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Within seconds after reaching a city, earthquakes can cause immense destruction: Houses crumble, high-rises turn to rubble, people and animals are buried in the debris. In the immediate aftermath of such carnage, emergency personnel desperately search for any sign of life in what used to be a home or office. Often, however, they find that they were digging in the wrong pile of rubble, and precious time has passed. Imagine if rescuers could see through the debris to spot survivors under the rubble, measure their vital signs and even generate images of the victims....

’15-minute cities’ don’t just improve mobility — they’re better for equality Understanding everyday life is the key to unlocking sustainable transport Transport Infrastructure Ireland, one of Ireland’s key national transport agencies, recently issued a brave and useful answer – study women’s travel needs. Why? Because historically women have lived and moved more locally, especially if they have children. This is because gender is the single biggest organizing feature worldwide, and a major factor in travel behavior (seeITF work on Gender in Transport | ITF (itf-oecd....

An Apple shop is a designated area within a retail store that is not Apple owned or managed. Note the lowercasesinshop. With this definition out of the way, Virgin has gotten in touch with TNW ME for a clarification on themisinformationwith a correction that the launch ofMarch 16thwas that of a shop and not a Store. Virgin Megastore Regional Marketing Manager Tarek Moussawer clarifies, “The Apple shop is a dedicated area within Virgin Megastore, devoted 100% to the Mac range; as opposed to an Apple Retail Store, which would be owned by Apple....

If you’re looking to do social media marketing, create virality and perhaps gather some attention, the best idea is to not do it under any sort of false pretense. This is a lesson that one Mate Hegedus (according to a domain name lookup) apparently needs to learn, and Hegedus is in the middle of doing so the hard way. You see, Hegedus decided that he’d capitalize on a popular Twitter hash tag for TEDx Silicon Valley....

Facebook‘s email addresses have been rolled out, with users able to opt-in via the Messages tab once logged in to the service. Facebookannouncedits new messaging product in November, with roll out beginning in February and now “Hundreds of millions of people are already upgraded,” a Facebook spokesperson told us. Facebook’s own description of Facebook email is a bit wishy-washy, and it’s hard to figure out why they’d implement something that’s not as powerful as real email and not as simple as Messages — and yet for seemingly filling a middle-of-the-road gap, just isn’t very good....