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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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This stretch, called Iris, will link Iceland to Ireland. In subsequent years, the Far North Fiber project will lay down a cable through the Northwest Passage, connecting Iceland to Greenland, then Canada, Alaska, and finally Japan. As a bonus, the tech onboard the balloons runs on solar power.

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Earth Day and the Importance of Green Energy

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In this celebration, we acknowledge the future of green technology is not only healthier for the planet and its residents, but more high-tech than more archaic, higher polluting options. Earth Day and Green Tech. These new choices are often termed “green tech.”. It uses the power of wind pushing turbines to collect energy.

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A Girls’ Trip to Costa Rica. But With No Phones, Did It Happen?

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She added that FTLO’s phone-free trips this year, which start at $1,699 and also head to Iceland, Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico, are in strong demand. With Unplugged , a company specializing in tech-free escapes, you can book a “digital detox cabin” to spend three tech-free days in the English countryside.

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Studying Climate Change with an Ice Radar Drone

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It’s –27 °C, dipping below –40 °C with wind chill—well below the operating temperature of most of the commercial equipment we brought for this expedition. These great masses store enough water to raise global sea level by 65 meters should they melt entirely. Our phones, laptops, and cameras are rapidly failing.