Smartphone use found to differ between urban and rural areas
Smartphones have altered human behavior in complex ways but context can also alter smartphone use.
Nov 30, 2023
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Business
Amazon delivery drones: How the sky could be the limit for market dominance
Amazon's latest plan to use drones to deliver packages in the UK by the end of 2024 is essentially a relaunch. It was ten years ago that the company's founder Jeff Bezos first announced it would fly individual packages through ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Future car travel may be cheaper, but also more expensive
Many of the cars currently speeding through the summer landscape are running on electricity. At the same time, fuel taxes are an important source of income for the government. So where will the money come from in the future ...
Aug 7, 2023
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Amazon wants small businesses to help make deliveries in rural areas and big cities
Many small businesses have long relied on Amazon's platform and delivery pipeline to boost their business. Now, Amazon wants to enlist them to help with deliveries, too.
Jun 26, 2023
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Engineering
Study proposes simple low-cost solutions to improve thermal comfort in social housing
Brazil has a housing deficit of 5.876 million units (5.044 million in urban areas and 832,000 in rural areas), according to the latest government survey.
Jun 21, 2023
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Engineering
AI helps place drones in remote areas for faster emergency response
For residents of rural and underserved areas, access to emergency medical care can be a matter of life and death. With limited access to health care services and long ambulance wait times due to distance, these communities ...
May 18, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The end of thermal cars: Why electric vehicles aren't a silver bullet
On 8 June 2022, the European Parliament voted to ban the sale of new internal-combustion engine cars in Europe in 2035. This measure is part of European objectives to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55% by 2030 and ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Internet
Starlink: SpaceX's new internet service could be a gamechanger in Africa
It's hard for many of us to imagine a world without instant, limitless internet access. Some have even argued that it should, alongside access to clean water and electricity, be considered a basic human right.
Mar 1, 2023
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Robotics
Japan rolls out 'humble and lovable' delivery robots
"Excuse me, coming through," a four-wheeled robot chirps as it dodges pedestrians on a street outside Tokyo, part of an experiment businesses hope will tackle labor shortages and rural isolation.
Feb 8, 2023
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Study finds community choice energy aggregation programs have reduced costs, increased sustainability
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have found that nearly 80% of Community Choice Energy aggregation (CCE) programs instituted by municipalities in Massachusetts offer reduced electrical costs compared ...
Feb 7, 2023
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