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What’s New In Gartner’s Hype Cycle For Emerging Technologies, 2020
Getty Health passports lead all technologies in their potential to make a transformational impact in two years or less, accelerated by early adopters in China (Health Code) and India (Aarogya Setu). Social distancing technologies enter the Hype Cycle for the first time at the top of the Peak of Inflated Expectations due to the extraordinary …
Red kite 30-year Chilterns project a ‘conservation success’
Image copyright Science Photo Library Image caption There are now about 10,000 red kites in the UK The reintroduction of red kites to an area of outstanding natural beauty 30 years ago has been a “true conservation success story”, an expert has said. Numbers of kites had declined over a 200-year period and by the …
Makani’s kite could harness more of the world’s wind energy
California-based Makani — which is owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet — is using power from the strongest winds found out in the middle of the ocean, typically in spots where it’s a challenge to install traditional wind turbines. Makani hopes to create electricity to power communities across the world. Despite a growing number of …
