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carlos rope
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Adela cortina, doctor honoris causa from deusto business school
The Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy Adela Cortina will be invested Doctor Honoris Causa of Deusto Business School, becoming the first woman who receives such a distinction from the University of Deusto. A militant of dialogue, tolerance and pluralism, Adela Cortina is a benchmark for Naider’s transformation project. A few years ago, we awarded…
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Chile obtains solar energy to give away
Solar energy has reached such expansion in Chile that electricity prices have fallen to zero in some parts of the country, for 113 days until last April, according to Bloomberg< /em>. The flourishing of the mining industry and economic growth in northern Chile led to the commitment to install 29 solar farms in the Atacama…
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Sweden experiences the 6-hour workday
Sweden is a country that really values work-life balance and work-life balance. With the collective idea that the well-being of workers contributes to business objectives, the Scandinavian country has long been a world benchmark in work-life balance initiatives: flexible hours, maternity and paternity leave, access to childcare. Along these lines, last year the government began…
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Virtual experiences made in Euskadi
The virtual reality is one of the technologies whose development has the most potential presents, and promising advances are also being made in the Basque Country that show its multiple applications. An example of an application for an immersive experience, which combines leisure with observing the city from a different perspective, is a virtual paddle…
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Solar Panel Paved Roads
In 2014, the Netherlands pioneered the construction and inauguration of the world’s first solar cycle path, a 70 meter long section paved with innovative panels called SolaRoad, technology that converts the sun that lights the road into electricity. Following the potential to develop this technology on a large scale, this year it was the French…
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Video: History and future of cities
The history of urbanization and its future challenges, in a 4-minute video from TED Education.
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Automata replace 60,000 workers at the largest smartphone maker
Foxconn, a Taiwanese multinational that makes smartphones for Apple and Samsung and also works with other tech giants, has replaced 55% of the workers at one of its 13 production plants in China with robots, according to South China Morning Post . The factory in question, located in Kunshan, near Shanghai, had 110,000 workers, so…
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The environmental footprint of cruise ships
Cruise cruises are one of the fastest growing sectors in mass tourism. According to data from the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), 24 million passengers will board in 2016, a huge increase from 2006 (15 million) and let alone 1980 (1.4 million) . But, have we ever wondered what is the pollution generated by a…
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Automakers jump on on-demand transportation
On-demand transport mobile applications have introduced a disruptive way of making journeys. An important alternative to driving your own car, which can be accentuated when the cars drive themselves. The big car manufacturers are aware that consumers may choose not to own a car and they don’t want to be left out of the game….