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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

These include offsetting greenhouse gas production by purchasing carbon credits, investing in more efficient gas turbine engines, using sustainable aviation fuel, and manufacturing with novel materials and 3D printing methods. Companies such as GE Aviation and Safran are working on improving engine efficiency in order to reduce emissions.

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How a Digital Storm Will Disrupt the Parcel and Express Industry

BCG

It’s the year 2026, and you’ve just emerged from a tough earnings call with analysts. They’ve spent decades building highly efficient operations and dominant market share. The answer is that these digital advances won’t just boost efficiency. Focus Thursday, December 15, 2016.

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Blockchain: New Use Cases for Governments and Business

Tom Spencer

Immutability and security are vital to the operation of government and business due to the sensitive information these institutions gatekeep. Low transaction costs will also be necessary to ensure efficient operations and to ensure that blockchain systems offer a cost advantage over the status quo. trillion by 2030.

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You Don’t Have to Be a Data Scientist to Fill This Must-Have Analytics Role

Harvard Business

Instead, translators play a critical role in bridging the technical expertise of data engineers and data scientists with the operational expertise of marketing, supply chain, manufacturing, risk, and other frontline managers. Additionally, knowledge of common use cases (e.g., in their domain is important.

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10 Promising AI Applications in Health Care

Harvard Business

The field of health AI is seemingly wide—covering wellness to diagnostics to operational technologies—but it is also narrow in that health AI applications typically perform just a single task. health care by 2026. Clinical applications are still rare. Let’s take a look at a few examples of AI on the frontline of care.

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The “Smart Society” of the Future Doesn’t Look Like Science Fiction

Harvard Business

trillion by 2026. He said: “Although we all bring a diverse range of perspectives, the D5 allows us to leverage the knowledge and experience of our smartest people, creating faster and more efficient digital governments for our citizens. The market for smart technologies is predicted to be worth up to $1.6