Fourth Industrial Revolution

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Workers inspect tracks on the railway of Southeast Asia's first light rail transit (LRT) network, which is 29-years-old, in Manila October 10, 2013. Images of a portion of the Philippines' oldest light rail transit line ablaze in the middle of the night were exactly what private sector bidders for a $1.4 billion rehabilitation of the country's rail system had feared.  To match Insight PHILIPPINES-ECONOMY/   Picture taken October 10, 2013.   REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TRANSPORT) - GM1E9AF0BHU01

It was Grove’s continuing work on making batteries more efficient and economic that led directly to the gas battery. Image: REUTERS/Erik De Castro

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