Modern digital road signage, where different messages can be displayed from a remote control unit, offer a marvellous opportunity to ease the way for emergency services. With the advent of almost-instant 5G communications and the Internet of Things (IoT), joined-up…
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Industrial hemp is part of the answer to the proliferation of plastic. The shame of it is that plastic is a truly useful and essential material but we have abused it unforgivably, and that behaviour shows no signs of abating…
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Innovation must be a driving force behind regenerating the UK economy post-Covid. Focused localism with well-chosen projects gives people a chance to get involved, feel a sense of ownership and use their capabilities to rebuild the country. We make the…
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Walking around Amsterdam on a still and sultry late summer evening, there is no breeze but the air is fresh. No obvious traffic pollution assails our nostrils. We are struck by how it’s cyclists that generate air currents as they…
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Rumours, fake news and conspiracy theories all belong to the same stable of potentially dangerous misinformation that can kick off social unrest and even panic in some cases. You would think that with so much information at our fingertips these…
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Tactics win battles – strategies win the war. Countries that copied China’s strategy to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus achieved the best outcomes for controlling the disease. Alexander the Great excelled at military strategy and many commanders successfully copied his methods,…
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Inhabitants of Earth could face crisis from many threats; asteroids, war, disease, and climate change. The warming climate is the spectre haunting everyone’s dreams, a terrifying prospect that could spell the end of life unless we act fast – and…
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The grid refers to the mains electricity network. The core concept of Living Off The Grid means disconnecting from most or all of our everyday creature comforts and returning to a much simpler way of life. No TV, radio or…
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Climate disaster plagues the minds of many. With between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes of plastic entering the ocean each year, plastic pollution is at the forefront of the issue. You only have to see pictures of beaches in the…
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Once upon a times, the rag and bone man came around and hauled away our unwanted bits and pieces. They went to a scrapyard and from there to glass, fabric and metal recycling processors. Then came plastic and it changed…
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