Word: concepts
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...already has 14,000 orders for the new Camaro since unveiling the first concept car in 2006. Never export oriented, GM is preparing to sell the car in 20 countries such as China, Saudi Arabia and Brazil. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...most, the concept of creativity is most quickly associated with art. For James Croft and Edward Clapp, creators of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (GSE) Creativity Discussion Group, creativity can be found everywhere—not only in art, but in science, cuisine, sports, and cognition.Every Tuesday, faculty and students from Harvard meet informally to discuss creativity in different contexts, using anecdotes, allegories, and sometimes even props to express their personal understanding of this abstract idea. Participants of this Discussion Group identify a wide range of creative pursuits—from creating electricity with dirt to demonstrating the definition...
Traditionally, gold has been a store of value when citizens do not trust their government politically or economically. In Asia, ordinary people -not investors by any means - historically have held tremendous amounts of gold in jewelry. Now that same concept has extended to more-sophisticated investors, who hold gold not in jewelry but in bars and derivative contracts...
With some estimates of armed robots with so-called autonomous navigation systems less than five years away, the U.S. Army is drafting a white paper to set guidelines for their use. "This is a concept paper to think about war-fighting outcomes and what robotics will do for soldiers," says U.S. Lieut. General Michael Vane, who directs the Army Capabilities Integration Center in Fort Monroe, Va. "I am starting out with the idea of having a technology-enabled human. [But] we might someday come up with [separate] IT doctrine and robot doctrine." He reiterates that "we want to make...
...health system electronic when you haven't even had an area or a city to show that they can do it?" says Stephen Klasko, dean of the college of medicine at the University of South Florida and an architect of Tampa's effort. "We will become proof of concept that it can be done...