involving remote medical monitoring and management. Credit cards will be replaced by smartphone transactions systems. Auto insurance will be changed through GPS-based monitoring devices that reward good driving performance. 6. We will be amassing unprecedented amounts of data, both social and public (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs, etc.). Billions of devices will contribute exponentially to this avalanche of data. Cloud based tools will allow anyone to mine this data and perform analysis, using it
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to limit the global average temperature rise to 2C. The rationale for this target is that a rise above 2C carries a significant risk of catastrophic climate change that would almost certainly lead to irreversible planetary "tipping points", caused by events such as the melting of the Greenland ice shelf, the release of frozen methane deposits from Arctic tundra, or dieback of the Amazon. In fact, the first two are happening now, at below the 2C threshold. As for the
choice between two different futures – a choice that to my ears echoes the words of an ancient prophet: "Life or death, blessings or curses. Therefore, choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live." We, the human species, are confronting a planetary emergency – a threat to the survival of our civilization that is gathering ominous and destructive potential even as we gather here. But there is hopeful news as well: we have the ability to solve this crisis and avoid the worst – though not all – of
State of Tennessee. For 8 years Al Gore was the Vice President of the United States. It was following his run with politics, Al Gore became involved with the environment. In 2004, Al Gore gave a speech at Yale University called, “The Climate Emergency”. In this speech, he would support his claims with facts and statistics and appeal to his audience’s emotions (Austin 454). People tend to believe the environment is often felt to be relatively invulnerable because the earth is so big. Some
Sustainable development and Religion. Buddhism and the Climate-Energy Emergency Statue of Buddha Sakyamuni, Bodh Gaya, India It is in this way that we must train ourselves: by liberation of the self through love. We will develop love, we will practice it, we will make it both a way and a basis, take our stand upon it, store it up, and thoroughly set it going. The Buddha, Samyutta Nikaya Environmental and social breakdown
eager to hear what fascinations he had to offer that would ultimately stretch ÅÃeyond the reach of the worldÃÔ moat powerful telescopesÍÂnd beyond the reach of human imagination¡¦(Parshall et al, 1998, p.PG). HubbleÃÔ ambition appeared to be unprecedented with regard to his desire to discard all previous interpretations of the universe and its relationship to Earth. Throughout his life, Hubble worked painstakingly as a means by which to prove his theories, utilizing every method and equipment possible
Are environmental chemicals associated with obesity in humans? Abstract Obesity has become a grave issue in the contemporary world of technological and scientific advancements that is rising at an unprecedented rate not only in adults, but children and teenagers are equally being affected by the epidemic of obesity. However, various factors have been identified and determined that leads to the development of obesity, amongst which the environmental chemicals (such as bisphenol A, nicotine,
reduction of biodiversity (e.g., Myers et al. 2000). The general public and its political representatives might be more concerned with biotic impoverishment if they understood that species are the basic components of the biosphere, which serves as a planetary life support system. Lovelock (2009, p. 33) states that the Earth system, which he calls Gaia, is in trouble, and "the climate war could kill nearly all of us and leave a few survivors living a Stone Age existence. But in several places in the world
journalism: The Indian scene, eclipse of the general interest magazines, (5) stagnation of news magazines, scope for special interest magazines. The role of the consumers purchasing power more important than editorial content 8 Magazines during post emergency boom Success of ‘India Today’. How can magazines (5) compete with the challenge posed by TV which now covers sports, celebrities, life style, news and business. How to find out if there is a niche for new magazines. Comment on Travel, Health, Technology
democracy. According to his analysis, the high-speed imperatives of modern warfare and weapons systems strengthened the executive and debilitated representative legislatures. The compression of territory thereby paved the way for executive-centered emergency government (Virilio 1977). But it was probably the German philosopher Martin Heidegger who most clearly anticipated contemporary debates about globalization. Heidegger not only described the “abolition of distance” as a constitutive feature of our