Björk, one of the most original musicians of nowadays, has released a new album—this time an interactive one. The album called ‘Biophilia’ and the ambitious project deals with themes of nature, science and humanity’s relationships encouraging listeners to explore it via iPhone and iPad apps. This is the first-ever musical album with such apps.
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PepsiCo has finally selected the winners of its PepsiCo10 program in Europe, which was rolled out in early summer as a follow-up to the U.S. version of the initiative launched last year. On October 4, the food and drinks giant, which is committed to driving innovation in everything it does, announced the 10 technological start-up companies, which were chosen from over 130 submissions from all across Europe.
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the Worldwide Olympic Partner and the U.S. Olympic Committee have presented the U.S. Olympic Genome Project, an initiative developed for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The idea is to connect Americans with Olympians and Paralympians through social media tools.
Manufacturers are seeing a rapid expansion in the number and scope of regulations around product and packaging recycling, such as the European Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. SAP AG is helping Panasonic comply with these worldwide product end-of-life regulations and retailer mandates with the SAP® Recycling Administration application. In addition to compliance, the application helps Panasonic to be more efficient and reduce both recycling and operational costs. The use of the software drives excellence in recycling and reuse, which is an important aspect of any customer’s sustainable supply chain and products business case—with the ultimate goal of protecting the brand while designing, manufacturing and distributing innovative, safe and compliant products.
IBM is addressing a range of city challenges with its groundbreaking technologies to help make metropolitan areas around the globe a better place to live. As part of its Smarter Cities project, the technology giant offers solutions to a variety of urban problems in transportation, building, education, public safety, healthcare and more areas, creating cities of the future. On September 28, the company announced its collaboration with Streetline, Inc., the leading global provider of sensor-enabled mobile and web applications for smart parking solutions, aimed at helping people with tips for finding parking spaces faster and providing urban areas officials with the ways to alleviate traffic congestion.