The nature of true innovation is such that any unique activity is at once, both ignored as irrelevant and recognised [by some] as the future... The difficult part is knowing which one... We know what we are, but know not what we may be. William Shakespeare Given current policy debates regarding "industries of the future" and the need to be "agile"…
The implications of "auto" or "hands-free" operation of vehicles is profound. The legal and ethical questions are well beyond the current "legislative curve". The implications for the future of work and the next level of automation are significant. Below is an extensive 16 minute test drive of the new Autopilot software version 7 from Tesla. Consider the irony [in the…
The Guardian kicks in to second-gear with their campaign on fossil fuel divestment. A story of hope: we launch phase II of Keep it in the Ground, our climate change campaign http://t.co/V56iefvBh4 #keepitintheground — Guardian Environment (@guardianeco) October 5, 2015
The Secret Startup That Saved the Worst Website in America-The Atlantic The Atlantic's Robinson Meyer has an excellent piece on Loren Yu, Kevin Wang, Rohan Bhobe and the Marketplace Lite team [MPL], working as a startup within the US Government to "retrieve" the first iteration of a bloated and apparently unfit-for-purpose roll-out of the Healthcare.gov online environment. This is a complimentary…
Australia tops Global Creativity Index Mapping the connection between cities, inequality, and creative economics http://t.co/ZaHzQscksk pic.twitter.com/0Udmiy6Z6S — CityLab (@CityLab) July 9, 2015
The sun-powered plane, [ Solar Impulse 2 ] piloted by veteran Swiss aviator Andre Borschberg, took 118 hours — about five days — to make the voyage from Japan to Hawaii and landed shortly after dawn at Kalaeloa Airport on the main Hawaiian island of Oahu. Swiss explorers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg are the founders, pilots and driving force…
Impressive. The Melbourne Girls College won the Zayed Future Energy Prize in the category of Global Schools - Oceania back in January of this year. Seems somewhat 'unheralded' but worthy of recognition. The Zayed Future Energy Prize represents the vision of the Late Founding Father and President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan, who championed environmental stewardship.…
The phrase "Stranded Assets" will occupy many policy briefings over the weeks, months and years ahead. The Geo-political implications of current energy investment are increasingly main stream, if not fundamental policy vectors. The early months of 2015 have seen significant momentum-shift in the market-drivers for genuine energy policy reform, if not profound/total re-think. Increasing evidence of large fund divestments here, here,…
The Federal Minister for Industry & Science, the Hon Ian Macfarlane MP and Carnegie CEO, Dr Michael Ottaviano switched on the world’s first grid connected wave energy array power plant today, February 19th. The world’s first grid-connected wave energy array is now pumping enough electricity to power between 1,500 to 2,000 households in Western Australia. At the moment, the Department of Defence…