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Turns out those old-fashioned ways of farming were actually pretty smart
2013-12-10 01:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Remember those things humans did for thousands of years to feed themselves before we came up with all kinds of newfangled methods? We might want to go back to doing those old-school things. The United Nations recently formed the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, a 115-country group that`s trying to bring down skyrocketing rates of species extinction. During meetings in Turkey this week, the group is discussing a strategy that it thinks could help protect biodiversity:...
Bluetooth Smart radio flaunts exceptional battery lifespan
2013-12-09 19:32:43| Wireless - Topix.net
Featuring Imec and Holst Centre's 2.4GHz ultra-low power radio and Wicentric's exactLE product line of Bluetooth Smart software, the radio solution is aimed at Internet of Things applications such as personal health monitoring systems and smart home devices.
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Microsofts new smart bra stops you from emotionally overeating
2013-12-09 19:23:09| Extremetech
Showing an almost shocking lack of sensitivity for gender stereotyping, Microsoft Research has developed a smart bra that prevents women from emotional and stress eating. Microsoft posits that by reducing emotional and stress eating, the bra wearer's overall health can be improved. The jury is still out on whether stress eating is actually that big of a deal health-wise, mind you -- and also whether it's really an occupational hazard of being female, or whether it's just a delightful case of media stereotyping.
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Smart TV smarts: Learning the truth about smart TVs
2013-12-09 01:49:26| Wireless - Topix.net
American consumers are increasingly comfortable with the term "smart" when it's associated with technology.
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Alstom to provide IDMS technology for smart grid project in US
2013-12-09 01:00:00| Power Technology
Alstom has won a contract from PPL Electric Utilities to provide its integrated distribution management system (IDMS) to power a smart grid project in to enhance system reliability in the Harrisburg area, Pennsylvania.
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