Thomas Frey - Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute

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Tracking Pets by Satellite

June 25th, 2005 at 10:11 am » Comments (0)

Pet owners can hope to find their lost animals using a new collar beacon developed by scientists that uses Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signals to locate them.



Nanoparticles Drug Delivery System

June 25th, 2005 at 10:08 am » Comments (0)

Scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a breakthrough method of creating the world’s tiniest manufactured particles for delivering drugs and other organic materials into the human body.



Death On Demand… of Your Data

June 25th, 2005 at 9:39 am » Comments (0)

With the proliferation of gigabyte storage on cellphones, PDAs, MP3 players, PMPs and of course laptops, those corporate secrets and sensitive data are everywhere. So what are you poor IT bastards to do? Well, plenty, but it’s gonna cost ya.



Canada Threatens to Pull the Rx Plug

June 25th, 2005 at 7:46 am » Comments (0)

The word “socialism” carries a negative connotation among most Americans — except, of course, when the economic ideology results in lower prices for consumers.
Take the example of Canada’s pharmacies, where people can buy prescription drugs at far cheaper prices than anywhere in the United States.



Nano-Levers Key to Futuristic Gadgets

June 25th, 2005 at 2:18 am » Comments (0)

Billions of tiny mechanical levers could be used to store songs on future MP3 players and pictures on digital cameras.