Denmark: cargo trikes & c...

Aug 19, 2011 by

In August 2011, I visited Denmark for about two weeks and was struck by the number of trikes, essentially adult tricycles, used by the...

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Copenhagen: A city of SUV cycl...

Aug 19, 2011 by

COPENHAGEN–The Danes practice what I call green pragmatism. It’s the realization that people, even those who believe in...

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‘Eco-monastery’ op...

Mar 22, 2011 by

Lumbini, the UNESCO World Heritage Site so marked for being the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, will soon...

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‘Atlas Shrugged’ p...

Feb 17, 2011 by

Contemporary high-speed rail seems to have gotten the nod as a plan worthy of pursuit from the makers of the long-awaited film...

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Is new Bond movie antitech?

Nov 17, 2008 by

Among the many other problems with the latest James Bond film Quantum of Solace, I was particularly struck with its...

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Are drivers ready for the high...

Aug 27, 2008 by

Self-parking, auto-braking, always-connected cars will soon be the norm as James Bond-like high-tech gear trickles down from luxury...

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CAD software is the new black

Dec 7, 2007 by

When you think of computer-aided manufacturing, sexy lingerie is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. But since the 1990s,...

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Throwing the book at cyberbull...

Oct 31, 2007 by

The school bully isn’t necessarily that oversized, physically intimidating kid anymore. Humiliation by words has become just as...

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Tim Westergren

Sep 18, 2007 by

What will it take to create the middle-class musician? It’s an idea Pandora founder and Chief Strategy Officer Tim Westergren...

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