Yearly Archives: 2012

Urban Landscapes in the 21st Century – Part 5: The Evolution of Cities

In urban environments water plays many roles. It is used for drinking, cooking, washing, gardening, parks, recreation, sanitation, and manufacturing. On coastlines and where...

Urban Landscapes in the 21st Century – Part 4: The Evolution of Cities

In our last blog we talked about the challenge of dealing with solid urban waste in cities in both the Developed and Developing World....

Urban Landscapes in the 21st Century – Part 3: The Evolution of Cities

In our last blog we described how used plastic bottles get recycled as building material in new housing projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central...

Urban Landscapes in the 21st Century – Part 2: The Evolution of Cities

Why is it so important that we focus on cities in talking about 21st century technology challenges?  There are 3 reasons: Demographics Economics Revolution Demographics - As we...

Urban Landscapes in the 21st Century – Part 1: The Evolution of Cities

In 1800, 2% of us lived in cities. By 1950 that number had grown to 30%. In 2007 we surpassed 50% and forecasts for...

Mining – Part 2: Extraction Technology and Techniques in the 21st Century

What do we mine? In our last blog focused on exploration we talked about metallic and rare earth minerals. We didn't focus on coal,...

Mining – Part 1: Exploring for the Mother Lode in the 21st Century

Every cellphone uses 42 different minerals in the manufacturing process. This includes bauxite, beryllium, copper, gold, iron, limestone, silica, silver, talc, wollastonite and many...

Biomedicine – Part 11: Curing in the 21st Century – Influenza and the Common Cold

In this blog we look at potential 21st century cures for two diseases that have plagued humanity each creating an unwarranted burden on society...

Biomedicine – Part 11: Curing Technologies in the 21st Century – Overcoming Addiction

Is drug addiction a disease? It may start with a voluntary sampling of a cigarette, an amphetamine, a stimulant, a depressant....but what eventually happens...

Biomedicine – Part 11: Curing Technologies in the 21st Century – Ending Obesity

Our image of wellness and health has changed in the last two centuries. In the late 19th and early 20th century the healthy and...

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