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Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a new “ambient backscatter” wireless communication scheme that allows two devices to communicate with each other by reflecting ambient TV and cellular transmissions — batteries not required.
Six years before the Homebrew Computer Club had its first meeting in 1969, Honeywell launched its kitchen computer – the Honeywell H316. It looked like this:
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Brad Feld, the investor-turned-author who co-founded Techstars in Boulder, Colorado in 2006, stated on his website three years ago that Colorado might have the highest “entrepreneurial density” in the entire country.
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Students at the University of Glasgow have come up with a radical idea for cutting journey times in 2050 – aircraft that collect and drop-off passengers in moving pod-like carriages. (Pics)
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The new CTO – Chief Transformation Officer.
IT leaders today have known about the exponential growth of processing power, storage, and bandwidth, but they didn’t notice the the changes that have been happening over so many decades. These three change accelerators are what lie behind today’s avalanche of business transformation, and they are directly affecting the roles of CIO and CTO.
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Repairing power lines in China. Apparently you can never have too many workers!
Quote of the Day: “Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.” — Lily Tomlin
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Young tech companies create more jobs than they destroy.
There is some cause for alarm in the startup world. On the whole, young companies destroy more jobs than they create. That’s because so many of them fail. But there is some solace: Young tech companies create many more jobs than they destroy, even taking into account a high failure rate.
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Shotgun pellets traveling at 790 mph.
Researchers at the California company, MetroLaser, specializing in high-speed imaging equipment have developed a camera add-on capable of freezing objects traveling at up to 7,500 miles per hour — that’s almost 10 times the speed of sound.
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It will cost 241,080 to raise a child born in 2012, $301,970 adjusted for inflation.
On average, a middle-income family will spend $241,080 for 18 years to raise a child born in 2012, a 2.6 percent increase from a year ago that outpaces the broader inflation rate, according to a government report.
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University of Rochester researchers recently demonstrated how beams of light can actually levitate nanoscale diamonds. And while they’re not actually suggesting that we construct a light-driven hoverboard made of the precious gems, the things we might be able to do with floating diamonds are pretty cool in their own right.
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Benedivz performers donate a percentage of proceeds to a charity of their choice.
Benedivz has debuted its site where live webcam entertainers broadcast to viewers who buy “helping-handz credits” to see live performances and “requested” activities. Performers donate a percentage of proceeds to a charity of their choice. Benevidz will match 50 percent of their earnings and donate that amount to their selected cause. The company is currently raising $15,000 on crowdfunding site Rockethub for this noble endeavor.
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National Geographic has always been know to take stunning photographs of wildlife. Now a pair of new robotic assistants, currently at work for National Geographic, are taking the lion’s share of the risk away from photographers.
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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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