News: In the Media

The ‘online’ is not as environmentally friendly as it claims

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, and the Lawrence Berkeley Lab confirmed that the outdated use of plastic CDs, printing plants, distribution of trucks or inefficient warehouse stores which has a positive impact, but the move to a digital downloads also consumes resources that were not taken into account. An analysis of six scenarios (three for purchase online and the remaining others for physical purchase) suggests that buying digital music through the internet, increases the consumption and emissions of carbon dioxide between 40% to 80% associated with the physical delivery of the music to the customer who wants purchase a cd.

Read the articles online, in Portuguese, from Diario de Noticias.

Bill Gates offers Center for Computer Science

The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, returning for the third time to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in the United States, on September 22nd to inaugurate the new Computer Center. Students included in the Carnegie Mellon | Portugal Program will be able to enjoy this center. Built with a donation of 20 million dollars from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Gates Center for Computer Science promotes interdisciplinary teaching and research activities, particularly in areas such as computer security and artificial intelligence, which are crucial for the future of computing.

Read the article online, in Portuguese, from Mundo Universitario, Canal UP – Universidades e Politecnicos, Universidade da Madeira.