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March 1, 2016 1:02 AM
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Ben Wellington: How we found the worst place to park in New York City — using big data

City agencies have access to a wealth of data and statistics reflecting every part of urban life. But as data analyst Ben Wellington suggests in this enterta...
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January 4, 2016 4:26 AM
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A Simple Introduction to Data Science – Data Science Central

A Simple Introduction to Data Science – Data Science Central | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
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Data alnalysis using Excel

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October 28, 2015 6:56 PM
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Cloud, IoT and IBM Analytics help The Weather Company improve its forecasts

Cloud, IoT and IBM Analytics help The Weather Company improve its forecasts | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Digital technology enables The Weather Company to deliver 26 billion daily forecasts
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Latest technologies used in predicting the weather

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September 21, 2015 12:33 AM
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Apple acquires startup Mapsense to take on Google Maps

Apple acquires startup Mapsense to take on Google Maps | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Firm provides visuals from location data
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August 1, 2015 4:44 AM
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Driverless car smash causes Google and human clash

Driverless car smash causes Google and human clash | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Google drums up human error excuse as employees suffer whiplash in driverless car bump
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Google never to blame when a driver less car is in a smash.

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July 21, 2014 2:45 PM
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English National Parks mobile coverage to be boosted

English National Parks mobile coverage to be boosted | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Beauty of areas to be maintained as coverage improved
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#increasedMobileCoverageNationalParks

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June 29, 2014 1:48 AM
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Top 10 Google Glass features: Translators, how-to guides and augmented reality

Top 10 Google Glass features: Translators, how-to guides and augmented reality | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
We break down the best reasons to explore Google's wearable tech
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#GoogleGlassBreakdownOfUses

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June 22, 2014 5:34 AM
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John Deere: Technology vendors need to feed agriculture's big data needs

John Deere: Technology vendors need to feed agriculture's big data needs | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Farmers are hungry for IT solutions
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June 22, 2014 5:24 AM
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Big data rubbish and grass cutting analytics save Harrow Council £4m

Big data rubbish and grass cutting analytics save Harrow Council £4m | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Local authority bets on mobile work strategy to lead to further cost cuts
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April 28, 2014 6:42 PM
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Google self-driving cars clock 700,000 miles as firm tames city streets

Google self-driving cars clock 700,000 miles as firm tames city streets | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Cars are learning like humans, says the firm
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December 26, 2013 4:31 PM
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HP big data tools help wildlife charity save the planet

HP big data tools help wildlife charity save the planet | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Conservation International is storing and analysing terabytes of information from remote locations around the world
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Big data and environment

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October 3, 2013 6:06 PM
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Green smartphones to take the world by storm...at some point

Green smartphones to take the world by storm...at some point | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
New standards for green tech will eventually filter down to consumers
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Green, Eco n phones

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August 4, 2013 6:27 AM
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Top 10 Google Glass uses that could revolutionise businesses

Top 10 Google Glass uses that could revolutionise businesses | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
The features we want to see on Google's wearable tech
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Uses of google glasses

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February 12, 2016 7:07 PM
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Met Office grapples with big data challenges as daily forecasts generate 400GB

Met Office grapples with big data challenges as daily forecasts generate 400GB | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
CIO Charles Ewen explains the challenges of hiring big data scientists too,Management,Databases,Public Sector ,Big Data,Analytics
Carol Hancox's insight:

Big Data used in weather forecasting and the challenges

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October 29, 2015 1:47 AM
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The Geography of E-Waste

The Geography of E-Waste | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
The world is increasingly going hi-tech. Many people in our high consumption society want the latest and the greatest; last year’s much anticipated laptops and cell phones are miles behind the newest models that are coming out. So what happens with the old models? Even thrift stores are politely not accepting them as donations. Even some workable machines that were highly valuable 10 years ago are now functionally trash in our society. We can’t put it to the curb to end up in the landfill because of the lead, mercury, and other hazardous materials that can leak into the environment. This type of trash is what we call e-waste. The geography of e-waste is an ‘out of sight out of mind’ problem that we rarely think about but need to due to the ecological impacts of our collective consumption.

 

Tags: pollution, sustainability, environment, resources, Ghana, Africa.

Gene Gagne's curator insight, November 4, 2015 4:04 PM

This is why there is so much illegal dumping that goes on because these companies make this hi-tech equipment knowing full well it becomes outdated in now probably a few years because they already have it planned out with new stuff every year to keep production going. Guess where all this dumping goes? To the poor countries let them deal with it. Really nice.

Courtney Barrowman's curator insight, November 7, 2015 9:56 AM

summer work

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The other side of connectivity
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October 22, 2015 7:12 PM
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The Geography of E-Waste

The Geography of E-Waste | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
The world is increasingly going hi-tech. Many people in our high consumption society want the latest and the greatest; last year’s much anticipated laptops and cell phones are miles behind the newest models that are coming out. So what happens with the old models? Even thrift stores are politely not accepting them as donations. Even some workable machines that were highly valuable 10 years ago are now functionally trash in our society. We can’t put it to the curb to end up in the landfill because of the lead, mercury, and other hazardous materials that can leak into the environment. This type of trash is what we call e-waste. The geography of e-waste is an ‘out of sight out of mind’ problem that we rarely think about but need to due to the ecological impacts of our collective consumption.

 

Tags: pollution, sustainability, environment, resources, Ghana, Africa.

Gene Gagne's curator insight, November 4, 2015 4:04 PM

This is why there is so much illegal dumping that goes on because these companies make this hi-tech equipment knowing full well it becomes outdated in now probably a few years because they already have it planned out with new stuff every year to keep production going. Guess where all this dumping goes? To the poor countries let them deal with it. Really nice.

Courtney Barrowman's curator insight, November 7, 2015 9:56 AM

summer work

Kim Ruark's curator insight, February 5, 2017 5:33 PM
The other side of connectivity
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September 10, 2015 4:58 AM
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CIO Insight: Lotus F1 on superfast big data and hyper converged infrastructure

CIO Insight: Lotus F1 on superfast big data and hyper converged infrastructure | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
V3 catches up with the race team's converged infrastructure specialist Anthony Smith
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Update on F1 technologies - big data from the sensors used

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August 6, 2014 2:45 AM
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Driverless cars to be tested on UK roads from 2015

Driverless cars to be tested on UK roads from 2015 | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
UK government outlines plans to give self-driving cars access to public highways
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June 29, 2014 1:56 AM
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Deadline for green computers in Europe draws near

Deadline for green computers in Europe draws near | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Hardware firms must adhere to new energy consumption limits from 1 July
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June 22, 2014 6:02 AM
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Google begins building prototype self-driving cars

Google begins building prototype self-driving cars | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
No brakes, no steering wheel, no accelerator
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June 22, 2014 5:33 AM
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Government plans regulatory roadmap for Google's driverless cars

Government plans regulatory roadmap for Google's driverless cars | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Department for Transport to follow California with changes to law as technology revolution drives forward
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#policisForDrverlessCars

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June 22, 2014 5:22 AM
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TfL turns to mapping tech to ease £2bn congestion pains

TfL turns to mapping tech to ease £2bn congestion pains | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Data flow essential to keeping London's roads moving
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#GIS#mapping

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February 1, 2014 3:25 AM
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Google Glass driving case thrown out of court as legal questions remain

Google Glass driving case thrown out of court as legal questions remain | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Put your hands where I can see them, and take those silly glasses off,Gadgets ,Cars,Google
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#Google glasses & legislation

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October 21, 2013 6:36 PM
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Ship trackers 'vulnerable to hacks'

Ship trackers 'vulnerable to hacks' | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
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Vulnerable ships tracking system

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August 4, 2013 6:32 AM
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DfT plans to outlaw Google Glass use in cars are short-sighted

DfT plans to outlaw Google Glass use in cars are short-sighted | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Banning unreleased tech may not be the most sensible way of going about things
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Google glasses banned for driving in UK - proposal

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