Posts Tagged ‘Computing’
February 2026
CONTENTS – schools, airports, high-rise towers: architects urged to get ‘bamboo-ready’ – first global hybrid renewables project – farmers are producing record crops despite droughts and floods – an data centres slake their insatiable thirst for water? – inside the battle to power AI – US exit of key UN climate treaty criticized as self-sabotage – flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global
economy, experts warn – global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief – Global Monitoring Laboratory data
Beyond the Hype: The Strengths, Weaknesses, and Impacts of Modern AI
In our webinar on Wednesday 18th March, Emeritus Professor Anthony Robins will cover a very brief history and overview of the various technologies that have been and are called “Artificial Intelligence” (AI), with a focus on the currently significant “large language models” such as ChatGPT.
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June 2025
CONTENTS – Don’t blame renewables – Climate projects can bring big economic benefits – Tide is turning in Europe and beyond in favour of nuclear power – AI can help us protect the planet – Electric scooters and a salt battery push in China – WA gets first-ever home battery rebate and loan scheme – Shipping industry still at sea as it tries to navigate to net zero – Albanese announces $1.2B plan to purchase critical minerals – Items from Energy Source & Distribution Magazine
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Watch video: Athropocentric global warming – Part 2: The processes
ESR President Jeff Foley spoke at ESR’s webinar in June 2024, providing an update of his work on climate change modelling.
He developed his own global warming model in 2016, and presented it to ESR in 2017. In his spare time he has been updating and improving the work – splitting the model into three: greenhouse heating, ocean warming, and polar ice melt. In this presentation he summarizes the sound engineering principles behind the greenhouse heating process.
Watch video: Improving safety with a vehicular internet of things
At least one New Zealander is killed and seven people are injured in road crashes every day. This presentation by Dr William Liu looks at how emerging ‘Vehicular Internet of Things’ technology could be used as a part of government strategies to reduce road deaths and serious injuries by 40% by 2030, compared with 2018.
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