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Heating Silicon To Power Tomorrow’s Battery?

To compensate for the hazards of renewable energy production, new forms of electricity storage are necessary. Among some of the avenues explored: using electricity to heat materials, like silicon, to very high temperatures, and then, later, converting that heat to … electricity. 

Bogotá’s Race To Become Latin America’s Smartest Smart City

It would be a mistake to limit the term “smart city” to the widespread use of the latest technologies for services like security cameras and traffic lights. For experts, the concept goes further than that, integrating practices that may seemingly have nothing to do with technology, such as the idea of “smart citizens” which could have an impact on mobility, the environment and other factors. 

ChangeNOW, Pulsing Innovation Takes Over Paris

For three days, Paris caught a glimpse of what our everyday lives will look like in the future. Between Jan. 30 and Feb.1, the Grand Palais, the city’s historic exhibition hall, hosted ChangeNOW, an international summit for positive change. For its third edition, the event attracted 1,000 startups, 50 public officials from different cities around the globe, and 20,000 participants.