Thisispaper Shop - What we save, saves us. attention metter Careers | swissnex Boston Project Leader for new “swissnex mobile” at the EXPO Astana 2017 in Kazakhstan swissnex Boston together with Presence Switzerland (PRS) is looking for a Project Leader for the new “swissnex mobile” at the EXPO Astana 2017 in Kazakhstan. It is a new, unique approach for swissnex to be part of the official Swiss Pavilion at a world exhibition. Deadline for application: November 12, 2015 swissnex Boston – Open Internship Position for 2016 swissnex Boston offers two (or more) internship positions for a period between 6 and 12 months, which provides young people an opportunity to gain valuable work experience in the challenging world of science, innovation, entrepreneurship, higher education and the arts: Internship in Science (in close collaboration with Dr. Internship in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (in close collaboration with Niccolo Iorno, Project Leader) Graphic Design Support PR Support: Documentation & Digital Media:
Solar Plane Successfully Completes Maiden International Flight The Swiss solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse HB-SIA, completed its first international flight Friday morning, leaving the Payerne military airfield in Switzerland at 8:40 am local time, and landing in Zaventem airport Brussels at 9:30pm Friday evening. The Solar Impulse crossed Switzerland, Luxembourg and France in its 630 kilometer (391.4 mile) journey. The plane completed the journey powered entirely by energy generated from the 11,628 solar cells on its wings and horizontal stabilizer. By charging the solar cells in the day, the Solar Impulse was able to use the charged cells to fly into the night. After landing, CEO, co-founder and flight pilot André Borschberg stated, “It’s unbelievably exciting to land here in Brussels, at the heart of Europe, after flying across France and Luxembourg. And to fly without fuel, noise or pollution, making practically no negative impact, is a great source of satisfaction.” Photo credit: Matth1 commons/c/cc/Flea_Hop_HB-SIA_-_Solar_Impulse.jpg
La Fracture Française C’est désormais clair, il y a deux France. L’une est éduquée, l’autre non. Je ne parle pas de riches et de pauvres. D’intelligents et de limités. De racistes et de tolérants. Il y a une France qui a poussé ses études et/ou travaillé sa vigilance culturelle, et il y a l’autre, frappée par l’illettrisme, le décrochage scolaire, le divertissement de masse, projetée dans la précarité culturelle, sociale et économique. Cette idée a été confortée ce week-end en lisant l’article de l’Obs sur les électeurs du FN. Cette France non éduquée se retrouve dans des idées simples. Je vois dans ce constat deux points négatifs et un point positif. C’est donc une sorte de fracture civile (« guerre » ?) Pris en tenailles, les gens de tous horizons retrouveront le bon côté de la force, le côté positif de la France. J’y crois. *Quand je parle d’éducation, je ne parle pas forcément de diplômes mais de curiosité d’esprit, d’accès au savoir, d’environnement familial favorable, de possibilité de se cultiver.
Inc. :: Retail Business Weather Intelligence Solutions How do I remove the impact of weather from last year’s sales and create a better "baseline" for planning? What effect will weather have on the shape and strength of my season? Should I accelerate markdowns or will demand in coming weeks allow me clear inventory at higher margins? Retailers know all too well just how much weather affects consumer demand. For retailers, ignoring or ineffectively managing weather risk can result in bloated inventories and steep markdowns or stock outs and lost sales. Planalytics Business Weather Intelligence offers solutions for retailers in the following areas: Planning, Buying and Distribution In preparation for the upcoming season, Planalytics helps retailers deweatherize past sales and determine how to optimize the allocation of seasonal products across markets or individual store locations. Marketing, Inventory Control and Merchandise Management Sales Analysis and Reporting
Ex-FBI cyberexpert: Potential for digital Pearl Harbor is real | Security & Privacy After 24 years with the FBI, Shawn Henry retired late last month from his post as executive assistant director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Service Branch of the agency. Today, he announced that he will be working for security startup CrowdStrike. In a phone interview with CNET today, Henry discusses what he thinks are the biggest cybersecurity threats facing the country and why the bad guys always seem to be one step ahead. So, what will be your role at CrowdStrike? I'm going to run their services operation, so president of the services division. CrowdStrike has three parts: technology, intelligence, and services and I'll be running the services part. And why go to CrowdStrike? We've been hearing references to a "digital Pearl Harbor" for ages. CrowdStrike is going to be serving primarily corporate customers, but government customers as well? How would you explain "digital Pearl Harbor" exactly and what does it entail? I haven't used that term in the last five years.
The Van Indicator Signals Recovery on Main Street (Corrects dates in X-axis of chart) How can we tell how small businesses are feeling? Find out how many vans they’re buying. Van sales were up 32 percent in July over last year, a greater increase than nearly every other vehicle type (exception: sports cars), according to data from Bloomberg Industries. From housing contractors to beer distributors, much of America’s small business commerce travels by van. The trend in van sales broadly tracks small business optimism as measured by the National Federation of Independent Business: Some of this is likely pent-up demand. The van indicator is consistent with other measures of business sentiment, says Chad Moutray, chief economist at the National Association of Manufacturers.
Your phone will soon be your new doctor Imagine a day when your phone has all of your health information. It knows your goals, your time horizons and what activities you need to focus on to achieve those goals. It knows your schedule, whether you like to do things alone or in groups and who you like to train with. It knows what you eat, how much you’ve slept and all of your vital signs in real-time. Based on the information it collects, your phone will lay out a plan to help you live a healthier life. It will notify you when it’s time for an activity (i.e. taking a pill, going on a walk or taking your blood pressure), and adjust this plan as you go, based on what is and isn’t working. Many people are up in arms about how much your phone already knows about you. Lots of apps have emerged in the last few years to track all of this health information. Making sense of large data sets has been done in other categories many times before. Image courtesy of Flickr user El Payo.
Scenarios for the world in 2040 For those of you that have missed out on the free e and p copies of Future Vision here is the first bit of some more free bits. About this book People have always been curious about what lies over the horizon or around the next corner. Books that speculate about the shape of things to come, especially those making precise or easily understandable predictions, have been especially popular over the years. Interest has not diminished of late. Indeed, the number of books seeking to uncover or explain the future has exploded. The world offers more promise than ever before, but there are also more threats to our continued existence. In short, the future is not what it used to be and needs rescuing. Thus the interest in books that explain what is going on right now, where things are likely to go next and what we should do about it. For example, in 1884, an article in The Times newspaper suggested that every street in London would eventually be buried under nine feet of horse manure.
The Future of Our City: The Vision Future of Toronto’s financial district by Onespace Unlimited Inc. Courtesy of Ontario Association of Architects. Charting a course to 2050 is going to be a daunting task for any city. Over the next few weeks, Justin Robertson will be placing a microscope on Toronto’s key industries and institutions that will be shaped by the predicted population growth facing the city in a series called “The Future of Our City”. The five-part series will examine how the city will be impacted by the aging population, the future of cars and transit and solutions to traffic congestion, and how the face of education and learning environments will change. This week: We look at the vision of a futuristic Toronto, how our built landscape and infrastructure will evolve and why we are talking about the future of this city right now. By the year 2050 Toronto living will be small. The City of Toronto predicts we’ll hit the three million people by 2020 and the GTA would be looking at six million.
The Future of the Retail Industry: Retail in 2020 In 1950, a magazine called “Popular Mechanics “attempted to predict the future in an article entitled, “Miracles You’ll See in the Next Fifty Years.” Many predictions were wildly off the mark. (An example: One forecast saw people of the 21st century recycling underwear to produce candy.) Other guesses were much closer to today’s reality. To take a not-so-far-out look to the future of the retail industry—to the year 2020—what are the major socio-demographic, technological and business trends that will likely impact retailing as we know it today? Arguably the single most important issue for retailers today is the environment. One of many green steps the company has taken: Tesco is bringing emission-free delivery vans to London and other locations. Co-op, one of the world’s largest grocery chain, is basing its product ranges on green propositions. Individualized service Service and in-store experience continue to break out of the “one-size-fits-all” offering. Source: accenture.com