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TechnologyFirefighters Now Safer in Flames as Coders Win Competition
A team of IT volunteers in Barcelona, Spain developed an armband device aimed at protecting firefighters, with sensors that monitor real-time temperature, smoke concentration and humidity, sending alerts to fire command centers to pull firefighters out of dangerous situations.
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EnvironmentScientists Fight Wild Fires from Space with Remarkable Success
While news are full with terrible fires in the Amazon and California, researchers have just announced surprising facts: the amount of land burned has been decreasing annually with a staggering drop of 25 percent between 2003 and 2019. One reason: Space technology.
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TechnologyGermans Turn Famous Autobahn into E-Highway to Recharge Trucks on the Go
Germany’s Environment Ministry along with engineering company Siemens have launched the nation’s first e-Highway earlier this year, powering hybrid trucks in a first step towards transforming to a greener method of goods transportation.
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TechnologySweden’s E-Road to Fossil Free Transportation Now Two Kilometers Long
The Swedish Transport Administration constructed a two-kilometer electrified road in the Stockholm area – the first of its kind that can charge all types of electric and hybrid vehicles – as part of a project aimed at electrifying all highways in the nation.
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TechnologyZimbaweans use “Trash-Uber” to Get Rid of Their Garbage
The government in Zimbabwe has struggled to keep its capital city clean, leaving 10,000 tonnes piling up in the streets of Harare each month. Now, a local waste management company is stepping in with a mobile app solution, called the “Trash-Uber” by many.
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