Collaborate Disseminate
As I reflect on 2020 and the way in which the pandemic affected the business world, what stands out to me is the incredible increase in streaming content consumed on the internet. We’ve seen launches of some of the highest-profile streaming services to… Continue reading Keeping Emissions in Check During Unprecedented Internet Use
As I reflect on 2020 and the way in which the pandemic affected the business world, what stands out to me is the incredible increase in streaming content consumed on the internet. We’ve seen launches of some of the highest-profile streaming services to date between late 2019 and 2020. People are continuously streaming content and we need to consider the impact that increased viewership is having on the world. When you sit down to catch a movie or binge watch that latest series, do you consider the effect that streamed content has on the rest of the world? We will continue to see an uptick in carbon emissions from the power required to serve online content: servers, network hardware, and the energy needed to keep it all cool. Continue reading Keeping Emissions in Check During Unprecedented Internet Use
A simple home test for breast cancer and a solar energy-harvesting window made of recycled materials are the big winners of this year’s James Dyson Awards. The annual competition encourages university students to develop innovative solutions to current… Continue reading Home cancer-screen kit and UV-harvesting windows win James Dyson Awards
Console waste plus energy-hungry cloud gaming equals the worst of both worlds for sustainability. Continue reading Next-Gen Gaming Is an Environmental Nightmare
Guest blogger Jim Boyle is CEO and Founder of Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. His views are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Akamai. Continue reading Akamai’s Climate Leadership
I’m a developer advocate at Akamai and a huge proponent for the open source initiative. So, today I am going to tell you a story of how a regular person like you or me can make an impact with just a little bit of goodwill, and a pinch of open source.
T… Continue reading Fighting Smoke with Open Source
I’m a developer advocate at Akamai and a huge proponent for the open source initiative. So, today I am going to tell you a story of how a regular person like you or me can make an impact with just a little bit of goodwill, and a pinch of open source. Continue reading Fighting Smoke with Open Source
Akamai has been a strong advocate for water conservation by supporting early-stage innovations. This World Water Monitoring Day (September 18), we present the inspiring work of one of our innovators — Foundation For Environmental Monitoring (FFEM), based in Bangalore, India — that is working on developing open source devices to monitor key environmental parameters such as water and soil. Continue reading FFEM: A Simple Device to Crowdsource Water Quality Data
Akamai has been a strong advocate for water conservation by supporting early-stage innovations. This World Water Monitoring Day (September 18), we present the inspiring work of one of our innovators — Foundation For Environmental Monitoring (FFEM), ba… Continue reading FFEM: A Simple Device to Crowdsource Water Quality Data
A new review article, from an international team of material scientists, is suggesting a leather-like material made from mushroom-derived biomass has the potential to be cheaper and more environmentally sustainable than animal leather or its plastic de… Continue reading Study makes case for mushroom leather as greener, ethical alternative