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The dark side of ocean cleanup technology.

The dark side of ocean cleanup technology.

Rebecca Helm despises the phrase “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”

This moniker is used to describe the vast stretch of ocean from the west coast of North America to Japan that is crammed with an estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of trash, most of which are plastic.

“I think it’s a really awful practice to name a part of the world after something bad that’s happened to it,” says Helm, a marine biologist at Georgetown University’s Earth Commons Institute.

Moreover, she thinks that this term misleadingly implies that this area is a barren wasteland, when in fact there is a trove of marine life living alongside the floating plastic bottles, dirty fishing nets, and discarded Styrofoam cups. Along with the occasional shark or sea turtle passerby, this region—which is actually called “the North Pacific High”—hosts a unique array of tiny species that live at the sea surface, from electric-blue seadragons to minuscule

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Avi Loeb’s claims of finding possible alien technology are polarizing scientists

Avi Loeb’s claims of finding possible alien technology are polarizing scientists

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Sifting through spherules from the ocean floor isn’t your typical summer project, but for Harvard Prof. Avi Loeb, there’s nothing he’d rather be doing.

Spherules, he explains, are basically small metallic marbles. The Israeli theoretical physicist and former head of the Harvard astronomy department traveled a long way to find them — Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island, where he and a research team researched from June 14 to 28.

Loeb posits that they come from the first interstellar object detected by humanity, a meteor that exploded in the Earth’s atmosphere, above Papua New Guinea on January 8, 2014. What’s more, he suggests, this meteor might represent extraterrestrial technology.

“The first thing to do is figure out whether the material identity looks different from solar system material,” Loeb told The Times of Israel over Zoom. “It would be the first time humans put their hands on material from

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Will Indian Railways network finally get the indigenous technology to prevent train accidents?

Will Indian Railways network finally get the indigenous technology to prevent train accidents?

Indian Railways is betting on the rollout of the indigenously designed and developed Kavach (meaning armour) technology to enhance safety on its vast network and prevent train accidents. Kavach, which is already operational across 1,465 route km in South Central Railway, aims to prevent the loco pilot or the train driver from signal jumping, overspeeding, and collisions.
But how does Kavach work? And how effective is it in preventing train collisions?
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnawin a recent interview to ET said that on some levels the indigenous Kavach is technologically better than the famous European Train Control System (ETCS).“There is no question of going back to the ETCS. It is amply clear. As far as the architecture is concerned, Kavach is technologically better than theETCS,” he was quoted as saying.
Kavach also aids trains during adverse weather such as dense fog. Should the loco pilot miss
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How Givex manages a global workforce with technology that takes care of the details

How Givex manages a global workforce with technology that takes care of the details

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For companies with employees who work remotely, task management tools can automatically break down and distribute work, which allows for greater inclusivity.Getty Images

When Don Gray and his wife, Debra Demeza, co-founded Givex as a part-time project in 1999, they also built a little piece of software to help stay on track.

The “JobJar,” as they called it, gave the founders – and later, the employees – a clear rundown of what they were responsible for and when, automatically breaking down big projects into small tasks and assigning them to individual contributors.

“Let’s say we’re onboarding a new client; we have a template of jobs that have to be looked after,” explains Mr. Gray, chief executive officer of Givex. “There’s a series of maybe 10 or 15 jobs that go out, and depending on the nature of the client they’re automatically assigned to the

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Kandou will be sharing Its Vision and Market-Leading Solutions Strategy at the Morgan Stanley European Technology, Media & Telecom Conference

Kandou will be sharing Its Vision and Market-Leading Solutions Strategy at the Morgan Stanley European Technology, Media & Telecom Conference

Published Nov 06, 2023  •  2 minute read

CEO Amin Shokrollahi and CFO Jeff Winzeler are Available for One-on-One Meetings

SAINT-SULPICE, Switzerland, Nov. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

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Who: Kandou’s Founder and CEO Dr. Amin Shokrollahi, and CFO Jeff Winzeler.

What: Presenting Kandou’s vision and innovative high-performance, low-power chip communications solutions in one-on-one meetings with institutional investors Morgan Stanley European Technology, Media & Telecom Conference.

When: Wednesday, November 15, through Friday, November 17.

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