Each successive technological revolution of the modern age—industrial, informational, digital, and mobile—has played out more rapidly and more uniformly than its predecessors. The current mobile revolution is a supercharged global phenomenon; its impact on individuals, businesses, countries, economies, and societies is already felt just about everywhere. The smartphone, along with the tablet—and a fast-expanding family of wearables and other “smart” devices—have totally transformed the way people around the world live, work, play, connect, and interact.
Durante el año 2014 los avances en la Sociedad de la Información han sido muchos y de muy diversa índole, reflejo de la gran presión competitiva y también del interés que estos te- mas despiertan en la población. No obstante, merece la pena destacar dos que han sido estrella durante el año. Uno es el despliegue de fibra óptica, que ahora sí, se ha convertido en una realidad y en la infraestructura de acceso preferida por la mayoría de nuevos clientes. La otra, en cierto modo relacio- nada con la anterior, es el crecimiento del consumo de vídeo a través de Internet y de su enriquecimiento con nuevas prestaciones.
The electricity sector is undergoing an unprecedented transition. Significant penetration of renewable sources, combined with technological innovation on the grid and demand side, has provided the opportunity to decarbonize while reducing dependence on imported fuels.
But the experiences of the EU – an early mover in the transition – and elsewhere raise concerns over the ability to attract future investment. Returns on capital on both renewables and traditional utilities have fallen, and risks for investors have risen due to policy instability. This crisis of “investability” has highlighted lessons for policy-makers, regulators, business and investors in both developed and developing markets.
Over the past 10 to15 years, internet-driven disruption and innovation have been about the “internet of people”, changing the way industries and businesses operate, particularly within media and Business-to-Consumer (B2C) relationships. In the next decade, the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution is expected to have a significant impact on manufacturing, energy, agriculture and other industry sectors.
Thanks to several technological improvements over the last century, life for farmers is much easier than it used to be. But managing water consumption and distribution on farms is still a fairly manual process. Farmers have traditionally hired farm hands to drive through acres of fields and manually check the health of their crops and wetness of the soil.
Y Combinator-backed Tule (pronounced too-lee) aims to simplify the process with a device that senses plant moisture from a large area of land. It works by measuring something called evapotranspiration, or the amount of moisture released by plants into the air. The sensors collect data from the evapotranspiration and then send it to the site’s servers.
Lors d'un infarctus, une partie du muscle cardiaque n'est plus irriguée et se nécrose. Après la crise cardiaque, les tissus abîmés subissent des inflammations. Dans les cas les plus graves, une grande cicatrice est générée, ce qui réduit de manière permanente les capacités cardiaques : le patient développe une insuffisance cardiaque. La thérapie cellulaire à base de cellules de moelle épinière constitue un traitement possible, et permet aux patients de mieux se remettre après un infarctus. Cependant, chez certains patients, la fonction des cellules de moelle épinière est très réduite, et ils ne peuvent pas bénéficier de cette thérapie cellulaire.
Today Alex Kipman, technical fellow for the operating system group at Microsoft, gave consumers a first look at a new product called Windows Holographic. It also announced a device, Microsoft HoloLens with multiple sensors, spatial sound, and multiple chips, including a Microsoft-crafted processor called a Holographic Processing Unit.
“Holographic computing enabled by Windows 10 is here,” Kipman said. Every Windows 10 build features Holographic application programming interfaces (APIs) for multiple screen sizes, he said.
And Microsoft wants to attract the attention of developers previously concerned with other augmented reality platforms.
HealthTap, which offers a mobile telemedecine and health information service, surveyed some 65,000 doctors in its network to find out which apps they were recommending to patients.
Le Centre de recherche allemand en textile du Nord-ouest (DTNW) de Krefeld (Rhénanie du Nord-Westphalie) en collaboration avec l'Institut pour les techniques de l'énergie et de l'environnement de Duisbourg (IUTA) a mis au point une technique permettant d'extraire les métaux précieux contenus dans les eaux usées issues des ateliers de galvanoplastie [1].
Une équipe de l'Université de Kassel (Hesse) a développé un prototype de béton capable de convertir le rayonnement solaire en courant électrique. Pour ce faire, les chercheurs ont utilisé le principe des cellules photovoltaïques à colorant (aussi nommées cellules Gratzel du nom de son inventeur) qui imitent la photosynthèse végétale à l'aide de pigments photosensibles artificiels (équivalents de la chlorophylle).
