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The looming jobs crisis the Trump administration must not ignore

Posted in Business on 2nd Apr, 2017
by Alex Muller

The New York Times has reported on how Amazon's automation ambitions will be 'putting traditional retail jobs in jeopardy'

Copper oxide solar cells on top of regular silicon solar cells cold boost energy conversion up to 40% from 25%

Posted in Hardware on 30th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

Combine two different types of solar cells in order to utilize a greater portion of the sunlight.

Tech world debate on robots and jobs heats up

Posted in Business on 27th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

Recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics are heightening concerns about automation replacing a growing number of occupations.

Chemical energy storage with water heating solar panels enables a conversion of more than 80 percent of the incoming sunlight

Posted in Science on 27th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

The stored energy can be transported and then released as heat whenever needed.

The U.S. will be hit worse by job automation than other major economies

Posted in Business on 26th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

A new study from PwC estimates that 38 percent of U.S. jobs could be lost to automation in the next 15 years.