Tag: technology
VIDEO: Safety, privacy concerns top of mind as FAA considers rules for domestic drone use
The FAA has been charged with coming up, by 2015, with rules for how drones can be used for government and commercial operations domestically. But safety and privacy concerns are pressing issues....
Germany's solar market facing reduction in government subsidies
Most new solar panels around the world went up in Germany last year. That's due in part to generous government subsidies that made them more affordable. But now, the government is reducing those subsidies in hopes the solar industry there will stand on its own two feet....
Apple sends independent inspectors to suppliers’ Chinese factories
Recent reporting by The New York Times has raised concern about the conditions faced by workers in Apple’s supply factories in China. Now Apple has hired an independent labor rights organization to inspect and publish a report on the labor environment in its suppliers’ factories. The first round of inspections began Monday....
VIDEO: Canadian university students program robot to play hockey
In Canada, infants are practically born with hockey sticks in their hands. For a one-year-old robot, the results are practically the same. Meet Jennifer, believed to be the first robot programmed to play hockey....
Obama administration tries to advance off-shore wind farm proposals
A desire to build a massive windfarm off the Atlantic Coast of the United States has the Obama administration moving to lighten the regulatory hurdles, seeking to get the project moving forward more quickly....
German company Carpooling.com looking to bring its service to U.S. market
Carpooling.com launched in Germany to help a couple of college students stay in love. A decade later, the business is thriving in Europe and it's starting to turn its eye toward the U.S. market....
Will Facebook IPO change the soul of the company?
When Facebook becomes a publicly traded company, it will have a duty to its shareholders to maximize company profits. As it traverses from social media start-up to massive, publicly traded company, one media theorist says the company will have to battle to maintain its identity....
VIDEO: Facebook IPO could break records, make billions
Perhaps as early as Wednesday, Facebook is expected to file the documents necessary to begin the journey toward making its Initial Public Offering of stock — an occasion that could generate $10 billion for the company....
Dutch company turns cremation remains into global charity
When a body is cremated, if it has any metal parts, like a titanium hip, those metal parts are left behind. For years it was either buried in graves or sent to the dump. But a Dutch company, OrthoMetals, has a business that gathers those materials and processes them for industrial reuse, sending the proceeds to charity....
U.S. State Department operating mini-drone fleet over Iraq
In an effort to secure its own facilities and its employees in the wake of the U.S. military pullout, the U.S. Embassy in Iraq is operating a small fleet of mini-drones for use in real-time surveillance. They're trying to get permission from the Iraqi government to make their use permanent....
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