Picture the blades of a turbine turning, creating renewable energy as the wind blows. Now picture the same thing, but without the blades, gently swaying in the wind. Yes, this exists. The most common complaints about traditional wind turbines, aside from their impact on the visual landscape, concern noise. Their rotating blades can be loud […]
Celebrating Accessibility on International Day of Persons with Disabilities December 3 marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a global reminder of our shared responsibility to create societies where everyone can participate fully. As the World Health Organization (WHO) explains, this day is about promoting the rights and well-being of the 1.3 billion people with disabilities […]
Global progress and unity are bringing us closer than ever to ending poverty. For most of human history, poverty was seen as inevitable, a permanent condition for the majority of the world’s people. Yet in the past two centuries, humankind has made extraordinary progress in overcoming it. What was once considered an unchangeable reality is […]
Elizabeth “Liz” Parrish, the CEO and co-founder of BioViva USA Inc., is a bold and visionary figure in the field of biotechnology. In 2015 at the age of 44, Parrish made headlines by becoming the first person to undergo an experimental gene therapy designed to slow or even reverse aspects of human aging. Rather […]
“Immigrants contribute mightily to the economy, by paying billions in annual taxes, by filling low-wage jobs that keep domestic industry competitive, and by spurring investment and job-creation, revitalizing once-decaying communities.” That’s what a summary of important research shows about unemployment and immigration. Such famous immigrants as actress and singer Marlene Dietrich, physicist Albert Einstein, and […]
Ten extraordinary water-focused entrepreneurs have developed innovations that will help conserve and restore the world’s global freshwater ecosystems. Today, around one-third of the global population is already subject to water stress and, by 2030, the global demand for water will exceed sustainable supply by 40%, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. Climate change and […]
In the quest to solve the plastic pollution crisis, organizations of all types are working on solutions. The Good Times has highlighted a few on these pages in the past, such as the Ocean Cleanup removing plastics from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the Aquapreneur Innovation Initiative to remove microplastics from water, bacteria that have […]
A new initiative is helping to address the global freshwater crisis. The World Economic Forum and multinational technology company HCL have launched the Aquapreneur Innovation Initiative. This collaboration secures funding of $15 million over five years for entrepreneurs to tackle the growing concerns of water scarcity, water pollution and water stress, a situation where not […]
The Good Times ends our series on new and not so new technologies that benefit mankind with this short video, courtesy of the World Economic Forum, on three ways the world of sports is using artificial intelligence. Featured image: Artificial intelligence (Flickr, Attribution 2.0 Generic – CC BY 2.0)
Batteries power our daily lives. From communications and information technology in phones and laptops, to mobility in cars, motorcycles, and scooters, and beyond, most electronic objects have a battery-powered version. While this has many positive impacts, what we do with the batteries in these objects at the end of their lives still needs some work. […]
