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The Dot Braille Smartwatch wearable technology
which lets visually impaired people see the world
through real time information from their phone, such
as notifications, text messages, Facebook messag-
es and more.
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City of Hope, a world-renowned comprehensive
cancer center and independent biomedical research
institution, has developed a synthetic DNA molecule
that is programmed to jump-start the immune sys-
tem to eradicate genetically distinct types of pros-
tate cancer.
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GRACE Follow-On (GRACE-FO) the continuing leg-
acy of GRACE (courtesy of US and German space
agencies --- NASA and DLR) tracking Earth’s water
movement across the planet. Monitoring changes
in ice sheets and glaciers, underground water stor-
age, the amount of water in large lakes and rivers,
and changes in sea level provides a unique view of
Earth’s climate and could help us improve perfor-
mance indicators in the projected water gap.
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Living Planet report by World Wildlife Federation
warns that the loss of wildlife is now an emergency
that is threatening our civilization. E.g. Recent stud-
ies have tracked calamitous declines of pollinating
insects in the US, Costa Rica and Germany, promot-
ing warnings of ecological Armageddon. Research-
ers state we must stem the loss of biodiversity or
face the prospect of our own extinction, but the
solution is nowhere in sight.
What are the signals that give you hope or cause to
pause? Which futures matter to you?
Looking Forward!
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Edraak, a massive open online course
(MOOC) platform and initiative of the
Queen Rania Foundation, provides on-
line education to Za’atari refugee camps
where residents are isolated in the mid-
dle of the desert, with very little access
to the outside world.
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