Thomas Frey - Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute

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New Earthroamer Jeep

April 12th, 2007 at 11:26 pm » Comments (0)

You have two choices in life: You can dissolve into the mainstream, or you can be distinct. And the people at Earthroamer are giving you a whole way of being distinct with this unusual off-road Jeep vehicle for the truly free-spirited people. (w/pics)



Chicago to Ban ‘Cocaine’ the Energy Drink

April 12th, 2007 at 10:56 pm » Comments (0)

In yet another sign of too many cops on the streets, an energy drink billed as more than three times stronger than Red Bull and marketed under the "shameful" brand name "Cocaine" would be banned in Chicago, under a crackdown proposed Wednesday by the City Council’s most powerful alderman.



The Great Orgasm Chasm

April 12th, 2007 at 7:33 pm » Comments (0)

A new sexuality survey has confirmed what women know and some men fear - single females have far more luck achieving orgasm than those partnered off. Who is it that gets to do this research anyway?



Finally: “Smart” Beer Vending Machines

April 12th, 2007 at 7:25 pm » Comments (0)

A Czech firm has developed a "smart" beer vending machines that can check the buyer’s age from his or her identification card or passport, local media reported on Friday.



Top 10 Unsexiest Men

April 12th, 2007 at 7:12 pm » Comments (0)

The Phoenix has put together an interesting list of people at the bottom of the barrel.  The guys that can’t even buy sexiness, and god knows most could afford it.



Indian, Chinese Populations Ageing Fast

April 12th, 2007 at 6:38 pm » Comments (0)

A "large majority" of elderly people will soon be living in the developing world with their number tripling in 25 years, a UN agency says citing India and China as notable examples of a new trend.



RevFire System Measures Baseball Speed and Spin,

April 12th, 2007 at 11:07 am » Comments (0)

Pitching a baseball or softball isn’t only about how fast you can get the damn thing across the plate, but how effectively you can spin the ball and control its position and timing as well. Well speed is easy to measure — radar guns have been around for years — but it’s been more difficult […]



Half of Customer E-Mail Goes Unanswered

April 12th, 2007 at 9:42 am » Comments (0)

Turnaround time for e-mail sent to top firms is getting longer, according to Hornstein Associates. In 2007, only 33% of companies responded within 24 hours, down almost half from a high of 63% in 2002. Only half of the responding firms answered e-mail within any time period, down from 86% in 2002.



Japan’s Door to Door Dating Service

April 12th, 2007 at 9:35 am » Comments (0)

A Japanese women’s group is concerned about their country’s declining population and is now offering door-to-door matchmaking services in order to get single ladies hitched.



IBM Workers get Orangutans Hooked on Video Games

April 12th, 2007 at 9:26 am » Comments (0)

Apparently we can learn something from getting animals hooked on video games, but we kinda think they’re just screwing with our monkeys.



Growing (Micro) Leather Jacket in a Lab Vat.

April 12th, 2007 at 8:56 am » Comments (0)

Artists Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr "grew" a mini leather coat in a test tube from living skin cells!



Mona Lisa’s Descendants Identified!

April 12th, 2007 at 8:49 am » Comments (0)

Lisa Gherardini - the wife of a silk merchant, who was a friend of Leonardo da Vinci’s father - has recently been identified as the mystery woman with an enigmatic smile in Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece Mona Lisa. (w/pics)



Growing Influence of Mobile TV

April 12th, 2007 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

"Every member of the mobile video value chain acknowledges that advertising will play a crucial role in developing the channel into a significant consumer service," says eMarketer Senior Analyst John du Pre Gauntt and the author of the new Mobile TV and Video: Big Dreams for the Smallest Screen report. "Unfortunately, nobody is quite sure […]



Georgia Tech Unveils Prototype Nanogenerator

April 12th, 2007 at 6:52 am » Comments (0)

Researchers have demonstrated a prototype nanometer-scale generator that produces continuous direct-current electricity by harvesting mechanical energy from such environmental sources as ultrasonic waves, mechanical vibration or blood flow.