Twitter May Have Saved Lives During CA Wildfire Tragedy
If we needed any more proof of the value of Twitter as an instant communications tool– all we now have to do is point towards its adoption during this week's California wildfire tragedy.
The wildfires sweeping across parts of California have forced a million to flee their homes, left 400,000 acres of land a charred ruin and reduced some 1,300 homes to rubble.
So imagine the comfort that is being provided by three tireless Twitter feeds during this entire tragedy.
The wildfires sweeping across parts of California have forced a million to flee their homes, left 400,000 acres of land a charred ruin and reduced some 1,300 homes to rubble.
So imagine the comfort that is being provided by three tireless Twitter feeds during this entire tragedy.
Solar Power to Reboot China's Robotic Antarctica Observatory
Earlier this year, an expedition sponsored by the Shanghai-based Polar Research Institute of China, installed the PLATeau Observatory (PLATO) on a site called Dome A, which sits 4,100 meters above sea level on the Antarctic plateau. The robotic observatory designed to test the astronomical observing conditions at a remote Antarctic plateau has lost power after 204 days of operation, with hopes that the project may be resuscitated with solar power in the coming weeks, when sunlight returns to the region.