Tomorrow’s Toilets
April 1, 2010
At the close of yesterday’s post about washing machines and water, I indicated that I would next discuss how new designs for toilets are also trying to cut down on water use.
Category: Critical Infrastructure
In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
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Updates on Alternative Energy Sources: Conclusion
March 22, 2010
The so-called green energy sector (i.e., alternative and renewable sources of energy) is one of the few areas that finds support from across the political spectrum. Liberals support green energy because it
Updates on Alternative Energy Sources, Part 6: Solar
March 18, 2010
This is the sixth in a series of posts on alternative energy sources using as a starting point an article by Michael Totty [“The Long Road to an Alternative-Energy Future,” Wall Street
Updates on Alternative Energy Sources, Part 5: Wind
March 17, 2010
This is the fifth in a series of posts on alternative energy sources using as a starting point an article by Michael Totty [“The Long Road to an Alternative-Energy Future,” Wall Street
Updates on Alternative Energy Sources, Part 2: Nuclear Power
March 12, 2010
I introduced this series on alternative energy sources with an article by Michael Totty [“The Long Road to an Alternative-Energy Future,” Wall Street Journal, 22 February 2010]. Totty concludes his article by
Updates on Alternative Energy Sources, Part 1
March 11, 2010
Over the past couple of months, there have been an increasing number of articles about advances in alternative energy research. New breakthroughs, coupled with the passage of stimulus packages around the world
Changing Business Models in the Energy Sector
February 19, 2010
There remain a number of ongoing debates about achieving energy security in the United States and most of those debates surround oil. I constantly remind people that development depends on generating electricity
Concern Growing Over Energy, Water, and Hydraulic Fracturing
February 3, 2010
Energy security continues to be a focus issue for politicians around the world. One can’t discuss energy, however, without also talking about the environment. Last December, the Wall Street Journal openly wondered
Sewage and Cleantech
January 25, 2010
Like every other segment of the economy, the cleantech sector took a hit last year. Compared to other sectors, however, it fared relatively well — at least when it comes to attracting
Hope, Infrastructure, and the Future
November 27, 2009
Hope is an interesting topic. Samuel Smiles (a good name for someone filled with hope) once said, “Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly
