
Bill Becken
Bill Becken is a freelance researcher and writer with more than 20 years of experience in B2B communications and publishing. Most recently, Becken has contributed stories and top-tier executive interviews to B2B outlets with a focus on technology, travel, transportation and healthcare. He can be reached atArticles by Bill Becken
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Tech firms vie against range of mobile retail payment systems from banks, others
A half-decade or so since its introduction, Apple Pay continues to dazzle. It's the best-known of the…
Tuesday, November 06, 2018 -
New plastics and composites impact design, engineering across the world economy
The productive versatility of modern manufacturing is evolving quickly — whether it comes to new processes…
Monday, October 15, 2018 -
Plastics, bioplastics augment and replace metal parts in farming machinery
Quietly and without much fanfare, plastics and bioplastics are finding their way into the production…
Monday, September 24, 2018 -
Can bioplastics help solve the world’s plastic disposal problem?
The world’s conventional polymers, derived from petroleum feedstocks, have outstanding benefits, such…
Monday, August 27, 2018 -
Apple Pay, NFC services face competitors that could disrupt payment processing
Apple reached a milestone recently when it became the world’s first trillion-dollar company. It helped…
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 -
Medical-retail drugstore partnerships strengthen business, promote public health
In the last decade or so, some healthcare providers have partnered with retail drugstore chains like…
Friday, August 03, 2018 -
Plastics innovations spur changes in medical device markets
Plastics are playing their part in the disruptive medical device market, which is now subject to several…
Thursday, July 19, 2018 -
GIS plays expanding role at the Centers for Disease Control
In the last few years, geographic information systems (GIS), geography, geospatial science and visualization…
Friday, June 29, 2018 -
GIS-savvy surveyors muster political will to lobby at multiple levels of government
Surveying is daytime work — especially if it invokes today’s remarkable high-tech geospatial mapping…
Monday, May 21, 2018 -
Shootings propel new look at an old objective: Preparing youth for the inevitable
The decades-long rise of gun-related violence in U.S. schools reached a zenith of sorts with the shooting…
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 -
Counselors’ role likely to evolve to help stop further violence on campus, comfort victims
Earlier this year, a disaffected former high school student returned to his alma mater in Parkland, Florida,…
Tuesday, May 08, 2018 -
Rainwater harvesting comes of age across the (dry) land
There are those in vehement denial of the research and data indicating that water resources across…
Thursday, March 29, 2018 -
Drones and LIDAR pump up aerial surveying and mapping
One might think that maybe, just maybe, advancing technology would not disrupt the age-old, venerated…
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 -
As medical wearables find a home, usage concerns remain
New wearable digital technology devices are certainly nifty and enticing. First-generation wearables…
Thursday, March 08, 2018 -
Midwest emerging as bustling tech hub
Tech businesses are leaving Silicon Valley, literally and figuratively. But where to? As an initial…
Tuesday, March 06, 2018 -
Nuclear standoff with North Korea prompts interest in new weapons
With rogue nations such as North Korea developing intercontinental ballistic missiles systems (ICBMs)…
Friday, February 23, 2018 -
Google offers global geospatial analysis for the masses
A plethora of global remote-sensing technologies acquire terabytes of environmental data minute by…
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 -
Mapping degraded lands with applied geospatial knowledge
Will the restoration of degraded lands come to the rescue of a world short on water, arable land and…
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 -
Scope of nanotechnology widens in 2018
There's miniaturization, and then there's nanotechnology. Global markets are growing and multiplying…
Monday, February 12, 2018 -
Medication-assisted treatment gets a big expansion in California
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and California's Department of Health Care Services…
Friday, February 02, 2018 -
Geographic information systems show their true economic value
Consumers and businesses have embraced geographic information systems (GIS) as a huge boon in their lives.…
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 -
Hidden testimony: Substance abuse among attorneys
Attorneys advocate adversarially for others. By doing so they hold their clients' trust and fate in their…
Tuesday, January 16, 2018 -
Boomers and millennials traveling more — and differently
Baby boomers are traveling more than ever and certainly remain the global travel industry's cash cow.…
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 -
Cannabis habitats: Hemp as a building aid comes of age
Despite the recent Justice Department ruling, the forward march continues toward pervasive legalization…
Tuesday, January 09, 2018 -
Anxiety and depression no longer lurk in the shadows
The prevalence of anxiety and depression (A&D) is increasing worldwide. The impact of this illness —…
Thursday, January 04, 2018 -
What lies ahead for the travel industry in 2018
Travel is becoming less a discretionary activity and more of a necessity, especially if you subscribe…
Wednesday, January 03, 2018 -
Transformative trips: 6 trends climbing the horizons of wellness travel
In an increasingly chaotic world, it is not surprising that wellness travel should be the fastest-growing…
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
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