Flying with reduced carbon


As the Cop26 conference convenes in Glasgow we are aware we’ll have to make changes and flying remains a major carbon polluter. This may be about to change, however, and in this Dividing Lines debate, sponsored by Diffusion PR, Guy Clapperton speaks to Tom Grundy of Hybrid Air Vehicles and Cristina Garcia-Duffy of the Aerospace Technology Institute about alternative technologies for freight, military and carrying people from A to B.

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Labels that speak


Suppose a pair of trainers could not only assure you they were genuine but enable you to sell them back to the manufacturer for remaking so someone else could have them? The process starts with smarter labelling – Guy Clapperton speaks to Max Winograd, VP of connected products for Avery Dennison.

 

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Dividing Lines: Does vertical farming work?


Vertical farming – put your crops into a high rise building, maybe based on hydroponics so they take up less space and you control the climate. Is this the way forward to eliminate poverty? Neither of our guests think it’s that simple. In this podcast Angry Chef blogger Anthony Warner debates Agritecture CEO Henry Gordon-Smith about what’s going to work and what’s not. Guy Clapperton chairs in this debate in the Dividing Lines series, sponsored by Diffusion PR.

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Sounds familiar?


The Coca-Cola song from the 1970s, the Bond theme, Windows start-up, Apple switch-on – we’re surrounded by aural branding as well as logos and visual cues. Michele Arnese, CEO of amp, talks us through what’s going on.

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Young people and data


Guy Clapperton interviews Helena Schwenk of Exasol on how the “D-native” generation doesn’t necessarily think it’s as fluent as all that in data – and the impact this will have on society and business.

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