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Dassault Systèmes: From the Sky to Infinity

The legendary French company becomes a major virtual pioneer, commits to digital twins, and embraces smart cities At its Vélizy-Villacoublay facility, on the street named after its precursor Marcel Dassault, the French company Dassault Systèmes presented to the international media its advancements during 2023, a particularly successful year for these visionaries, along with their disruptive projects…

Companies with emissions reduction targets are more aligned with the EU Taxonomy, new study shows

With the introduction of CapEx alignment data, the market can now evaluate if companies are shifting investments to achieve their targets As climate finance takes center stage at COP28 this week, a joint analysis released today by CDP and Clarity AI reveals how the EU Taxonomy can be used by companies as a tool for…

The Breathing Technique that Can Make You a Better Leader

Yale SOM’s Emma Seppälä found that a weeklong training in the SKY Breath technique provides a lasting reduction in anxiety and greater resilience to stress, even for those who don’t continue to practice it Transcript I was working with veterans with trauma and we were trying to figure out some interventions we can use to…

MIT engineers design a robotic replica of the heart’s right chamber

The realistic model could aid the development of better heart implants and shed light on understudied heart disorders MIT engineers have developed a robotic replica of the heart’s right ventricle, which mimics the beating and blood-pumping action of live hearts. The robo-ventricle combines real heart tissue with synthetic, balloon-like artificial muscles that enable scientists to…

Seminar on international tourism law

The first seminar on the International Code for the Protection of Tourists (Salamanca, Spain, 30 November – 1 December 2023) welcomed legal experts, academics and public and private sector representatives, to address the achievements of the Code in the two years since its launch as well as to assess the challenges in the years ahead.…

The limitations of being human got you down? There’s a robot for that

From space robots to self-driving cars, Stanford’s Autonomous Systems Lab looks to push the boundaries of exploration and boost the safety and efficiency of everyday tasks Humans, you might have noticed, aren’t perfect. We crash cars. We injure ourselves performing hazardous labor like mining and construction. And we fare poorly in extreme environments we’d like…

Italy: tourism is booming in small villages!

Saw a rise in the number of stays in Italian small villages, with 72% of Italian tourists choosing one of the more than 5.000 villages in their home country as their holiday destination Tourism has changed, and this is also evident in Italy, with travellers increasingly seeking out unique places off the beaten track. Most…

Why virtual isn’t actual, especially when it comes to friends

Tech, and society expert Turkle warns the growing number of chatbots for companionship isn’t good for individuals, or democracy It can help clean a house, drive a car, write a school essay, or help read a CT scan. It can also promise to be a good friend. But MIT Professor Sherry Turkle advises drawing a hard line…

Just stop oil is easy to shout but it cannot just happen – and not ‘justly’

This opinion article by Miles Allen, professor at Oxford of Geosystem Science, first appeared in The Independent on Saturday, 2 December After all the “last chances” to keep 1.5 alive, you would be forgiven for thinking the Paris aspiration must surely be dead by now. But the reality is, as COP28 takes place, the end of fossil-fuel-driven global…

Surprise, Arizona Chosen as First U.S. Site for Automedi’s Innovative Solution to Tackle Plastic Waste

Each year, the QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge attracts hundreds of entrepreneurs and start-ups from around the world who compete to win the City Solution of the Year award, as well as other awards Leading Cities is pleased to announce that the city of Surprise, Arizona, has been selected as the pilot site for an initiative…