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Thomas Frey - Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute

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The Incredible Edible Printable Ink

February 10th, 2005 at 11:34 pm » Comments (0)

Technology seems to have inspired a chef to design an amazing invention, edible ink made of liquidised food to print a picture snack on low-cal edible paper using a specially designed printer.



Space Debris Overload

February 10th, 2005 at 11:23 pm » Comments (0)

As dump-sites go, there’s nothing quite like Earth orbit: Totally gone or near-dead spacecraft, spent motor casings and rocket stages, all the way down to pieces of solid propellant, insulation, and paint flakes.



The Click Fraud Epidemic

February 10th, 2005 at 11:07 pm » Comments (0)

Adam Penenberg:
Click fraud — the practice of skewing pay-per-click advertising data by generating illegitimate hits — has become an epidemic, something that Google, in its pre-public offering documents, identified as a notable risk.



World’s First Bacterial Battery

February 10th, 2005 at 10:54 pm » Comments (0)

According to the report published in the journal Nature, Prof Chris Pickett and his colleagues at the John Innes Centre claim that they have built the active part of a bacterial enzyme that works like a miniature hydrogen fuel cell.



Octopus Model of Robotic Designs

February 10th, 2005 at 10:48 pm » Comments (0)

Theoretically, there are any number of ways an octopus could use its long flexible arms to move an object. But the method they actually use is surprisingly close to how animals with rigid skeletons—including humans—do it.



Date from Hell: Rescue!

February 10th, 2005 at 4:00 pm » Comments (0)

It’s every single person’s nightmare: You’re on a date, it’s a disaster but there’s no way out.



Genetic Barcodes Will Identify World’s Species

February 10th, 2005 at 2:07 pm » Comments (0)

A team of international scientists launched an ambitious project on Thursday to genetically identify, or provide a barcode for, every plant and animal species on the planet.



Personal Spaceflight Leaders Form Federation

February 10th, 2005 at 1:37 pm » Comments (0)

Space entrepreneurs that envision a flourishing public space travel market want to create an industry association to ensure that public treks into space are not only safe, but also help grow the personal spaceflight industry.



Nose Piercing-Mounted Eyeglasses

February 10th, 2005 at 8:55 am » Comments (0)

People looking for something different can now run a piece of metal through the bridge of their nose and mount lenses to it. Great photo, and also great for people without ears.



The Naked Karaoke Contest

February 10th, 2005 at 12:59 am » Comments (0)

After a yearlong fight with the town, a bar is going ahead with a plan to have patrons belt out ballads in the buff.



So, What Will it take to Succeed?

February 10th, 2005 at 12:52 am » Comments (0)

Seth Godin:
If it’s not money or brilliant programming what will characterize the success of tomorrow’s Net? Here’s the top ten list:



Social Pecking Order Tied to Premature Death

February 10th, 2005 at 12:44 am » Comments (0)

Carol Shively and her colleagues divided 36 monkeys into groups of four, and watched how the animals reacted as a social pecking order evolved. Lower-ranking females were more likely to become depressed.



New Pocket-Sized Video Projector

February 10th, 2005 at 12:32 am » Comments (0)

The portable front-projection is going to be one of the break-out products this year. Mitsubishi’s new PocketProjector: weighing only 14 ounces, can project an 800 by 600 pixel image that is 20 inches across from only one foot away.