Can solar power transform the electricity market as much as shale did for oil and gas? This question has been posed in a new study by Wood MacKenzie, an international energy research and consulting company. Continue reading… “Can solar be the next shale?”
And pls don’t ask me about space elevators until someone at least builds a carbon nanotube structure longer than a footbridge
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 26, 2015
An Earth based space elevator would be around 62,000 miles long, or about 2.5 times the circumference of the earth. It would take about 7.5 days to reach the GEO level traveling at 200 kph. Continue reading… “Elon Musk tweets about space elevators and more”
Most children believe they know more about the internet than their parents, yet 43 percent do not know how report abuse on social networking sites. Continue reading… “Report: Children’s digital skills don’t match their confidence levels”
Condominiums have been the easiest way to get a foothold into the housing market for many first-time homebuyers, a pit stop on the way to a dream home.
Continue reading… “Price gap between homes and condos at record level”
Last year, First Solar set a world record for conversion efficiency mark for cadmium telluride at 20.4 percent. A year later and that figure has now been easily passed with a new record of 21.5 percent, and with that, First Solar anticipates to exceed 22 percent in 2015. Continue reading… “Conversion efficiency record crushed by First Solar at 21.5%”
Interest in Apple’s new Swift programming language is rapidly accelerating, with iOS and OS X developers from American Airlines, Getty Images, LinkedIn and Duolingo reporting favorable impressions.
NOTE: For those wanting to enter the fast moving world of mobile technology, starting April 6th, DaVinci Coders will be teaching a mobile apps course using Apple’s new Swift programming language.
We project on them both the worst—they’re all lazy and apathetic!—and the best—they’re all progressive and caring—about our society so Millennials have taken on an almost mythic air in our country. Continue reading… “Millennials want to work for organizations that focus on purpose not profit”
A lot of us would love to work from home, and many workers today are lucky enough to be able to take advantage of workplaces that offer a bit of flexibility as to when and where they work. Continue reading… “The true cost of a flexible job”
Developed at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio a new software, which its creators claim puts it ahead of the pack as the fastest genome analysis software around, can take raw sequence data on a person’s genome and search it for disease-causing variations in a matter of hours. Continue reading… “Software can analyze human genome in 90 minutes”
IBMWatson has today added five new APIs for developers to take advantage of since opening its artificial intelligence tools to developers last year. Continue reading… “IBM Watson giving five new AI tools to devs”
Market research firm Harris Poll on Wednesday, Feb. 4, published its 16th annual ranking of the 100 most visible companies in the U.S. and Goldman Sachs may need to work on its image. This year they beat out General Motors along with Koch Industries and BP for the dubious distinction of worst corporate reputation. Continue reading… “The most hated and loved companies in America”
The Dutch will be among the first to introduce food 3D printing applications to the public. The Albert Hejin supermarket in Eindhoven has started offering chocolate 3D printed decorations on cakes. Continue reading… “Dutch supermarket experimenting with 3d printing food”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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