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Virtually perfect: The past, present, and future of VR
2014-05-02 20:52:10| Extremetech
Virtual reality is currently the hot new thing in the world of gaming. If these technology giants actually execute on the promise of "VR that doesn't suck," virtual reality has the potential to invigorate the industry like nothing else before. However, the Rift and Morpheus have decades of VR failure to fight against. Even if the finished products are solid, can they convince the average consumer that virtual reality is worth the investment?
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Drought Conditions in Western US were Once Much Worse than Anything in the Past Century
2014-05-01 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A study of climate data taken from trees in the Western US reveals levels of drought that were significantly worse than anything experienced in the past century. The 1930s drought that triggered The Dust Bowl, considered the worst US drought that century, was barely strong enough to make the list of worst droughts, according to scientists at Brigham Young University in Utah, who analyzed the state's climate record back to 1429. "We're conservatively estimating the severity of these droughts...
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Portlands Central Eastside: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of the District
2014-04-30 23:54:24| PortlandOnline
The first installment of a blog series featuring the Central Eastside District, which is part of the Citys SE Quadrant Planning effort
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Rural India looks to past & present to meet growing water needs
2014-04-23 05:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Farmers in rural India are adopting a combination of centuries-old water storage methods and modern irrigation techniques to adapt to increasingly dry conditions. With funding from international donors, the government of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh is renovating thousands of medieval water ponds, and training farmers to use carefully targeted drip irrigation instead of flooding their fields with water. One of the converts to this mix of old and new methods is 80-year-old rice farmer...
IPCC report: Greenhouse gas emissions accelerated in past decade
2014-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Star: Greenhouse gas emissions grew almost twice as fast in the past decade as they did in the previous 30 years, bringing the world another step closer to a level of warming that could wreck havoc with the climate if humans dont end their dependence on fossil fuels, says a shocking new report by the UN climate panel. The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change the third of three since September calls for a drastic shift from fossil fuels like oil and coal to renewable energy...
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