away from conventional agriculture towards indoor food production, say some experts. With the UK committed to becoming carbon-neutral by 2050, agri-tech — technology applied to farming — is increasingly playing a crucial role in reconciling food production with sustainability. But …
Prince Andrew quits public life ‘for the foreseeable future’ amid Epstein scandal
Prince Andrew has sensationally quit pubic life for the ‘for the foreseeable future’ due to his links with disgraced billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In a statement today the Duke of York said it had “become clear” to him that “my former association with Jeffrey Epstein has become a major disruption to my family’s work.” And …
Adoption of Technology Now an Imperative for the Future of Real Estate, According to IPUT’s Shaping our Cities Report
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IPUT, Ireland’s leading property company and the largest owner of offices in Dublin, today launches a report, ‘Shaping our Cities’ in conjunction with Arup, the global engineering and design group. The report looks at how digital technology is influencing the expectations and demands of investors, owners and occupiers. This, in turn, is now driving …
Better use of technology critical to future of real estate, investor says
Commercial property developers must adopt digital technology as the demands of tenants change, one of the Republic’s leading property investors has said. In a report, Shaping our Cities, IPUT argued that the property sector had been slow to embrace the digital revolution, with one estimate suggesting the sector was behind other industries by as many …
Woodside’s future in technology, trees and hydrogen
That is equivalent to solar panels covering the entire Sydney area. “So, you can get the enormity of the scale of the challenge here for us,” Coleman says. “But we’re committed to moving down and looking seriously at what that future looks like because there’s a lot of complementarities in that type of business.” Woodside …