Matter.io wants to be the Instagram to traditional 3D modeling’s Photoshop.
A startup connected to MIT’s Media Lab, Matter.i0, is on a mission to lure more folks into 3D printing by providing user-friendly design software – software that vastly simplifies 3D modeling.
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Project Tango
Google just announced Project Tango is a an experimental phone that understands space and motion. Next month, Google plans to hand out a specially-equipped five-inch Android phone to 200 developers. (Video)
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Urban beehive
Philips has just unveiled an innovative urban beehive that enables anyone to harvest fresh hone at home. The pod-like accessory attaches to a hole cut into a pane of glass, and once secured, you’ll be able to peer into the hive while the white entryway on the outside would allow the bees the freedom come and go. Simply pull a small cord and fresh honey will come pouring out.
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Thanks to the disruption that the Internet, mobile phones, and social media are all bringing to the shopping experience retail is at a reset moment. It means the entire supply chain — retailers, suppliers, and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) — has to become more efficient, competitive, and knowledgeable to be able attract and keep customers.
Continue reading… “Retailers should be embracing the omnichannel”
Steve Perlman
Steve Perlman, the iconic Silicon Valley inventor, is ready to give you a personal cell phone signal that follows you from place to place, a signal thats about 1,000 times faster than what you have today because you shouldn’t have to share it with anyone else.
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Projector necklace
When it comes to wearable tech you have to reach into your pocket every time you receive a text or want to snap a photo is the height of inconvenience. Google Glass and its competitors have laid claim to your face, while Samsung, Pebble, and a number of others want your wrist for their own. But there’s a new concept out there that wants to take your notifications, map directions, and search results off your body entirely. (Video)
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3D printers may not be as easy to use as they seem. Photo credit: FredKahl/Flickr
3D printing stands to completely transform the way we make, replace, and transport products and will disrupt nearly every major industry. However, the technology is still geared toward passionate, motivated makers and hobbyists—not the average citizen.
Continue reading… “Top 10 reasons 3D printing hasn’t caught on yet”
The UK is currently far ahead of countries like the US and China.
The UK doesn’t get enough credit for its pioneering work in offshore wind power. They have helped push forward the industry and everybody else will benefit from these advances, in the same way that Germany helped turbocharge the solar industry over the past decade and now everybody benefits from cheaper solar power.
A switch in the brain sends us off to sleep.
In a study in fruit flies, researchers at Oxford University’s Centre for Neural Circuits and Behavior have identified a switch in the brain that sends us off to sleep.
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Yan Qu and Clement Cid spend a lot more time thinking about poop than your average academics. The pair, both at Caltech, are part of a team working on what could be the future of bathrooms: a self-cleaning, solar-powered toilet that turns human waste into hydrogen and fertilizer.
Continue reading… “This Gates-funded toilet will change how we think about poop”
Laser Weapon System
The U.S. Navy will turn fiction into reality when it deploys its first laser weapon aboard one of its ships this summer. The solid-state Laser Weapons System promises to be able to incinerate aerial drones and speedboats quickly and less expensive that today’s weapons, which typically relies on a finite supply of interceptor missiles that cost roughly $1.4 million a shot. The laser, on the other hand, can be fired continuously and costs just a few bucks per shot. A prototype will be deployed this summer on board the USS Ponce in the Persian Gulf.
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Lifestyle, fitness and medical are the most popular market areas targeted.
Wearable tech research and consulting firm Vandrico has put together this an overview of the wearable landscape — tracking the number of devices in existence; areas of market focus; and even which parts of the body are being targeted most.
Continue reading… “There are 118 wearable devices on the market and counting”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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