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Local Citizens Connect to Global Rural Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 24, 2009 Local Citizens Connect to Global Rural Network It has been over three years in the making. The Global Rural Network Project announced the establishment of a website to help rural communities from around the country and globe to establish a collaborative network with creative solutions for the future.... Read More
Collecting Power Produced by Students and Feeding It Back into the Power Grid
The ReRev technology features a patent-pending system called ReCardio that captures and converts the otherwise counter-productive heat energy from exercise machines. A real-time display screen on each elliptical shows the students’ momentary power production, production peaks and production to date.... Read More
Over Sixty Interviewed on the NorthFork Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2009 Over Sixty Interviewed on the NorthFork Project The NorthFork Riverwalk Development Project completed an important step as part of the Master Plan effort. On February 23 and 2... Read More
How Well Do You Know...Web 2.0?
An interesting series of questions to test how well you know and understand the Web 2.0 capabilities. Now to establish data definitions so that applications can collect and aggregate data from different sources, the key to transforming information fusion into knowledge and insi... Read More
Industry Makes Pitch That Smartphones Belong in Classroom
Smartphones are what computers were to the education industry 40 years ago. How will the educators effectively incorporate these tools into 21st Century learning skills... Read More
Tracking Renewable Energy Bills through Nebraska State Legislature
Renewable Energy Bill Summary For the 101st Legislature, 2009 This year marks a new record for the introduction of renewable energy legislation. This summary has been prepared as a service to citizens trying to stay up to date on these issue... Read More
On the Edge -- stuck in a prolonged deflationary trap
Rick Smyre email newsletter comment on NY Times Op-ed piece by Paul Krugman. I am sending referencing this article to you for two reasons....one to focus on the importance of the deflationary trap about which Krugman mentions in this articl... Read More
2009 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship
The summit brings together entrepreneurs, business leaders, service providers, students, and government representatives to dialogue and further entrepreneurial interest throughout Nebraska. This event is free and open to the publi... Read More
Where Real Innovation Happens
Tim O'Reilly in an interview with Forbes magazine makes some interesting points on where real innovation happens. Tim asks, "So where's the alpha-geek innovation happening toda... Read More
Wind jobs outstrip coal mining
Nebraska is in a wind corridor. The big spike in wind jobs was a result of a record-setting 50% increase in installed wind capacity, with 8,358 megawatts coming online in 2008 (enough to power some 2 million homes)... Read More
PROFITS IN NANOTECH COME FROM INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS, NOT RAW MATERIALS
Boston, MA – January 22, 2009 – While it’s widely believed that any product enabled by nanotechnology will have the potential for huge profit margins, the fact is that many nano-enabled products are only incremental improvements with small premiums. To assist decision makers in identifying the most profitable opportunities, a new report by Lux Research finds that nanointermediates – intermediate products, such as coatings, memory chips, and catalysts, improved by nanotechnology – garnered an aggregate net profit margin of 9% in 2007 – a figure that will expand to 15% in 2015. “The real opportunities for nanomaterials have become clearer,” noted Jurron Bradley, Ph.D., Senior Analyst at Lux Research and head of the firm’s Nanomaterials Intelligence service. “Because of nanotech’s broad applicability, understanding the maze of opportunities and filtering hype from reality isn’t trivia... Read More
Work Underway on North Fork Redevelopment Master Plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 19, 2009 Work Underway on North Fork Redevelopment Master Plan On Tuesday, January 27 at 5:30 PM, at the Life Long Learning Center, NECC, the NorthFork Riverwalk Development Foundation Board of Directors will present an update on the first two of four tasks for the Master Plan effort. HDR Engineering Inc. and S.... Read More
Letter to City Council on Economic Development Proposal
Mayor and City Council Members, My comments below are in regard to the working group session held January 12th concerning economic develop proposed changes. I believe we have a good economic development system operated through the Elkhorn Valley Economic Development Council (EVEDC), while it may need a revised focus and course correction given our changing times and future trends... Read More
At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard
New York Times, By SARA RIMER, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/us/13physics.html?pagewanted=all The physics department has replaced the traditional large introductory lecture with smaller classes that emphasize hands-on, interactive, collaborative learning. Last fall, after years of experimentation and debate and resistance from students, who initially petitioned against it, the department made the change permanen... Read More
Letter to Mayor on Vision for the Community
Thanks for asking me to come in and discuss visioning topics for the community. After our discussion I wanted to jot some notes down that have been on my mind for awhil... Read More
NorthFork Riverwalk Development Project
A "seed" that was planted as part of the Visioning 2026 project is gaining more support and coverage in different media outlets as well as community support. Review the numerous postings listed in the Feature section of the website for more coverage and the progress of seeding transformation changes in a community of 25,000. http://www.visioning2026.com/feature/northfork-riverwalk-development-proj... Read More
Area Resident Presents At World Futures Society
How will this 3D virtual reality environment such as Second Life affect our business and personal lives in the future? That is what Norfolk resident, Larry Wenzl, Nucor Engineer, Leadership Norfolk graduate, Visioning 2026 team leader, and Master Capacity Builder is trying to help many to understand.... Read More
Third Millennial Center and Second Life Application
How can you use and establish a real-world community infrastructure facility, incorporate the concept of transformational thinking, and model it in a 3D virtual environment? Several local Master Capacity Builders in concert with individuals involved with developing Second Life collaboration opportunities have offered a concept paper The Third Millennial Center as a vehicle to develop a new community learning platform... Read More
Focus Groups to Be Formed
By KENT WARNEKE The next stage of the Visioning 2026 process will begin next week in Norfolk. Jennifer Adams, coordinator of the program for the Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce, said a number of focus groups would be formed to allow Norfolk and Madison County residents to become involved in the development of practical, tangible ideas for the future that they would like to see explored... Read More
Futurist Looks At What's Ahead For Norfolk, NE
How can we be prepared to compete with the world market two decades from now? That's what one Siouxland community is trying to figure out. "Visioning 2026" in Norfolk and Madison County, Nebraska has been working for months to formulate a plan for the future... Read More