Think, for example, to the fast food industry, which itself is facing automation. Uber, for its part, appears to be heading in the same direction—it is spending heavily on a future where self-driving vehicles may be the norm, and drivers are obsolete. The firm spent over $457 million in 2018 to research and develop a unit focused on futuristic projects including autonomous vehicles and flying cars. 

Thanks. At 20% PV efficiency, one would get 28 W/m^2 annual average. So, I thought their figure was either very good performance or some particular figure.

The 30-ft-tall neon public art piece, by local artist Dirk J. Arnold, shows people traveling northbound on Oracle the history of the roadway, and if they are traveling southbound it welcomes them to Tucson.

Following the success of its ocean plastic trainers, which contain 95% post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics sourced from ocean and beach clean-ups, sportswear brand Adidas has this month unveiled its first “mono-material” shoe – a running trainer which can be recycled whole.

Speaking during the signing ceremony, Country Director of Solar Nigeria FTP, Tobi Oluwatola, said the project is due to be commissioned in September 2019. It will supply a peak load of 99kW to the community in its first phase, and up to 500kW in its second phase.

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Whilst I like the idea, would I be right in saying that anyone (I.e. a burglar) with a pair of binoculars could watch you input your code? I’d be much happier with a smart lock that requires something physical, e.g. my watch or phone that unlocks via Bluetooth/NFC using the fingerprint sensor or FaceID.

Climate experts who track China’s massive infrastructure and trade scheme say that in its first five years the initiative has overwhelmingly supported fossil fuels infrastructure while giving short shrift to renewables and low-carbon technology.

He said crews have been installing the lights since the beginning of the year. They ordered about 60 lights and plan to finish installing them within the next few weeks. If bus drivers and riders suggest other bus stops that need to be better lit, Austin said they’ll order more lights.

LED developer Matthew Jones told Government News that because street lights are the single largest source of emissions from local government, solar street lighting can reduce pollution and costs simultaneously.

Cota safely delivers targeted power without wires, charging pads or line of sight, opening new paths to innovation for companies and communities, providing a way to fulfill the promise of the Internet of Things, and eliminating the negative environmental and safety impacts of wires and batteries.

“The country is suffering from inadequate power generation capacity by Eskom because of the rife copper cable theft. The reason for that is because there are thousands of kilometres of underground cable which are unguarded.”