Fossil fuels have provided the vast, vast majority of the world’s energy for many decades. But cleaner sources, like wind and solar have been growing at an astonishingly rate in recent years. Continue reading… “Clean energy growing fast, but still behind in the race against fossil fuels”
For most of us the recent news of Pinterest acquiring a two-person startup was probably a head scratcher. It shouldn’t be. Continue reading… “Micro startup acquisitions on the rise”
Futurist Thomas Frey: We are entering into a world where driverless vehicles will eliminate millions of driving positions; robotic systems will work relentlessly day and night eliminating millions of manufacturing, welding, painting, and assembly positions; and things that seemed impossible to automate in the past will have computers and machines replacing people’s jobs.
At the same time, the amount of time it takes to build ships and skyscrapers, create massive data storage centers for all our growing volumes of information, or produce global wireless networks for all our devices has dropped significantly. But along with each of these drops is a parallel increase in our capabilities and our expectations. Continue reading… “Three Laws of Exponential Capabilities – Video”
Having long been relegated to harsh environments like deserts and nuclear waste dump, robots will not hit the harshest environment of all: your kitchen. Continue reading… “Robot hands to help in the kitchen”
“I thought it was a student prank,” professor Donald Sadoway remembers chuckling at an e-mail in August 2009 from a woman claiming to represent Bill Gates. The world’s richest man wondered if he could meet the guy teaching popular MIT course, Introduction to Solid State Chemistry, that Gates had taken online. Continue reading… “Better batteries: A $5 billion race”
More than just a tea bar, they are specially crafted infusing sachet filled with magical beer-bettering goodness, making sure that you will never have to drink a boring old beer ever again. Continue reading… “Beer tea bags can transform boring beer in to flavorful beer”
Getting quality sleep on a plane can be tricky, more so when you are in the cramped quarters of economy class. But Boeing may just change that with a new recently patented upright sleeping contraption. Continue reading… “Boeing’s ‘cuddle chair’ that could revolutionize sleeping on airplanes”
Man-made artificial DNA strands that mimic deadly diseases such as the flu, Ebola, cancer, and HIV have recently been created by scientists. Researchers are claiming that the treatments could be the key to defeating these killer diseases. Human trials have already begun and results are with researchers saying the results are promising. Continue reading… “Man-made DNA that can mimic killer diseases, injecting them into patients create immunity”
According to clinical trial data published online ahead of print in The Journal of Pain, vaporized cannabis mitigates pain intensity in diabetic subjects in a dose-dependent manner. Continue reading… “Vaporized marijuana mitigates treatment-resistant diabetic neuropathy, study shows”
This year in the US 95% of 18 to 24 year old internet users will log on to a social network via any device at least once per month. Recent research by comScore Media Metrix shows, Snapchat usage skews heavily toward this group. Continue reading… “Millennials love Snapchat”
Great for maintaining privacy and uninterrupted workflow, surprisingly cozy, and stylish, space-efficient work spaces have become all the rage lately. Continue reading… “New trend for home-based businesses: “Shedquarters””
To say that in the past few decades “everything has become computerized” and that the power and quality of our computers has increased massively has become a cliché. But what hasn’t changed much are the sizes of the interface. Continue reading… “Are floors, walls and ceilings the next interface?”
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