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Blockchain for Impact: Blockchain Revolution Global Event Wrap-Up

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The Everledger process is also being used for things like recovering rare earth minerals (cobalt, lithium) from batteries, in the sustainability space. Everledger CEO Leanne Kemp talks about how blockchain has been able to remove and prevent conflict diamonds from being in the global supply chain.

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Cheap, Easy, and Underutilized Online Communication for Nonprofits

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kWh lithium-ion battery pack. The concept car’s 30 battery modules—comprising 180 lithium-ion cells—were installed in spaces adapted to the vehicle architecture: in the floor of the trunk (fully usable cargo capacity: 275 liters, 9.7 Top speed is now 135 km/h (84 mpg), versus 140 km/h (87 mph) announced earlier this year.

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Lithium ion battery failures were big again this past year. Lithium ion batteries will continue to power our mobile devices — and continue to catch fire now and then, but not that often. The latest scare this year is about how the Internet of Things could kill people. The craze was over before we knew it. The effect?

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