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Thomas Frey - Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute

Currently browsing posts found in November2007


Food-Shaped Bandages

November 15th, 2007 at 3:30 pm » Comments (0)

These food-shaped bandages are for sale at $3.99 a tin. So next time your food rips, you can repair it, right?



Paris Museum Installs One-Room Hotel On Roof

November 15th, 2007 at 2:36 pm » Comments (0)

An art installation consisting of an actual one-room hotel offering 1970s-style glamour, artistic cachet and a view of the Eiffel Tower was lifted into place on the roof of a Paris museum yesterday.



Revolutionary Solar Energy?

November 15th, 2007 at 9:03 am » Comments (0)

One of the largest inhibitors to cheap solar power has always been the high cost of solar panels (due to their thick glass, framing, and expensive silicon). San Jose-based Nanosolar, Inc. appears ready to eliminate these barriers with solar technology that utilizes thin sheets of non-silicon components that reduce the production costs by over 90% [...]



Monkey Business Yields Gourmet Taiwan Coffee

November 15th, 2007 at 8:48 am » Comments (0)

Coffee connoisseurs are going ape for a rare brew that Taiwanese farmers are producing with the help of monkeys.



Warm To Icy Beer in Seconds

November 15th, 2007 at 8:24 am » Comments (0)

A young New Zealand inventor has found a solution to the unpalatable problem of a can of warm beer – a device that turns a tepid beverage into a cold drink within seconds.