2014 – Page 33 – Impact Lab

Analysis, Business, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Mobile marketplaces are creating a million new jobs in the U.S.

September 5, 2014

These emerging new businesses are already on track to create one million brand-new jobs in the U.S.

Uber and Instacart are just two examples of online marketplaces that are rapidly transforming the way people get what they want when they want it, whether it’s a ride, a meal, or a pet sitter. These companies are on a hiring spree in order to make this happen, one that’s gone virtually unnoticed by the statisticians and economists who track the labor market.

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Alternative Transportation, Analysis, Big Problems, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Norway’s boom in electric car sales has become a big problem

September 5, 2014

Electric cars in Norway clog bus lanes.

Norway is a major and rich oil-producing country, but Norway’s ministers are under increasing public pressure to reduce perks and tax breaks for booming electric car sales.

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3D Printer, Analysis, Business, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

The impact of the Maker Movement on supply chains

September 5, 2014

3d printing is also known as additive manufacturing.

Brian Solis: I follow the Maker Movement as a consumer, analyst and also as a maker. What is the maker movement? It a manifestation of the DIY (Do It Yourself) or DIWO (Do It With Others) culture where everyday people design, build and/or market something that they want or need on their own rather than buying something off the shelf.

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Analysis, New Inventions, New Viewpoints, Science & Technology News, Solar Power

Will solar roadways actually work?

September 4, 2014

Solar roadway

Scott and Julie Brusaw have faced a constant barrage of skepticism and even outright hostility since they went public with their idea for building solar-powered LED roadways.

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Analysis, Breakthrough Thinking, People Making a Difference, Science & Technology News

The Sahara Forest Project will turn the desert into a source of food, water, and energy

September 4, 2014

The Sahara Forest Project

The Sahara Forest Project is the brainchild of three entrepreneurs, Charlie Paton, Michael Pawlyn and Bill Watts. The project turns the Sahara desert into a source for food, water, and energy. The Sahara Forest Project is a solution that combines seemingly disparate technologies – Concentrated solar power and Seawater Greenhouses – and turns them into a mean, green super-massive biomachine. The elegant system could potentially produce enough energy for all of Africa and Europe while turning one of the world’s most inhospitable regions into a flourishing oasis.

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Analysis, Globalism, Internet, Science & Technology News

A map of all the pinged devices on the internet

September 4, 2014

Here’s a map where all devices on the internet are located.

The Internet consists of a vast series of tubes, computers, and devices networked together sharing the same information. But where are all those pieces of hardware located?

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Analysis, Animals, Brain, New Discoveries, Science & Technology News

Scientists turn bad memories into good ones in mice

September 4, 2014

“Now we can go inside the brain and change the way the mice reacts to a memory.”

Memories can be good, bad, or neutral. And now, they can be changed from good to bad, and vice versa, from within the brain—in genetically engineered mice, at least.

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Analysis, Business, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Where the jobs of the future are and how to land one

September 4, 2014

The fastest growing jobs are in user experience design, iOS and Android development, and business intelligence.

Designer, developer, and data scientist are some of the jobs that are predicted to be in-demand jobs in the coming year. How to land one of those jobs may not be the way you think.

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3D Printer, Fashion, government, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Russians circumvent lingerie ban by 3D printing it

September 2, 2014

3D printed lingerie.

A Eurasian Union law prevents the production or import of lace garments, but the German lingerie brand, Lascana, has turned to 3D printing to circumvent that law. Lingerie lovers rejoice because you next pair of sexy undies may be on the way to you thanks to 3D printing.

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Alternative Transportation, Analysis, Big Problems, Business, Human Behavior, Robots, Science & Technology News

Are adjustable ethics setting for robotic cars a terrible idea?

September 2, 2014

With ethics settings in cars we create new responsibility for ourselves to get it right.

Do you remember that day when your autonomous car saved the lives of five people you aimed for with your car when you temporarily lost your mind? By the time you realized what you were doing, it was too late to brake. But thankfully your autonomous car saved their lives by grabbing the wheel from you and swerving to the right. Too bad for the one unlucky person standing on that path, struck and killed by your car, though.

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Analysis, Business, Economy, Globalism, government, Latest Trend

Why some poorer countries lend to richer countries

September 2, 2014

In the last ten years, the increase in global imbalances has posed a theoretical challenge for international macroeconomics. Why did some less-developed countries with a higher need for capital, like China, lend to richer countries?

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