Webinar: Simulation Modeling for Systems Engineers
Webinar: Simulation Modeling for Systems Engineers
Resources map of Afghanistan
Modern manufacturing’s triple play: Digital twins, analytics & the internet of things (Economist)
Imagine if doctors could create a digital twin version of you that updates in real time using data from sensors in your home, in your car and on your person, such as wearable devices like smart watches. This virtual twin could signal or even predict impending illnesses such as cancer, thus enabling early diagnosis when treatment might be most effective.
Parts of a realistic life cycle for soy biodiesel production - Screenshot from openLCA using processes (represented through boxes) from LCA Commons.
Life Cycle Assessment, LCA, own claims“Holistic”“Science based”„Avoidsburden-shifting“
On the doorstep - by Kyla Fisher
"E-commerce packaging has already disrupted the materials recovery system, but the seismic shopping shift is still in its early stages. Here's how the recycling industry can start planning for more changes to be delivered soon."
News from Boeing: In one message, an employee is quoted as saying the Max was "designed by clowns, who are in turn supervised by monkeys."
Related: Fired CEO Dennis Muilenburg gets $80.7 million on exit from Boeing
Water Supply System in Los Angeles (via)
China flight systems jammed by pig farm’s African swine fever defences (scmp)
"Chinese state media reported last week that gangs were exploiting the African swine fever crisis by deliberately spreading the disease by using drones to drop infected items on to pig farms. A Chinese pig farm’s attempt to ward off drones – said to be spreading African swine fever – jammed the navigation systems of a number of planes flying overhead. In more common cases, according to the magazine, the criminals spread rumours about the presence of the virus to achieve a cheap purchase price."
The Copenhagen Tramways (1863-1972) already knew it:
“One bus can relieve the street for 40 cars with 1.7 passengers in each” (via)
"Simply saying that more health research is needed on 5G —the latest generation of cell phone technology— can be hazardous to your reputation."
Related: A Fact-Free Hit on a 5G Critic
Inauguration of a new US$55 billion gas pipeline "Power of Siberia" helps cement increasingly close Beijing-Moscow ties that are moving beyond economics into security.
Nordstream 2 is nearing completion but controversy remains (DW)
"The Nordstream 2 natural gas pipeline being built by Russia's Gazprom is nearing completion. Critics of the project, including the US and Poland, fear that the EU will become too dependent on Russian gas."
Power of connection: why the Russia–Europe gas trade is strangely untouched by politics (nature)
"Thane Gustafson argues that fuel pipelines foster stability."
Texas Oil Explorers Say Predictions of Growth Contradict Dire Reality (bloomberg)
"Then there’s the rapid decline of shale-well production. In the top five shale basins, wells that came on in 2018 are declining at their fastest rates yet, according to David Ramsden-Wood, the former COO of Permian producer Franklin Mountain Energy."
Fracking Blows Up Investors Again: Phase 2 of the Great American Shale Oil & Gas Bust (wolfstreet)
"In 2019 through third quarter, 32 oil and gas drillers have filed for bankruptcy, according to Haynes and Boone."
Long Beach Container Terminal is using $1.5B to build a fully-automated system by 2021. It will handle 2x the freight volumes than before and cut pollution to help reach zero emissions by 2030: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-05-20/in-middle-of-trade-war-america-s-busiest-port-gets-ready-for-robots
PROWLER.io released a whitepaper that shows how probabilistic modeling can be used to solve the supply chain trade problem posed by the logistics of pooled palettes: https://drive.google.com/file/d/182ulJ9LA580wS3btnzTKzSywzbQdoslH/view
Ghost Ships, Crop Circles, and Soft Gold: A GPS Mystery in Shanghai: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614689/ghost-ships-crop-circles-and-soft-gold-a-gps-mystery-in-shanghai/ #Military #Infrastructure #China
"A sophisticated new electronic warfare system is being used at the world’s busiest port. But is it sand thieves or the Chinese state behind it?" GPS is a system entirely owned by the US Air Force / Gov. Why invoke a Chinese state actor attack first?
Shortly before the coup against Evo Morales, his government announced plans to nationalise the lithium industry and to deal directly on the global market. Demand for lithium is expected to triple in the next 15y. Guess where the largest reserves are...
"After the coup, Tesla’s stock rose astronomically": https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/11/13/after-evo-the-lithium-question-looms-large-in-bolivia/
Blackwater founder Erik Prince launches fund to invest in car battery metals: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-erik-prince-mining/blackwater-founder-launches-fund-to-invest-in-car-battery-metals-ft-idUSKCN1OV1S1
Who's behind the Bolivia coup? With Max Blumenthal, Aaron Maté, Ben Norton
#Politics #Military #Infrastructure
Growing Ecological Civilization in China - by Evaggelos Vallianatos: https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/growing-ecological-civilization-in-china/ #ClimateChange #Regenerative #Economics #Infrastructure #China
What Cities Can Learn from Human Bodies: https://www.thenatureofcities.com/2019/04/21/cities-can-learn-human-bodies #Regenerative #Urban #Infrastructure
Sidewalk Labs' Smart Cities Will Create A For-Profit Social Credit System That Controls Judges And Police: http://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2019/11/sidewalk-labs-smart-cities-will-create.html
Sidewalk Labs advances plans for Toronto smart city: https://www.dezeen.com/2019/11/01/sidewalk-labs-waterfront-toronto-development/ #Urban #Infrastructure #Military #SE
Brazil deploys 5,000 troops as fury mounts at inaction over worst oil spill in country's history: https://news.yahoo.com/brazil-deploys-5-000-troops-193411079.html - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-petrobras-oilspill/oil-spill-may-be-worst-environmental-attack-in-brazils-history-petrobras-ceo-idUSKBN1X81Q9 - https://eos.org/articles/brazils-oil-spill-is-a-mystery-so-scientists-try-oil-forensics #Politics #Regenerative #Infrastructure