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Future News - WIWEs

WIWES contributed by Rafael Popper

Google Glass - a new type of wearable computer.
 
 
 

Google Glass - a new type of wearable computer.

 
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Major Volcanic Eruption(s)
 
 
 

Major Volcanic Eruption(s)

 
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Deadly food products hit Europe
 
 
 

Deadly food products hit Europe

 
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Emergence of no-gender societies
 
 
 

Emergence of no-gender societies

 
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Holistic Innovation – Fusion of Product and Service Innovations
 
 
 

Holistic Innovation – Fusion of Product and Service Innova ...

 
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Reduced Security Control to Push Innovation
 
 
 

Reduced Security Control to Push Innovation

 
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Ideas In Action – High Transparency at Dell Idea Storm
 
 
 

Ideas In Action – High Transparency at Dell Idea Storm

 
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From Closed Innovation to Top-Secret Innovation?
 
 
 

From Closed Innovation to Top-Secret Innovation?

 
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Edison Nation: Match-making for innovators and companies
 
 
 

Edison Nation: Match-making for innovators and companies

 
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Putting the NO on InNOvation
 
 
 

Putting the NO on InNOvation

 
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24 hours of Innovation
 
 
 

24 hours of Innovation

 
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Non-Western Innovation Boom: Biotech in China
 
 
 

Non-Western Innovation Boom: Biotech in China

 
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Reverse Innovation
 
 
 

Reverse Innovation

 
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Society manipulated with advances in interpretation of visual perception
 
 
 

Society manipulated with advances in interpretation of visua ...

 
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Silent Seas
 
 
 

Silent Seas

 
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Ancestors’ Second Life influences our First Lives
 
 
 

Ancestors’ Second Life influences our First Lives

 
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Emergence of Mediterranean Sea acidification studies
 
 
 

Emergence of Mediterranean Sea acidification studies

 
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Cyber Crusade: Massive e-sabotage by
 
 
 

Cyber Crusade: Massive e-sabotage by "hacktivists"

 
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Concerns over socio-economic and humanities research
 
 
 

Concerns over socio-economic and humanities research "downgr ...

 
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Do-It-Yourself (DIY)
 
 
 

Do-It-Yourself (DIY) "wikiforesight" overtakes religion

 
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Geoengineering “solves” carbon problems but…
 
 
 

Geoengineering “solves” carbon problems but…

 
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Soft “EuroLanding” or
 
 
 

Soft “EuroLanding” or "Happy End" in EuroLand

 
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Changing ones mind
 
 
 

Changing ones mind

 
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Breakthrough in memory enhancing drugs
 
 
 

Breakthrough in memory enhancing drugs

 
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1M€ reparation cost per civilian death in conflicts
 
 
 

1M€ reparation cost per civilian death in conflicts

 
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CCTV Cameras pulled down
 
 
 

CCTV Cameras pulled down

 
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Global warming is not anthropogenic
 
 
 

Global warming is not anthropogenic

 
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Growing frequency of floods in Europe and the world
 
 
 

Growing frequency of floods in Europe and the world

 
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Social TV offers a new interactive viewing experience
 
 
 

Social TV offers a new interactive viewing experience

 
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Growing efforts to assist SMEs to exploit R&D collaborative projects
 
 
 

Growing efforts to assist SMEs to exploit R&D collaborative ...

 
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Implantable electronics leaving no trace
 
 
 

Implantable electronics leaving no trace

 
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DNA Testing and Social Engineering on the rise
 
 
 

DNA Testing and Social Engineering on the rise

 
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Scientists up for murder as ethical issues for research are abolished
 
 
 

Scientists up for murder as ethical issues for research are ...

 
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New cure for MRSA found! Great news until serious side effects revealed!
 
 
 

New cure for MRSA found! Great news until serious side effec ...

 
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Invisibility spray available in high street stores
 
 
 

Invisibility spray available in high street stores

 
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Killer Virus
 
 
 

Killer Virus

 
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Nano-lab inside your body
 
 
 

Nano-lab inside your body

 
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iBrain vs. Brain Point
 
 
 

iBrain vs. Brain Point

 
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Food markets became investment subject in previous credit crunch
 
 
 

Food markets became investment subject in previous credit cr ...

 
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Thanks to algae Australia becomes biggest energy producer in the world
 
 
 

Thanks to algae Australia becomes biggest energy producer in ...

 
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Lack of stability increases in all major oil/gas energy producing countries
 
 
 

Lack of stability increases in all major oil/gas energy prod ...

 
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Algae pathogen suddenly destroys new energy foundation of humankind
 
 
 

Algae pathogen suddenly destroys new energy foundation of hu ...

 
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End of Aging
 
 
 

End of Aging

 
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Growing selection of sperm by donor social and cultural group
 
 
 

Growing selection of sperm by donor social and cultural group

 
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Emergence of secondary carbon financial vehicles
 
 
 

Emergence of secondary carbon financial vehicles

 
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Advances in portable and autonomous greenhouse units
 
 
 

Advances in portable and autonomous greenhouse units

 
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Growing environmental legal class actions on no-win no-fee basis
 
 
 

Growing environmental legal class actions on no-win no-fee b ...

 
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Growing failures of social care in educating young people
 
 
 

Growing failures of social care in educating young people

 
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Food consumers are steered towards healthier dietary choices
 
 
 

Food consumers are steered towards healthier dietary choices

 
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Emergence of new agricultural methods for coping with climate change
 
 
 

Emergence of new agricultural methods for coping with climat ...

 
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Automatic learning through neuro-data transfer
 
 
 

Automatic learning through neuro-data transfer

 
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Cities are lunch for plastic bag-bugs
 
 
 

Cities are lunch for plastic bag-bugs

 
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Carbon crunch and the climate bubble
 
 
 

Carbon crunch and the climate bubble

 
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Trace pollutants cause ethnic air cleansing in Europe
 
 
 

Trace pollutants cause ethnic air cleansing in Europe

 
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Risk assessment “saves
 
 
 

Risk assessment “saves" millions of lives but…

 
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Scientists predict mobile phone viruses will become a serious threat
 
 
 

Scientists predict mobile phone viruses will become a seriou ...

 
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GM microorganisms
 
 
 

GM microorganisms "sold" as key soil solution

 
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Growth of real-time monitoring and response to water problems
 
 
 

Growth of real-time monitoring and response to water problems

 
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Growing privatisation of war
 
 
 

Growing privatisation of war

 
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Development of human-animal communication
 
 
 

Development of human-animal communication

 
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EU rules Member States tax policy
 
 
 

EU rules Member States tax policy

 
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Growing interest in wild cards and weak signals research
 
 
 

Growing interest in wild cards and weak signals research

 
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Worldwide vegetarianism
 
 
 

Worldwide vegetarianism

 
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Migration of internet services in pervasive ICT environment
 
 
 

Migration of internet services in pervasive ICT environment

 
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Animal Experiments End
 
 
 

Animal Experiments End

 
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Neuro-Enhancement
 
 
 

Neuro-Enhancement

 
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Airlines liable for psychological treatment of relatives of air disaster victims
 
 
 

Airlines liable for psychological treatment of relatives of ...

 
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A major EU power centre (e.g. Rome) is devastated by an earthquake
 
 
 

A major EU power centre (e.g. Rome) is devastated by an ear ...

 
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New viruses kill several thousands in European cities
 
 
 

New viruses kill several thousands in European cities

 
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Breast milk ice cream goes on sale in Covent Garden
 
 
 

Breast milk ice cream goes on sale in Covent Garden

 
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Some regional investments are not contributing to regional development
 
 
 

Some regional investments are not contributing to regional d ...

 
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Artificial Humour (AH) War between China and USA
 
 
 

Artificial Humour (AH) War between China and USA

 
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Katrina-like hurricane hits Europe
 
 
 

Katrina-like hurricane hits Europe

 
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Drastic global vegetarian number surge
 
 
 

Drastic global vegetarian number surge

 
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International research cooperation primarily driven by access to natural resources
 
 
 

International research cooperation primarily driven by acces ...

 
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Increasing number of people surpassing the age of 110 years
 
 
 

Increasing number of people surpassing the age of 110 years

 
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Obama's controversial Nobel Peace Prize
 
 
 

Obama's controversial Nobel Peace Prize

 
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Comercial craft orbits and returns
 
 
 

Comercial craft orbits and returns

 
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Growing privatisation of higher education
 
 
 

Growing privatisation of higher education

 
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University offers Lady Gaga sociology course
 
 
 

University offers Lady Gaga sociology course

 
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Gordon Brown fears about Euro stability in 2011
 
 
 

Gordon Brown fears about Euro stability in 2011

 
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Growth of atheism in Europe and developed nations
 
 
 

Growth of atheism in Europe and developed nations

 
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Unprecedented United Nations sanctions to the USA
 
 
 

Unprecedented United Nations sanctions to the USA

 
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USA instructs spying on key UN officials
 
 
 

USA instructs spying on key UN officials

 
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Several Arab leaders urged attack on Iran over nuclear issue
 
 
 

Several Arab leaders urged attack on Iran over nuclear issue

 
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Fears that terrorists may acquire Pakistani nuclear material
 
 
 

Fears that terrorists may acquire Pakistani nuclear material

 
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Growing interest in geoengineering options
 
 
 

Growing interest in geoengineering options

 
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Visual literacy prevails
 
 
 

Visual literacy prevails

 
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Health care of the elderly is predominantly IT-based
 
 
 

Health care of the elderly is predominantly IT-based

 
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Radical change in the organisation of pan-European research
 
 
 

Radical change in the organisation of pan-European research

 
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Insufficient R&D expenditure hampers service competitiveness in OECD countries
 
 
 

Insufficient R&D expenditure hampers service competitiveness ...

 
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US army worried about youngsters being too fat to fight
 
 
 

US army worried about youngsters being too fat to fight

 
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China’s investment and services “great wall”
 
 
 

China’s investment and services “great wall”

 
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Transhumanism becomes a significant force
 
 
 

Transhumanism becomes a significant force

 
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Tropical UK
 
 
 

Tropical UK

 
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Global System for Safe Nanotechnologies (GSSN)
 
 
 

Global System for Safe Nanotechnologies (GSSN)

 
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Idea of life-long-learning seems to start to penetrate society
 
 
 

Idea of life-long-learning seems to start to penetrate society

 
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Growing importance of the role of finance in sustainable growth
 
 
 

Growing importance of the role of finance in sustainable gro ...

 
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Growing interest in new indicators of poverty and social exclusion
 
 
 

Growing interest in new indicators of poverty and social exc ...

 
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Growing interest in role of media in public attitudes to EU politics
 
 
 

Growing interest in role of media in public attitudes to EU ...

 
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Medical research on ethnic variations in vulnerability to trace pollutants
 
 
 

Medical research on ethnic variations in vulnerability to tr ...

 
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Increasing privatisation of higher education
 
 
 

Increasing privatisation of higher education

 
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Russia applies for EU membership
 
 
 

Russia applies for EU membership

 
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People tired of hearing about climate change
 
 
 

People tired of hearing about climate change

 
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International research cooperation primarily driven by access to natural resources
 
 
 

International research cooperation primarily driven by acces ...

 
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Emergence of new players in the higher education and research sectors
 
 
 

Emergence of new players in the higher education and researc ...

 
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Increase in non-traditional finance instruments
 
 
 

Increase in non-traditional finance instruments

 
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Increasing number of people surpassing the age of 110 years
 
 
 

Increasing number of people surpassing the age of 110 years

 
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Communities take over governance for certain public services
 
 
 

Communities take over governance for certain public services

 
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USA abandons plans to build missile facilities in Czech Republic and Poland
 
 
 

USA abandons plans to build missile facilities in Czech Repu ...

 
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Memory enhancing drugs allow massive absorption of information in short time
 
 
 

Memory enhancing drugs allow massive absorption of informati ...

 
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Important currency provided by non-state actors
 
 
 

Important currency provided by non-state actors

 
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Breakthrough in clean technologies
 
 
 

Breakthrough in clean technologies

 
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Disruption of society due to
 
 
 

Disruption of society due to "immortality"

 
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Artificial epidemics created by genetic manipulation
 
 
 

Artificial epidemics created by genetic manipulation

 
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Growing importance of evaluation of research programmes
 
 
 

Growing importance of evaluation of research programmes

 
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Growing use of domestic criminal law in international human rights cases
 
 
 

Growing use of domestic criminal law in international human ...

 
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Growing interests in gender politics and anti-discrimination regulations
 
 
 

Growing interests in gender politics and anti-discrimination ...

 
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Growing interest in post-conflict cultural identity
 
 
 

Growing interest in post-conflict cultural identity

 
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Facebook capitalism
 
 
 

Facebook capitalism

 
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Major EU state elects neo fascist leader
 
 
 

Major EU state elects neo fascist leader

 
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University of the third age
 
 
 

University of the third age

 
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Criminalisation of parents of homeless
 
 
 

Criminalisation of parents of homeless

 
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The age of the aged
 
 
 

The age of the aged

 
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Rural resurrection
 
 
 

Rural resurrection

 
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MacPublicService, Inc.
 
 
 

MacPublicService, Inc.

 
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Green Vigilantes
 
 
 

Green Vigilantes

 
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Informalisation through social entrepreneurship
 
 
 

Informalisation through social entrepreneurship

 
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Final crisis of capitalism
 
 
 

Final crisis of capitalism

 
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Individual and collective trading of pollution credits
 
 
 

Individual and collective trading of pollution credits

 
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Green genie of restless capitalism
 
 
 

Green genie of restless capitalism

 
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“Children of Men” & the sperm banking crunch
 
 
 

“Children of Men” & the sperm banking crunch

 
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Cooling Water Tax
 
 
 

Cooling Water Tax

 
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Climate Trade Tax based on fossil fuels emissions per capita
 
 
 

Climate Trade Tax based on fossil fuels emissions per capita

 
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Advances in small robots for environmental monitoring and research
 
 
 

Advances in small robots for environmental monitoring and re ...

 
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Growth of European deforestation
 
 
 

Growth of European deforestation

 
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Germany is turning pro-nuclear force
 
 
 

Germany is turning pro-nuclear force

 
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Growing interest in novel science, technology and innovation indicators
 
 
 

Growing interest in novel science, technology and innovation ...

 
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Untraceable nano weapons
 
 
 

Untraceable nano weapons

 
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Gray Goo
 
 
 

Gray Goo

 
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Nano-enabled privacy invasion
 
 
 

Nano-enabled privacy invasion

 
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Nanotube 'asbestos' warning
 
 
 

Nanotube 'asbestos' warning

 
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Concerns about surface area being a better determinant of nanoparticle toxicity than mass
 
 
 

Concerns about surface area being a better determinant of na ...

 
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Nanopollutants
 
 
 

Nanopollutants

 
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Nanoparticles have a potential to contribute to air pollution
 
 
 

Nanoparticles have a potential to contribute to air pollution

 
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Calls to standardise nanomaterials and methods for monitoring health risks
 
 
 

Calls to standardise nanomaterials and methods for monitorin ...

 
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Goodbye to security and defence RTD
 
 
 

Goodbye to security and defence RTD

 
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Underground explosives for remote detonation
 
 
 

Underground explosives for remote detonation

 
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Nano-electrodes as weapons
 
 
 

Nano-electrodes as weapons

 
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Remote control sensors for identifying targeted materials
 
 
 

Remote control sensors for identifying targeted materials

 
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The disappearance of male chauvinism
 
 
 

The disappearance of male chauvinism

 
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Nano-based materials that are a strong as metal
 
 
 

Nano-based materials that are a strong as metal

 
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Legalisation of drugs
 
 
 

Legalisation of drugs

 
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Turkey becomes an EU member
 
 
 

Turkey becomes an EU member

 
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Spirituality is disconnected from religion
 
 
 

Spirituality is disconnected from religion

 
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Drastic reduction in investment in research in Europe
 
 
 

Drastic reduction in investment in research in Europe

 
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Disintegration of EU
 
 
 

Disintegration of EU

 
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Cessation of Xinjiang and Tibet and the breakdown of China
 
 
 

Cessation of Xinjiang and Tibet and the breakdown of China

 
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The coming of
 
 
 

The coming of "technological singularity"

 
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Very rapid acceleration of global warming
 
 
 

Very rapid acceleration of global warming

 
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Nanotechnologies cure most diseases in Europe
 
 
 

Nanotechnologies cure most diseases in Europe

 
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