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Many rural communities are several miles from a telephone exchange - too far for high-speed broadband to work - while satellite connection for high-speed access is very expensive and carries the risk of added technical problems.
BBC: High speed rural broadband hope
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Then there is artificial intelligence in the form of high-speed semantic search capability (pioneered by Blackstone Discovery in Silicon Valley) that can do the work of hundreds of para-legals in a fraction of the time and a small percentage of the cost.
FORBES: Is Your Job Robot-Proof?
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This Preparation Bill, which will apply to England, Scotland and Wales, also allows for "preparatory work for future phases of a high speed rail network at the appropriate time".
BBC: HS2 legislation outlined in Queen's Speech
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"He wrapped a piece of emery cloth around the work piece, rotating at high speed, whilst leaving a single glove on one hand, " he said.
BBC: Honda fined ?10,000 over finger loss at Swindon plant
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The WiGig Alliance was formed to establish a global ecosystem of high-speed and easy-to-use wireless devices that seamlessly work together to connect people in the digital age.
ENGADGET: WiGig and VESA team up, promise wireless DisplayPort gear
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Yet there is clearly a huge opportunity, given the gap between the quality of Internet access most Americans enjoy at work (through high-speed direct connections) and at home (through a copper telephone wire).
ECONOMIST: Cable television
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Online retail sales have boomed as more people get high-speed internet connections and time-pressed shoppers take advantage of shopping from home or work, according to industry observers.
BBC: Zara launches online retail store
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There have been dark hints from people at Boeing that manufacturing work on the Sonic Cruiser, a high-speed airliner, will move out of the state unless traffic between Boeing's factories around Seattle gets unclogged.
ECONOMIST: Citizens' initiatives
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He hopes to jump-start the efforts of a coterie of tiny biotech firms developing high-speed gene-scanners, in the same way that his work at Celera Genomics forced the government's Genome Project to accelerate its efforts.
FORBES: Magazine Article
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He hopes to stimulate the efforts of a group of tiny biotech companies that are developing high-speed gene-scanners in the same way that his work at Celera Genomics forced the government's Genome Project to accelerate its efforts.
FORBES: Magazine Article