Year: 2013

Impact Lab > 2013
Analysis, Big Problems, Health & Fitness, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Hospitals now a major source of contracting antibiotic-resistant infections: CDC

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are prevalent in the U.S.

Antibiotic-resistant infections are rapidly increasing in the United States, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  In the U.S., more than two million people get drug-resistant infections every year. About 23,000 die from these diseases that are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics in doctors’ arsenals.

 

 

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Alternative Transportation, Business, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Tesla hiring a driverless-vehicle engineer

Tesla could be joining a number of companies who say they will create their own fully autonomous cars.

Tesla is searching for an autonomous driving engineer, someone who will likely bring some of those great hands-free features to its electric carsin the future. They put out a call for applicants on its careers page for an “Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Control Engineer,” or ADAS. The applicant will perform a research role, looking at how to add autonomous features and working with the “firmware team” to actually put this research into action.

 

 

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Internet, Latest News, Science & Technology News

Argentina teen ‘superhacker’ has been arrested for stealing $50,000 a month

The teenager used malware to create a network of computers which diverted money illegally from accounts.

Buenos Aires, Argentina police have taken a 19-year-old man into custody on charges of orchestrating a hacker ring that stole $50,000 a month. The teenager, who has been dubbed a “superhacker” by the press and faces up to 10 years in jail if found guilty.

 

 

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Education, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Designing classroom ‘makerspaces’ to transform learning in schools

The Maker movement emphasizes products and processes born from tinkering, playing, experimenting, expressing, iterating and collaborating.

Learning in our schools is poised to be transformed by the Maker movement. This fresh approach emphasizes creation and creativity and counteracts educational standards, testing and uniformity. Its emphasis is on products and processes born from tinkering, playing, experimenting, expressing, iterating and collaborating — and exploits new digital tools to make, share and learn across space and time, DIY style. Museums, libraries, community centers and after-school programs have designed physical and virtual “makerspaces” to host communities of supportive peers and mentors invested in creating everything from nail polish design and webpages to jewelry and robots . . . and now, even school curriculum.

 

 

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Business, DIY, Great New Product, Great Videos, Health & Fitness, New Inventions, People Making a Difference, Science & Technology News

Robohand: A 3D printed functional prosthetic hand at a DIY price

Dylan Laas

Twelve year old Dylan Laas says Robohand makes him look like Darth Vader. Dylan is missing the fingers on one hand as a result of Amniotic Band Syndrome. For $150, the 3-D printed Robohand lets him grab things with bendable fingers, which most prosthetic hands don’t. (Video)

 

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Big Problems, government, Great Videos, Science & Technology News

Drones provide Colorado flooding assistance until FEMA grounded them

Falcon UAV

There has been unbelievable flooding going on in Colorado. The rain has made it difficult (or impossible) for airplanes and helicopters to get in and out of the area. Drones can fly in and out, though, and while they’re not able to pick up people or drop off supplies, they are able to make damage assessment maps to help relief agencies coordinate their efforts. Or at least, they were, until the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) showed up and grounded them. (Video)

 

 

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Analysis, Economy, Latest Trend, Money Talk

Income flowing to the top 1% is at a record high

The economic recovery belongs to the rich. It seemed ominous in 2007 when the share of national income flowing to America’s top 1% of earners reached 18.3%: the highest since just before the crash of 1929. But whereas the Depression kicked off a long era of even income growth the rich have done much better this time round.

 

 

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Business, Education, Science & Technology News

Coursera earned $1 million in revenue from its verified certificate program

Coursera students who completed the verified certificate program.

Online education startup Coursera, for the first time is sharing details on how it’s faring on the money-making front: the company said it’s earned $1 million from the verified certificate program it launched in January.

 

 

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Analysis, Business, Economy, Internet, Latest Trend, Report, Science & Technology News

The Internet of Things could lead the U.S. economy out of a ‘slow-growth rut’

The report describes how technological innovation, particularly as it relates to the Internet of Everything (IoE), could lead America’s economy out of a “slow-growth rut.”

The Internet of Things could be just what the U.S. economy needs. The Progressive Policy Institute released a report today titled “Can the Internet of Everything bring back the High-Growth Economy?” The PPI is a public policy think tank that conducts research and promotes liberal economicand political policies.

 

 

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Analysis, Business, Internet, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Contract a community to get the best developer talent working for you

  A great developer is worth 10 times as much as an average one.

The core part of how many people navigate major cities is the taxi. Through the power of cloud, social, and mobile, Uber and companies like it are upending the status quo taxis and limousines — an industry that has been stable since the early 1900s.

 

 

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