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Textile firm Vanners Silks harnesses data to improve efficiency
2018-10-03 12:21:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
UK textile manufacturer Vanners Silks has adopted a tech-first response to the rising cost of raw materials by harnessing the power of his companies' data to drive efficiencies.
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Diageo harnesses Alexa platform to launch voice-activated cocktail lessons - video
2017-12-21 12:36:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Diageo has launched a cocktail-making app on Amazaon's Alexa platform to join a growing number of alcohol producers using the voice-enabled technology.
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Proagricas ADAPT plug-in harnesses power of Big Data for ag industry
2016-12-05 20:25:25| Corn & Soybean Digest
The ADAPT plug-in developed by Proagrica enables traditionally disparate software systems to share data seamlessly, ensuring farmers and their advisors have the information they need to perform their operations more efficiently read more
Rwanda harnesses lake "demons" to power the economy
2016-07-02 01:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Some Rwandans tell stories of "demons" in Lake Kivu causing the deaths of fishermen and swimmers who have occasionally disappeared on one of Africa's great expanses of water in the heart of the continent. Now Rwanda is turning the methane gas which can bubble up from the lake bed, sometimes with fatal consequences, into a lifeline by generating electricity to help businesses expand and light up a nation with a chronic power shortage. Across Africa, governments are struggling to increase power...
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The Mirror of Tarapaca: Chilean power project harnesses both sun and sea
2016-05-05 01:00:00| Power Technology
Located in the heart of Chiles Atacama desert, the Espejo de Tarapacá project will combine solar power with seawater-driven hydropower to create a 24/7, non-intermittent stream of renewable energy. Rod James takes a closer look.