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Are You Ready for Workplace Brain Scanning?

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But there are serious questions about whether work should be organized around certain functions of the brain, rather than the person as a whole. This analysis and many others feed into the models that present simplified metrics of attention and cognitive stress [bottom] to the worker. They don’t know the possibilities yet.”.

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Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities Highlights Importance of Geophysical and Technical Factors

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Within the overall trends there are differences between cities with more or less public transit; while personal income also impacts heating and industrial fuel use. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es900213p. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Lifecycle analysis. Charles Kolb. Christopher Kennedy et al.

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50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World

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The computer, and the office, of the future Broadly speaking, the PARC researchers set out to explore possible technologies for use in what Xerox had tagged “the office of the future.” But, Lampson argued, the Alto would also be perfect for much broader experiments in personal computing and networking. The two were disciples of J.C.R.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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2 ] Rasmussen’s “one agreement, two steps” plan was quickly endorsed by US President Obama, as well as Australia’s Prime Minister Rudd and Russia’s President Medvedev, all of whom were present at the APEC summit. April, 2008 : In an article entitled Dangerous Assumptions ( earlier post ), Roger Pielke, Jr.,

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Although not part of the conferences formal structure, the themes were addressed in the presentations and panel discussions. As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. Energy Markets in a State of Change. DOE and Speed of Loan Guarantees.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

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