Technology

Benjamin K. Sovacool, professor of earth and environment at Boston University, spoke at a climate justice event at the Dana Samuel Trask Building on Friday to discuss his work on social inequities in the transition to low-carbon energy sources and recommend several policy initiatives to reduce them. The event, which was jointly hosted by The School for Environment and Sustainability and the School of Public Policy, began with Sovacool highlighting a study he worked on to understand the disparate effects of four prominent low-carbon technologies: clean cookstoves, food-sharing, electric vehicles and solar panels.  The study found that all four technologies perpetuated social inequities across racial, class and gender lines, as well as across geography and generations and betwee...

SUPERIOR, Wis.–A gas station and convenience store in Superior’s “Allouez” neighborhood, is providing new technology at the pump. The Allouez Korner Store is owned by Derek Medved and he says the new pumps are state-of-the-art, touchscreen only, and much larger than any previous screen style. They were making other improvements and figured–‘Why not go all out’? Korner Store owner Derek Medved said, “So we upgraded the entire site, did a complete overhaul that included the top of the line modern pumps, so, we’re pretty excited about that. Theyre top of the line touchscreen. There is not any in the area at the current time. So we wanted to be the first to roll them out and say ‘Hey, here’s how the future looks, right?'”. IT IS ONE OF THE KORNER STORE LOCATIONS. THIS ONE ...

The new appointment comes as In-Space Missions expands its business, adding 40 new staff in the last year and opening new office and cleanroom space at their HQ site in Alton, Hampshire. In-Space Missions appoints Matthew Angling as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead the use of new technologies and processes, and to develop innovative space products for customers.  Matthew joins In-Space Missions from Spire Global where he was Director of Space Weather.  He has a wealth of experience in space enabled C4ISR, space technologies and the space environment, having worked previously at QinetiQ where he led the ionospheric modelling team, and the University of Birmingham where he was Head of the Space Environment Group.  Matthew has an MA in Physics from the University of Oxford...

The record-breaking heat wave in China, which started back in June, has evaporated over half the hydroelectricity generation capacity in Sichuan, a southwestern province that usually gets 81% of its electricity from hydropower plants. That decreased energy supply, at a time when the need for cooling has increased demand, is putting industrial production and everyday life in the region on pause.  And as the power supply has become unreliable, the government has instituted EV charging restrictions in order to prioritize more critical daily electricity needs.  As Chinese publications have reported, finding a working charging station in Sichuan and the neighboring region Chongqing—a task that took a few minutes before the heat wave—took as long as two hours this week. The majority of pu...

VEDBÆK, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Academy of the German Football Association (DFB-Akademie), part of the single largest sports federation in the world will utilise TrackMan’s world-renowned ball flight technology to deliver the most advanced tool for practicing and improving ball striking and ball delivery skills across all aspects of the game. The DFB-Akademie, the single largest sports federation in the world will utilise TrackMan’s world-renowned ball flight technology to deliver the most advanced tool for practicing and improving ball striking and ball delivery skills across all aspects of the game. The TrackMan system adopted by the men’s senior National Team has already seen marked improvements in the practice data of players. This partnership will extend that usage ...

Quisitive Technology Solutions (CVE:QUIS – Get Rating) had its price objective lowered by Eight Capital from C$2.75 to C$1.75 in a research report issued on Friday, BayStreet.CA reports. Eight Capital’s price objective would suggest a potential upside of 153.62% from the stock’s current price. A number of other equities research analysts have also weighed in on QUIS. Cormark set a C$1.20 target price on shares of Quisitive Technology Solutions and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 27th. Scotiabank boosted their price objective on shares of Quisitive Technology Solutions from C$2.20 to C$4.00 in a research note on Friday. Canaccord Genuity Group lowered their target price on Quisitive Technology Solutions from C$2.00 to C$1.75 in a re...

Forty of the world’s top 100 public companies by market capitalization are reportedly pouring in billion of dollars into blockchain and crypto firms. According to a recent report from crypto analytics platform Blockdata, 40 firms have invested about $6 billion into blockchain and crypto companies between September 2021 and June 2022. Using figures from market intelligence platform CB Insights, Blockdata reports that Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has the biggest stake in blockchain. The California-based firm invested $1.50 billion in startups Fireblocks, Dapper Labs, Voltage and Digital Currency Group. The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, is the next biggest blockchain company investor with $1.17 billion worth of investments in FTX, Circle and Anchorage Digital. ...