How Formula E’s Gen3 achieves twice the efficiency of an ICE race car

The Formula E Championship debuted in 2014 and has since then proved that electric vehicles can send shivers down our spine in suspenseful races — just like their Earth-kill forebears. Formula E started the tranformation of car racing with theGen1vehicle, which later evolved into the more powerful and fastGen2. Now we get a glimpse of theGen3race car that — speaking of evolution — has turned into a majestic butterfly. According to its F3 creators, it’s supposed to be “the world’s most efficient race car” andmanages twice the efficiency of an equivalent ICE race car....

3 min · 532 words · Michael Gonzalez

How Fukushima’s Radioactive Cloud Influenced Social Networks

Check out this cool infographic fromSocialIntensity.orgthat highlights the relationship between the movement of the radioactive cloud from Fukushima and the number of tweets posted under the affected areas and the countries in its path. On March 11, 2011, when Fukushima nuclear reactor blew its top, the global social interest in the unfolding events surrounding the Fukushima catastrophe exploded. Twitter was used as the data source after more than 500 million tweets about Fukushima’s radioactivity were sent in the last month....

2 min · 355 words · Michael Williams

How Gen Z’s travel behaviors are changing the way we all get around for the better

How Gen Z’s travel behaviors are changing the way we all get around for the better Commodity perspective Answering these questions starts with understanding how Gen Z view transport. An Allison+Partners U.S. study, “The Birth of Mobility Culture,” places them at the forefront of a ‘Me’ to ‘We’ cultural shift. At ease with connected technology, they are both socially and environmentally aware, signaling a change in attitude from previous generations....

4 min · 775 words · Melissa Gardner

How gene editing could protect us from future pandemics

How gene editing could protect us from future pandemics COVID-19 protection Scientists are now discussing genome editingin the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, one could use CRISPRto disable coronavirusesby scrambling their genetic code. But we could also edit people’s genes to make them more resistant to infection – for example by targeting “T cells,” which are central in the body’s immune response. There are already CRISPR clinical trials underway that look togenome edit T cells in cancer patientsto improve anti-tumor immunity (T cells attacking the tumor)....

4 min · 766 words · Andrew Reid

How Getting the Right Information Boosts your Productivity

With millions of people joining many different conversations via the social media platform daily it is fair to say that the world has greatly changed in terms of technology. Today news, innovative ideas, and many simple conversations have found a new way to go viral in minutes. It is because of this reason that we have today digital magazines, newspapers, and dailies. These are viable options that can be received through the internet for a real time news feed....

4 min · 650 words · Heidi Kelly
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