Virtual reality is here to stay and it’s more important than just playing a game or watching a boxing match in a more immersive way. It could, and will, change lives. Imagine this kind of happiness in children’s hospitals everywhere, all of the time. Then think about how doctors can train for surgery virtually. Pretty amazing stuff, eh? See: Here’s what virtual reality means for children stuck in the hospital. Here is a direct video link.
Free from the politics of nations, cities are showing the way in smart energy solutions from the ground up.
The mayor of Bristol, England is pretty frank about the pitfalls of trying to talk his people out of driving their cars to work.
“I’ve learned a lot of new swear words in this job,” says George Ferguson.…Despite the detractors, Ferguson’s lead-by-example approach, coupled with other carrot-and-stick measures undertaken by the city, appear to be resonating. More people are cycling. Carbon emissions are dropping.
Although it is still the most congested city in the UK, Bristol was named Europe’s Green Capital for 2015, based as much on its potential as its initiatives to become greener.
See: Bristol, England shows what cities can do and Bus fueled by biomethane from human waste. Here is a direct video link.
Also see A new way of looking at waste.
China is driving global demand alright…but not in the direction so widely predicted.
“It puts global commodities producers in a bad situation as China struggles with excess supplies of base metals, steel and oil products,” Kang Yoo Jin, a commodities analyst at NH Investment & Securities Co., said by phone from Seoul. “The surplus of commodities is becoming a real pain for China and to ease the glut, it’s increasing its shipments overseas.” See: When it rains it pours, China unleashes commodity torrent
