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The rapid advancement of digital technology, the focus on climate-resilient buildings, and the movement toward renewable energy are just a few of the many factors disrupting the skilled trades industry. Workers in fields like facilities management, electrical, engineering, and fire service face the daunting challenge of keeping up with these trends so they can do…

Laundering removable bed barriers provides a more effective, consistent and safer method for eliminating harmful bacteria compared to manual cleaning. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers a patient’s bed mattress a Class II medical device due to the moderate to high risk it poses to patients, as well as the need for special…

No evidence of data misuse has been found so far. Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC), a health center in Connecticut, experienced a criminal cyberattack on January 2, according to a press release. A hacker accessed and stole some data but did not disrupt operations or delete files. Some 1,060,936 individuals were affected in this breach,…

At its core, strategy entails deriving insights from facts and data, developing real options based on those insights, making hard-to-reverse choices, and executing initiatives that convert those choices into value. Data analytics has assisted in this work for several decades, but never before has technology been able to not only augment and partially automate inputs…

Canada-wide capacity for renewable power generation from wind, solar or energy storage inputs has grown by nearly 7,600 megawatts, or 46 per cent, since 2019. Newly released data from the Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) pegs current installed capacity from those sources at about 24,000 MW, while another 10,000 MW is in development and slated…

In a recent school pilot, a robot patrolled Santa Fe High School around the clock to survey the sprawling campus for potential threats and send messages to authorities—even enabling a remote security team to question an intruder. Robots on school grounds are only one of many ways that American schools can keep students, staff, and…