Category: Environment

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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Good or Bad Time for a Green Economy?

As stock markets continue to melt, politicians and government bureaucrats scramble to find answers. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has pledged to pump $150 billion into developing alternative energy sources over the

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Money and Monkeys

There are analysts on both sides of the debate about whether development is good or bad for the environment. On the one side there are those who argue that more development will

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Water and Energy in Tajikistan

Last August I wrote a post about growing concerns over the availability of water [The Coming Water Wars?]. Water is like most natural resources, some countries have more of it than others.

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From Solar Power to Kid Power

Massachusetts set off a bit of a firestorm when it recently passed legislation requiring that 15 percent of the power purchased by utility companies operating in the state must be from renewable

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Plant-based Plastics

Much has changed over the past 40 decades. Older readers may recall the 1967 motion picture “The Graduate,” in which Dustin Hoffman got his first big break. One of the more memorable

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Harnessing the Power of Waves

As long as people have turned their eyes from the shore to the sea, they have seen and recognized the power of waves as they relentlessly hurl themselves toward the shoreline. I

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