Advancing technology and strict laws, however, are helping control some of these adverse environmental effects.

然而，先进的技术和严格的法律有助于控制这些不利的环境影响。

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Both Motorola and IBM have announced plans to bring the technology to market within 18 months, advancing their initial target date of 2004.

摩托罗拉和IBM都公布了在18个月内让技术进入市场的计划，使他们原来确定的目标日期(2004年)有所提前。

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We would need new long-distance power transmission but the technology for providing this is advancing fast, and the countries of North Africa would get a valuable new source of income.

我们的确可能需要新的长途输电技术，不过相关技术现正长足发展中，而且，这技术将为北非国家带来一项宝贵的新收入来源。

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The tone of alarm in their book is a departure for the pair, whose previous research has focused mainly on the benefits of advancing technology.

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Dan Woods is CTO and editor of CITO Research, a firm focused on advancing the craft of technology leadership.

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If peak oil theorists believe we're rapidly running out of a major resource, the institute postulates that technology itself is advancing so rapidly that society will have an overabundance of it -- and an artificial intelligence is set to emerge that will not necessarily pursue mankind's best interests.

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