Flexible solar cells.
The Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC), CSIRO, and the University of Melbourne has developed a new printer that has allowed researchers at the university to print solar cells up to the size of an A3 sheet of paper. The solar cell printer makes renewable energy even easier to source.
Continue reading… “Printing Australia’s largest solar cells”
Electrical brain stimulation benefited subjects for months.
A small laboratory study of university students has found that random electrical stimulation, a technique that applies a gentle current through the skull, leads to a long-lasting boost in the speed of mental calculations.
Continue reading… “Electrical brain stimulation improves mathematical abilities”
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Douglas Rushkoff is a “presentist,” not a futurist. Rushkoff explains in the video that it means that he no longer is concerned with the future, because the future is merely a construct of a certain, linear way of viewing time. He argues, that the model in his book Present Shock, is no longer operable in a digital age when everything–emails, tweets, TV shows, finance–happens instantly.
Continue reading… “The end of the future and the rise of the present”
A variable rate irrigation system installed to water crops saves hundreds of thousands of gallons of water.
The U.S. has seen record-setting drought in recent years. The drought has pushed everyone to look for new ways to save water. So, the The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has joined forces with America’s beer brewers to change how farmer irrigate their crops. For the non-profit, conserving America’s rivers meant growing America’s barley, one of the primary ingredients in one of our favorite cold beverages, with less water.
Continue reading… “Precision agriculture moves farmers into the high tech age”
Something tells me this is not a gesture of kindness!
Quote of the Day: “Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
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Creating stem cells from skin.
Researchers have converted human skin cells into embryonic stem cells using the same process involved in cloning, which have the capability to turn into any type of cell in the body. Stem cell researchers have reached a long-sought milestone in “regenerative” medicine that seeks to provide rejection-free replacement transplant tissues to patients.
Continue reading… “Researchers clone human embryonic stem cells”
Georgia Tech teams up with Udacity.
Sebastian Thrun and Udacity’s resolve to re-imagine higher education in a more affordable, accessible virtual classroom. Udacity continues to push forward with its plans to bring higher education online — and not just in bits, pieces and homework assignments.
Continue reading… “Udacity introduces $7,000 Master Degree Program”
At $1.1 trillion, student debt eclipses all other forms of household debt, except for home mortgages.
The U.S. government is forecast to turn a record $51 billion profit this year from student loan borrowers, a sum greater than the earnings of the nation’s most profitable companies and roughly equal to the combined net income of the four largest U.S. banks by assets.
Continue reading… “U.S. government student loan policy reaping $51 billion profit”
Please learn a little computer programming.
Kirk McDonald: Dear college graduates: The next month is going to be thrilling as you cross this major milestone in your education. Enjoy the pomp and circumstance, the congratulations, and the parties. But when it’s all over and you’re ready to go out into the world, you’d probably like to meet me, or others like me—I’m your next potential dream boss. I run a cool, rapidly growing company in the digital field, where the work is interesting and rewarding. But I’ve got to be honest about some unfortunate news: I’m probably not going to hire you.
Continue reading… “Kirk McDonald: ‘Sorry, college grads, I probably won’t hire you’”
Tesla Model S
More people bought a Tesla Model S, the $70,000 (and up) electric car, in the first quarter of 2013 than bought any of the similarly priced gasoline-powered cars from the top three German luxury brands, according to data from LMC Automotive. About 4,750 buyers bought a Model S while just over 3,000 people bought Mercedes’ top-level sedan. (Video)
Continue reading… “Tesla Model S outsells Mercedes, BMW and Audi”
YouTube’s share of residential downstream traffic has been growing, and is up from 13.8 percent a year ago.
According to Sandvine’s latest global internet phenomena report, YouTube is now responsible for 17.1 percent of all residential fixed-line downstream traffic in North America.
Continue reading… “YouTube is responsible for 17% of home Internet traffic”
An innovator in high-performance, cost-efficient wind energy technology is SheerWind. Initial field-testing results have been announced which compares INVELOX commercial-grade wind energy generation with the same turbine on a traditional tower-mounted system.
Continue reading… “SheerWind wind turbine can generate 600% more energy than conventional turbines”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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