13 Technological Fix 2013-2014

"Free parking, incentives and driving in bus lanes push Tesla Model S and Nissan Leaf to top of best-seller lists"

"UK farming conference hears how 'farmbots' will bring efficiencies and benefits and an end to back-breaking tasks"

"Pollution fears are on the up-and-up in Beijing once again as winter, the smoggiest season of them all, fast approaches. After the World Health Organization released a report labelling air pollution as a leading cause of cancer earlier this month, China's government is more frantic than ever to curb the level of PM 2.5 particles in the air"

"Daan Roosegaarde came up with idea during visit to Beijing and has won agreement to test system in one of city's public parks"

"Fed up with living in near darkness for six months of the year, the Norwegian town of Rjukan has found a solution, first dreamed up 100 years ago, which could boost tourism"

"GM food is incredibly controversial but to decide whether or not it has a place in sustainable agriculture, is a dose of perspective needed?"

"Russia's call to include geoengineering in the UN's climate report makes sense, given the country's fossil fuel strategy"

"Russia is pushing for next week's landmark UN climate science report to include support for controversial technologies to geoengineer the planet's climate, according to documents obtained by the Guardian. As climate scientists prepare to gather for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Stockholm to present the most authoritative state of climate science to date, it has emerged the Russian government is asking for "planet hacking" to be included in the report. The IPCC has not included geoengineering in its major assessments before"

"Country's status as world's major producer and exporter of food could be severely threatened unless its farming methods are urgently adapted to take account of climate change" GM crops ?? possible solution

"Battery-powered version of best-selling car can travel up to 100 miles on a single charge and reach top speed of 85mph"

"The resources below provide teachers with Power Point presentations and activities for pupils aged 9-18 years. The materials enables pupils to consider their needs and wants for technology and to learn about Practical Action's view of Technology Justice... a global right to access sustainable technologies now and in the future."

"US and European groups are at odds over genetically modified foods being introduced in Africa"

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"Lack of vitamin A kills 6,000 children a day, and genetically modified rice meets the needs of those who can't afford alternatives"

"Thousands of rats will be fed Monsanto maize diets in a $23m, three-year 'Factor GMO' study into long-term health effects of GM food and associated pesticides"