Report – Page 8 – Impact Lab

Breakthrough Thinking, Business, Internet, New Viewpoints, Report

The Internet of Things

July 21, 2011

Cisco has designed an impressive infographic detailing how the ‘Internet Of Things‘ will affect everyday life. Or rather, how it won’t. As of 2008, the number of ’things’ connected to the Internet surpassed the number of people on earth. By 2050, there will be 50 billion things, ranging from your smartphone to believe it or not, cattle. Wireless sensors (transmitting 200 MB of data per cow each year) have been affixed to cows, instantly notifying a farmer when one is sick. (pic)

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Birth, Health & Fitness, Hot Issues, Human Behavior, Report

The untold story behind abortion drug RU-486

July 13, 2011

A new report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reveals a listing of “adverse events” regarding use of mifepristone (RU-486). According to the data, 14 women have died using the abortion drug and 2,207 American women have sustained injuries. Approx 1.5 million women have taken the drug so far.

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Big Problems, Globalism, government, Great Videos, Health & Fitness, Latest Trend, Report

Global War on Drugs Has Failed: Report

June 3, 2011

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A new report by the Global Commission on Drug Policy has come to the conclusion that the global war on drugs has failed. The Global Commission, which includes a group of politicians and former world leaders, says the current anti-drug policy has been fueling organized crime, costing taxpayers millions of dollars and causing thousands of deaths.

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Analysis, Food, Globalism, Report, Science & Technology News

Food Prices Could Rise as Much as 180% by 2030

May 31, 2011

Oxfam says era of permanent food crisis will hit poorest people hardest and spark social unrest.

In the next 20 years the average price of staple foods will more than double. This will lead to an unprecedented reversal in human development, Oxfam has warned.

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Analysis, Health & Fitness, Internet, Latest Trend, Report, Science & Technology News

Peer-to-Peer Healthcare Widespread in U.S: Report

March 16, 2011

The internet gives patients and caregivers access not only to information, but also to each other.

Many Americans turn to friends and family for support and advice when they have a health problem. This report shows how people’s networks are expanding to include online peers, particularly in the crucible of rare disease. Health professionals remain the central source of information for most Americans, but “peer-to-peer healthcare” is a significant supplement.

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Analysis, Business, Latest Trend, Report, Science & Technology News

State of the American News Media 2011: Report

March 15, 2011

Why do networks still do news?

By several measures, the state of the American news media improved in 2010.

After two dreadful years, most sectors of the industry saw revenue begin to recover. With some notable exceptions, cutbacks in newsrooms eased. And while still more talk than action, some experiments with new revenue models began to show signs of blossoming.

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Analysis, Education, Report

Pathways to Prosperity – Is College the Only Option for Career Success?

March 2, 2011

Students need more options to career success.

Despite decades of efforts to reform education, and billions of dollars of expenditures, the harsh reality is that America is still failing to prepare millions of its young people to lead successful lives as adults. Evidence of this failure is everywhere: in the dropout epidemic that plagues our high schools and colleges; in the harsh fact that just 30 percent of our young adults earn a bachelor’s degree by age 27; and in teen and young adult employment rates not seen since the Great Depression.

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Analysis, Big Problems, Health & Fitness, Latest Trend, Report, Science & Technology News

Cost Of Heart Disease in U.S. Will Triple by 2030

January 24, 2011

Patient in ICU after suffering second heart attack.

The costs of heart disease in the United States will triple between now and 2030, to more than $800 billion a year, a report commissioned by the American Heart Association predicted on Monday.

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