350 million plus users suffer from “Facebook addiction syndrome”
The social media landscape has been evolving at a rapid pace over the last few years. It has also become more fun with the addition of Instagram and Pinterest. (Infographic)
Continue reading… “Twenty-seven significant social media statistics and facts for 2012”
Artificial intelligence experts are investigating ways to commercialize “deep learning.”
Scientists are confident about a machine learning technology that can recognize and replicate human activities like seeing and thinking even though it sounds like something out of a dystopian novel.
Continue reading… “The future of Silicon Valley tech is deep learning”
The value of data is only as good as the information and insights we can get from it. The information and insights will help us make better decisions and give us a competitive edge. The promise of big data is that one could glean lots of information and gain many valuable insights. However, people often don’t realize that data and information are not the same. Even if you are able to extract information from your big data, not all of it will be insightful and valuable.
Continue reading… “The fallacy of big data and why we need even bigger data”
Director David Kappos
Director of the USPTO David Kappos delivered a keynote address last week to the Center for American Progress that focused on software patents and the smartphone “patent wars.” The speech is noteworthy for the Director’s strong defense of software patents. The entire speech is worth reading – here are a few excerpts to induce you to:
Chegg
Healthcare and public education are the least functional parts of our economy for one reason. In neither is the person receiving the treatment the one actually paying the bill.
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Lettuce vending machine
After a nuclear holocaust has blocked out the sun or rampaging zombies have taken over our farmland there is finally a device that will guarantee we can still grow vegetables in the dark. This Japanese lettuce-growing vending machinet doesn’t require sunlight (it uses fluorescent bulbs) and it can churn out a surprising yield of lettuce: 60 heads a day, or over 20,000 a year.
Eventually, everything will become a canvas.
Someone will make the world’s first ”printable house” within the next year. ”It might not be a very good house but it will go down in history,” says American futurist Thomas Frey, author of the prediction and a speaker at the Creative Innovation conference in Melbourne next week. ”Eventually, we’ll be ‘printing’ 30-storey buildings – and huge replicas of, say, the Statue of Liberty to put on top.”
Continue reading… “World’s first “printable house” right around the corner”
Google glasses
Google has been working on computerized glasses. The computerized glasses are called Google Glass, and developers can already buy them.
Continue reading… “The smartphone era is coming to an end”
The number of offshore banks where savers can keep their money and receive good rates is dwindling.
People trying to save are having a tough time at the moment. It is very difficult to get a real return on savings because of low interest rates and relatively high inflation. And there’s still the question of safety: the banking crisis which left millions of savers worrying about the security of their banks was only a few years ago.
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ABC’s Weekend Breakfast with Andrew Geoghegan
Futurist Thomas Frey: On Nov 26-28th, I will be speaking at the Creative Innovations 2012 event in Melbourne, Australia. The theme of the conference will be “Wicked Problems, Great Opportunities! Leadership and courage for volatile times.”
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William Sahlman, professor of entrepreneurship at the Harvard Business School
The U.S. economy is in a tough state, with mile-high deficits and slow growth in jobs. There are other countries that are pulling ahead, but some cling to the hope that startups and the spirit of entrepreneurship embodied in Silicon Valley could save the country. That’s one of the conclusions reached by a team of Harvard Business School professors who toured the valley this fall.
Continue reading… “Will entrepreneurship save the country?”
iPad foosball table
If you found it hard to give up foosball after you graduated from college and you just don’t have room for one now, all you need now is an iPad and a willing opponent.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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