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Coal Giant Duke Energy Powering Apple’s Largest Data Center in the U.S.

by The Investigative Newswire on April 24, 2012 · 1 Comment

by Climate Desk You’ve heard about the Foxconn factory in China where your iPad is assembled. But have you ever considered the energy required to store your emails, photos and videos in the cloud? As worldwide demand for [...]

Apple Falls From the Tree: Doing the Numbers at Foxconn

by The Investigative Newswire on January 30, 2012 · comment

Yellow suits are managers, QC is in pink. The glasses are eye protection from the bright light used to photo-cure the epoxy that holds the fiber optic components in place. photo: Steve Jurvetson (Wikimedia Commons)

By the Numbers: Life and Death at Foxconn by Lois Beckett for ProPublica An investigative series by the New York Times and a performance piece by Mike Daisey featured on This American Life have put the spotlight on Foxconn, the Taiwanese company whose massive Chinese factories manufacture [...]

VIDEO: Breaking Down the Elements of Human Creativity

by The Investigative Newswire on June 21, 2011 · comment

idea, conception, thought, notion, impression mean what exists in the mind as a representation (as of something comprehended) or as a formulation (as of a plan). idea may apply to a mental image or formulation of something seen or known or imagined, to a pure abstraction, or assumed or vaguely sensed . concept may apply to the idea formed by consideration of instances of a species or genus or, more broadly, to any idea of what a thing ought to be .