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smartplanet.com — HONG KONG - "By the year 2030, there will be 2 billion people on this planet over the age of 60," said Kim Walker, founder and C.E.O. of Singapore-based Silver Group, speaking at a TEDx event in Hong Kong last week.

smartplanet.com — On Dec. 12, 2001, in the early days of the war in Afghanistan, U.S. Special Forces led an attack on Tora Bora, a mountainous warren of caves and bunkers on the country's eastern border. Their target? Osama bin Laden.

smartplanet.com — On Dec. 12, 2001, in the early days of the war in Afghanistan, U.S. Special Forces led an attack on Tora Bora, a mountainous warren of caves and bunkers on the country's eastern border. Their target? Osama bin Laden.

smartplanet.com — Yesterday I reported on an innovative new spin on OLED technology, called Transparent OLED, which may soon make see-through TVs all the rage. But elsewhere across the pond, some researchers are looking even further into the future.

smartplanet.com — Over the past few months, we've reported about the various energy efficiency projects being embraced by government agencies, including various branches of the military. These initiatives are cropping up in response to the directive signed by President Obama in October 2009 calling for more sustainable operations strategy across the federal government.

smartplanet.com — What makes for a great collaboration with outside designers? It's a strategy that numerous companies have followed successfully-namely mass-market American retailer Target. One innovative company that has practiced this approach for decades, Italian lighting manufacturer Flos, has a list of collaborators that reads like a pantheon of hip, forward-thinking product designers of the late 20th and early 21st century.

smartplanet.com — Vin Ferrara felt woozy. He was wearing a football helmet and his limbs were splayed on the field's turf, this much he knew. He had just taken a jarringly hard hit to his chin that sent his world spinning.

smartplanet.com — Public universities throughout the United States have had their budgets cut deeply and often since the Great Recession began. One New Jersey community college has offset lost funding by installing a solar system on campus.

smartplanet.com — Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson recently got into some hot water over apparent misstatements in his official bio that added a bachelor's degree in computer science to his accounting degree. It's not clear if the erroneous credential was a mistake, but if it was intentional, Thompson may have been feeling the pressure to show technical acumen.

smartplanet.com — Access to fresh water is something that many of us in the developed world take for granted, until a local summer drought reminds us that it isn't exactly an unlimited resource. That realization increasingly is one being pondered and debated in board rooms and staff meetings, and increasingly water consumption management has become a part of corporate sustainability strategy and discussions.

smartplanet.com — For designer Michael Fribe, the future of television has never been so clear. The Loewe Invisio, his striking concept for a flat screen "see through" television, has been getting a lot of attention lately due to rumors that Apple is in talks to acquire Loewe's.

smartplanet.com — MADRID-Many people complain Facebook Events are a weak point of the world's most popular social network. The application of MitMi looks to integrate and transform how businesses and individuals market, share and plan their events. MitMi (pronounced "meet me" in Spanglish) is a geo-locational application that really customizes event planning and advertising.

smartplanet.com — Vin Ferrara felt woozy. He was wearing a football helmet and his limbs were splayed on the field's turf, this much he knew. He had just taken a jarringly hard hit to his chin that sent his world spinning.

smartplanet.com — Our largest untapped resource for innovation and a growing economy is not solar or wind power. It's not social networking or electric vehicles. It is the many millions of people who have the free time, disposable income, knowledge and passion required to make things.

smartplanet.com — PC and gadget users - ie, anyone reading this story - as a group contribute to global CO2 emissions probably more than the airline industry does. Every time billions of us plug in, recharge, refresh, retrieve, reboot, download, upload, store, save, italicize, underline, boldface, capitalize, minimize, maximize, delete, surf, click or stream (you get the picture), we are drawing energy.

smartplanet.com — The United States Navy foresees a future where the rising cost of oil will create operational vulnerabilities. In response, it has devised a massive online game to crowd source innovative ideas from the public to sink its energy challenges.

smartplanet.com — Yes, the year in the headline is correct. Delivery and logistics company Fedex Express reports this month that the company has improved its fleet efficiency by 16.6 percent through fiscal year 2011, compared with 2005.

smartplanet.com — Apparently, more smartphone users are bragging about their location, location, location - and that could play right into the mobile marketing strategy that your company should be developing. Close to three-quarters of adult smartphone users (74 percent) are using features that make use of the real-time location-based information, which essentially means they are broadcasting their whereabouts implicitly.