watchOS 7 Adds Significant Personalization, Health, and Fitness Features to Apple Watch
Introducing watch face sharing, sleep tracking, and automatic handwashing detection Apple® today previewed watchOS® 7, delivering enhanced customization tools and powerful new health and fitness…
Liquid-air energy storage: how does it compare to other storage types?
Liquid-air energy storage: how does it compare to other storage types? “The new liquid air battery, being developed by Highview Power, is due to be…
It’s about a time for EV (electrical vehicle) manufacturers to embrace solar roof tops
New market analysis: Car Market is Ripe for Solar Roof-Tops Toyota Prius Hybrid Plugin
Tesla Market Cap Twice Larger Than Combined Market Cap of Big Three
Source: New Technologies Disrupt Automotive industry in the United States, Share Market Analysis
Hydrogen electrolysis unit to reduce diesel consumption and emissions
“The hydrogen is directly injected into the air-fuel mixture just prior to combustion. The hydrogen helps the mixture ignite faster and more completely, resulting in…
Environmental Vandalism
“Thirteen plants have either been closed or are scheduled to close including, unbelievably, Vermont Yankee and Pilgrim in energy-short New England. These nuclear workhorses offer…
Huayu 101, Your Best Online Resources for Learning Mandarin Chinese
Huayu 101, an online Mandarin Chinese learning platform established by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education (MOE) for foreigners on short-term stays in Taiwan, has launched six…
The World’s Forests Are Valued At Up To $150 Trillion–But Decisive Action Is Needed To Prevent 30% Value Loss By 2050
Single Largest Component of Value is the Ability of Forests to Regulate Climate–But Threats Such as the Conversion of Land for Agriculture and Rising Temperatures…
Hydrogen as a fuel is the perfect match for aviation
“Personal cars are at the bottom with 2% energy intensity and 5% utilization.” “The Boeing 737-400 has an energy intensity of 40%, staying in the…
Got rid of China Apps
Since its release on May 17, the ‘Remove China Apps’ app has already garnered massive support and has crossed one million downloads in less than two…
Sustainable energy storage: Norway has far more EVs on the roads as a proportion of total vehicles than anywhere else in the world
“Morrow’s lithium sulfur batteries will use deposed materials from the Norwegian oil industry.” Source: A New 32GWh Gigafactory Will Build Sustainable Batteries In Norway
COVID-19 Vaccine Development
A vaccine for the virus that causes COVID-19 could save countless lives and help the U.S. economy recover. Normally, the vaccine development process can take…
The Holy Graal of EV Industry Within Reach: Parity with Internal Combustion Engine at $100/kWh for battery packs
“The cost of CATL’s cobalt-free lithium iron phosphate battery packs has fallen below $80 per kilowatt-hour, with the cost of the battery cells dropping below…
United States Publishes a Global Maritime Advisory to Counter Sanctions Evasion by Iran, North Korea, and Syria
The U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and the U.S. Coast Guard issued a global…
Amazon Announces New Tablets for the Entire Family – the All-New Fire HD 8, Fire HD 8 Plus, and Fire HD 8 Kids Edition
The all-new Fire HD 8 comes with an 8” HD display, 30% faster performance with 2GB RAM, 2x the storage expandable up to 1TB via…
Gartner Says Global IT Spending to Decline 8% in 2020 Due to Impact of COVID-19
Spending on Cloud Services is Bright Spot in 2020 IT Spending Outlook Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.4 trillion in 2020, a decline…
Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade
This report provides background on intellectual property rights (IPR) and discusses the role of U.S. international trade policy in enhancing IPR protection and enforcement abroad.…
Canon System Integrator Program, a new initiative to establish strategic relationships between Canon and integration providers
Canon System Integrator Program is designed to provide System Integrator members exclusive resources to help better understand and utilize Canon products and technology and promote…
China Sued For Its Role In California Economic Meltdown Caused By Coronavirus Pandemic
Legal action claims intentional coverup by China as virus spread globally, seeks billions in damages for businesses affected by unprecedented shutdowns A group of California…
Funding and Financing Highways and Public Transportation
For many years, federal surface transportation programs were funded almost entirely from taxes on motor fuels deposited in the Highway Trust Fund. The tax rates,…
Fifteen Apple Stores to Re-open in Germany on May 11
The lockdown is over for some of the Apple Stores in Germany from May 11. Apple Store in Hanover, Germany
Herd Immunity as a Government Policy in Response to COVID-19 Failed Miserably
Nassim Taleb got this right, UK and Swedish Governments did not – avoiding lockdown and losing precious time to contain pandemic just brought unnecessary thousands…
Clinically Insane
My political views are more Republican than Democratic, I support many of Trump’s foreign and business policies but this is a tweet of clinically insane…
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE: Is It a Sustainable Business Model?
The U.S. Postal Service touches virtually every U.S. household and business and is critical to the national economy. However, it has lost over $78 billion…
Cell-Cultured Meat is the Next Big Thing
Soon, people will likely be able to buy cell-cultured meat. To make it, food animals are biopsied and their cells banked, or stored, for use.…