Prieto Battery’s copper foam.
Power plants, wind farms, and smartphones all suffer from the same basic ailment — they lack cheap, reliable, long-life batteries to store large amounts of energy for when the sun goes down, the wind stops blowing, or the device is unplugged for a long time.
Industry analysts say humans are disappearing from retail establishments, replaced by kiosks.
It all started in a chain of supermarkets when one section of the check-out aisles suddenly had self-service scanners. Consumers were encouraged to check themselves out, paying with cash or plastic.
Continue reading… “Automated future – get used to being served by machines”
Even as smartphone sales slow down, mobile-centric social networks, mobile video companies, and location based services are well positioned to feel the biggest benefits from the massive shift in consumer media consumption and usage patterns. But how can companies truly capitalize on this consumer revolution and adapt to their mobile-centric customers?
Continue reading… “Massive growth in mobile media consumption in 2013”
Internet of Things Starter Kit.
IBM and Libelium, a wireless sensor network hardware provider, this week, released an Internet of Things Starter Kit. The starter kit will enable dozens of sensor applications ranging from monitoring parking spaces or air pollution to providing assistance for the elderly.
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A quarter of women business travelers fly more now than they did five years ago.
The independent research reveals that women have their own distinct travel habits that differentiate female travelers from their male colleagues, according to new research by Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT). Twenty-five percent of women business travelers fly more now than they did five years ago and women tend to plan their business travel further in advance than men, with 39 per cent making arrangements less than four weeks in advance compared to 20 per cent of men, who tend to plan just a few days ahead.
Continue reading… “Top female business travel trends”
Keeping people alert is a prized quality of caffeine in an world that is always on. Caffeine stimulates the pleasure centers in the brain. It is also mildly addictive and that could possible be two reasons ti add it to foods and drinks.
Continue reading… “Food industry adding larger doses of caffeine to more and more products”
66 percent of dating service users have gone on a date with someone.
The Pew Research Center released a report this week on online dating and relationships. The report found that one in 10 Americans have used an online dating site or mobile dating app. (Infographic)
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First-borns around the world, it turns out, have higher IQ’s.
According to a new study “those born earlier perform better in school” and, it’s because of the parents. Parents simply go easy on their later-born kids, according to data analyzed by economists V. Joseph Hotz and Juan Pantano, and as a result, first-born children tend to receive both the best parenting and the best grades.
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Between Q1 and Q3 this year, Vine grew 403%, making it the world’s fastest growing app. Twitter relaunched Vine in January, explaining its exponential growth.
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Kickstarter is the most popular crowdfunding platform and they just broke two industry records. According to the company’s stats page, more than five million backers have successfully funded over 50,000 creative projects on Kickstarter, cementing Kickstarter as the world’s leading crowdfunding platform.
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The New York City–based “think/do tank,” Google Ideas, is run by the Internet search giant, Google, and they are launching several new technologies designed to highlight hacker attacks around the world and help people in repressive regimes access the Internet. The new products, announced this week at the Google Ideas Summit in New York City, represent the most substantial offerings delivered by the three-year-old Google policy unit and could be a major boon to activists and reformers in the world’s most closed and repressive societies.
Copenhagen Wheel
An MIT SENSEable City Lab team has developed technology called the “Copenhagen Wheel” that turns regular bikes into electric, connected bikes that are loaded with sensors and transmit a wealth of data.
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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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