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Tsunami Warning System

Biggest Failure in Indonesia's Tsunami Warning System Is Education

Luke Abaffy
Luke Abaffy
October 10, 2018
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More than failed tsunami warning systems, earthquake experts condemn a lack of public understanding of the risk as a fatal contributor to the more than 1,400 deaths in a 7.5-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Palu Bay in Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Sept. 29.


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PowerOutage.us

'Spare Time' Project Yields Carolinas Power Outage Tracking Map

Luke Abaffy
Luke Abaffy
October 3, 2018
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PowerOutage.us is a live, online map of power outages by county.


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Canada’s Northwest Territories high-intensity crown-fire burn experiment

Startup Uses Machine Learning To Cut Fire Risk From Power Grids

Luke Abaffy
Luke Abaffy
July 11, 2018
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If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, it can still land on a power line and start a wildfire.


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Drone Innovations for Business Use

Federal Programs Spur Drone Innovations for Business Use

Luke Abaffy
Luke Abaffy
May 23, 2018
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Government bodies and technology companies in 10 locations across the nation are partnering to develop an array of drone innovations while the Federal Aviation Administration streamlines its airspace access request process.


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Robot-Printed ‘Tiny House’

Robot-Printed 'Tiny House' Is Prototype for Rapid Housing

Luke Abaffy
Luke Abaffy
May 16, 2018
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A construction tech company that printed the walls of a 350-sq-ft “tiny house” in 48 hours in Austin, Texas, in March is now partnered with a nonprofit that aims to start printing walls for 800-sq-ft homes in El Salvador—in 24 hours for each—by the end of the year.


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HVAC designs

On-Demand Supercomputers Democratize Airflow Modeling

Luke Abaffy
Luke Abaffy
April 25, 2018
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Studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 5% to 10% of patients in acute care facilities contract infections there—a figure that’s been on the rise for the last 30 years.


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Guajataca Dam

Feds Fight to Firm Up Puerto Rico Dam

Luke Abaffy
Luke Abaffy
February 26, 2018
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The Dept. of Defense is overseeing a complicated mission to stabilize and rebuild Guajataca Dam


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National Guard soldier

Problems Plague Puerto Rico as Gov. Looks to Privatize PREPA

Luke Abaffy
Luke Abaffy
January 24, 2018
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After months of struggle to restore power in Puerto Rico, the territory’s Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on Jan. 22 announced that the state-owned Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority will be privatized.


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Autodesk CEO Anagnost

Automation, Collaboration Key Themes at Autodesk Meeting

Aileen Cho
Aileen Cho
Luke Abaffy
Luke Abaffy
November 22, 2017
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Automating construction and creating a collaborative, seamless cloud-based central space for all aspects of a project cycle dominated the scene at Autodesk University 2017. 


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Puerto Rico electric grid
Disaster Recovery

Puerto Rico Rethinks Power Grid Rebuild After Whitefish Energy Flap

Luke Abaffy
Luke Abaffy
November 1, 2017
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As private and public agencies continue to restore power to the 70% of Puerto Rico that is still without electricity, the island’s government announced it will cancel a $300-million grid-reconstruction contract with Whitefish Energy.
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