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Unlock Your Potential: Online Training Programs for Lifelong Learning

Kitaboo

In comparison, eLearning solutions offer a breath of fresh air and allow you to take the course as it comes without having to make drastic sacrifices or commitments. For example, according to Belitsoft, the Dow Chemical Company was able to save $34 million by switching to online learning.

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Fusion cuisine: Zap Energy fires up BBQ grill built to look like one of its high-tech, superheated devices

GeekWire

. “The important scientific distinction is that burning propane is a chemical process, whereas fusing deuterium is a nuclear one.” “People often ask for a comparison of how small they are — we can now say they’re about the size of a backyard combo gas/charcoal grill,” Freeberg said.

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AI is supposedly the new nuclear weapons — but how similar are they, really?

Vox

All of which is to say: much as nuclear fission developed astonishingly quickly, advanced deep learning models and their capabilities appear to be improving at a similarly startling pace. Similar techniques could be used to develop bioweapons.

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Theranos’ greatest invention was Elizabeth Holmes

The Verge

“When I finally connected with what Elizabeth fundamentally is, I realized that I could have just as well been looking into the eyes of a Steve Jobs or a Bill Gates,” Theranos advisor Channing Robertson, a Stanford chemical engineering professor, told Fortune in 2014. In retrospect, Theranos had only a few innovations.

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Are eBooks More Environmentally Friendly?

Kitaboo

Many chemicals are used in the process, and pollutants are released into the air and water. In comparison, shopping from the eBook store and receiving your content directly on your device suggests a significantly lower environmental burden. Electronic waste can also be recycled, like paper, reducing the harm caused to the environment.

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Lifx’s bacteria-killing smart bulb works, but here’s the small print

The Verge

Lifx’s CEO David McLauchlan says the company started having early discussions about developing a product like the Lifx Clean last March, the same month COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. “We In comparison, HEV light doesn’t have those same problems. HEV light comes with its own disadvantages.

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Why a “room-temperature superconductor” would be a huge deal

Vox

But the science of why it matters is, by comparison, relatively simple. Batteries — from a Duracell AA all the way to a Tesla lithium-ion battery capable of holding approximately 100 kWh — store energy chemically, and can convert it to usable electricity. That necessarily involves some energy loss and inefficiency.

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