What do you do with the nearly one in five working-age adults who have some college experience, but no degree? Is one of the biggest challenges in higher education today. Continue reading… “Rhode Island gives approval to a new kind of college”
3D printed cars or jet engines are just the beginning
3D printing has had a lot of hype the last few years, but most recently, it seems this technology arena has entered the “trough of disillusionment,” as 3D printing stock prices have taken a hit. But the technology is still early in its childhood and its potential for massive disruption (of manufacturing and supply chains) still lies before us. Continue reading… “3D printed cars or jet engines are just the beginning”
New class of magnets that swell in volume in magnetic field
Researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) and Temple University, have discovered a new class of magnets that swell in volume when placed in a magnetic field and generate negligible amounts of wasteful heat during energy harvesting. Continue reading… “New class of magnets that swell in volume in magnetic field”
NetDragon builds company headquarters in shape of USS Enterprise
NetDragon, the online game developer run by an avid “Star Trek” fan has built its headquarters in China in the shape of the legendary spaceship. Continue reading… “NetDragon builds company headquarters in shape of USS Enterprise”
By 2018 the mobile web market will triple in size to $850B
By 2018 mobile phones and mobile networks will be growing just 10 percent and five percent per year, respectively, but mobile web services will continue growing like crazy. Continue reading… “By 2018 the mobile web market will triple in size to $850B”
Why college tuition really costs so much
It used to be that baby boomers paid for college with the money they made from their summer jobs, but then, over the course of the next few decades, public funding for higher education was slashed. Forcing the millennial generation to take on crushing educational debt loads, because these radical cuts forced universities to raise tuition year after year. Continue reading… “Why college tuition really costs so much”
Hedge funds buying up of foreclosed subprimes, raise rents, float rent-bonds
Living humans don’t stand a chance when a giant hedge fund is bidding on all the foreclosed houses in a poor neighborhood — but that’s OK, because rapacious investors make great landlords. Continue reading… “Hedge funds buying up of foreclosed subprimes, raise rents, float rent-bonds”
New crazy device that promises perfect vision for the rest of your life
Having invented a device that lets you see “three times better than 20/20 vision” without wearing any contacts or glasses at all — for an entire lifetime, an optometrist from British Columbia believes he’s created the holy grail of corrective lenses. Continue reading… “New crazy device that promises perfect vision for the rest of your life”
Turning blood into neural cells
McMaster University scientists, discovered, simply by having people roll up their sleeve and provide a blood sample, how to make adult sensory neurons from human patients. Continue reading… “Turning blood into neural cells”
Tunable voltage-controlled liquid metal antenna
North Carolina State University (NCSU) researchers have created, using electrochemistry, a reconfigurable, voltage-controlled liquid metal antenna that may play a role in future mobile devices and the coming Internet of Things. Continue reading… “Tunable voltage-controlled liquid metal antenna”
Fossil fuels subsidies cost the world $10 million a minute
According to new estimates from the International Monetary Fund, which puts the cost of subsidizing fossil fuels at an enormous $5.3 trillion a year, or around $10 million a minute every day, global energy subsidies are quite a lot larger than most of us thought. Continue reading… “Fossil fuels subsidies cost the world $10 million a minute”
Infographic shows how to become a master networker
Networking is about establishing mutually beneficial relationships, not franticly gathering business cards and phone numbers as fast as you can, and to do so you have to do more than speed through a conversation. Continue reading… “Infographic shows how to become a master networker”
