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“The environmental movement is, in my view, the greatest threat to freedom and prosperity in the modern world,” states to Myron Ebell, an adviser to the US president Donald Trump’s administration. Ebell said US voters had rejected what he dubbed the “expertariat” and said there was no doubt that Trump thinks that climate change is […]

Why do some urban spaces attract crowds of happy visitors whilst others sit barren and empty? There are many studies designed to uncover the bad consequences of over-crowding, but what about under-crowding? These are some of the fundamental questions asked by William H. Whyte (1917-1999), widely considered to be the godfather of urban psychology. Whyte’s […]

“Smart connected ecosystems combined with artificial intelligence integrated in products is game changing and disruptive,” says Frank Vorrath, VP of Global Supply Chain at Johnson Controls, on the topics of traditional business and the smart building sector. Vorrath highlights the supply chain ecosystem, comprising of the entire supply and value chains, as central to success […]

“As domestic and geopolitical tensions continue to rise, governments will find it increasingly hard to function amidst a constant barrage of uncontrollable information and the threat of cyber-attacks, making them grow more wary of the internet’s influence”, suggests Katja Bego, data scientist at Nesta’s Technology Futures team, in an article entitled ‘The Splinternet’. Last year […]

“It’s clear for those watching the evolution of blockchain that we’re at the start of a digital turning point, an evolutionary step in the way value and opportunity are created and distributed”, concludes an article by British publication Raconteur. The article demonstrates the future of blockchain in a series of interesting charts, mainly focused on […]

An investigation is underway over a cyber attack on Ukraine’s power grid last month. The attack, which plunged the northern part of the capital, Kiev, into darkness, is part of a series of strikes on its energy and financial infrastructure, the head of the state-run power distributor said. This event follows a major cyber-attack on […]

The internet of things, part of the cyber-physical systems revolution, is, among other things, making our buildings, cities and grids more efficient. The array of connected objects that make up these systems are in constant communication with one another, and with central processing units, to create a data-rich picture of the world around them. “If […]

Like the soap bubble, a market bubble can seem as if it will rise forever, floating carelessly in the air. However, since market bubbles are not formed from anything substantial they, like soap bubbles, will eventually pop. When they do, the money that was invested into them dissipates into the wind. Approximately 475 MWh was […]