Peter H. Diamandis
Peter Diamandis talks about how Bitcoin is moving from its Deceptive phase to a very Disruptive phase. He explains why, and what you may want to do.
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The best- and worst-paid jobs in America
Anesthesiologists top surgeons in the health care field.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has tracked the average wage of 820 occupations and Reddit user Dan Lin has put the information into a really great graph. The top takeaway from the fun and long graph shows the 13 best-paid non-executive jobs in America have one thing in common: They’re all in health care. Anesthesiologists top surgeons to grab the top spot.
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‘Bitcoin Jesus’ promises the rich a tax-free paradise
‘Bitcoin Jesus’ – Roger Ver
In the workd of cyber-currencies, Roger Ver is known as “Bitcoin Jesus.” Though he can’t promise you heaven, he is offering a haven: a condo in the Caribbean that comes with a new passport and almost zero taxes. Ver is an ex-U.S. citizen, ex-convict, millionaire investor, self-described libertarian and founder of Passports for Bitcoin.
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New technology from Sharp demonstrates ultra-high efficiency solar cells
Sharp’s technology could be twice as efficient at converting sunlight to electricity.
Right now the best solar cells we have convert less than a third of the energy on sunlight into electricity, even though for decades researchers have calculated that exotic physics could allow solar cells to convert far more energy than they do now.
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Australian physicists have simulated time travel
Using photons, scientists have simulated a way that quantum particles could travel through a wormhole back in time.
University of Queensland in Australia physicists have used photons – single particles of light – to simulate quantum particles traveling through time and to study their behavior.
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Google could become the primary sales channel for the insurance industry by 2020
The absolute greatest vertical in Google’s AdWords revenue is auto insurance.
Google is well on its way to establishing its leadership through the registration of 6 billion daily unique searches and indexing of over 50 billion web pages (2013), when it comes to collecting and organizing information. What remains to be seen is how this information is being made universally accessible and at what price. One of the industries that has particular advantage of access to the world’s information is insurance.
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The Rise of the Plasticsmith in China
Plasticsmiths
Gangjian Cui’s “The Rise of the Plasticsmith” speculates China’s post-industrial future. Cui envisions the rise of a new breed of workers who will use plastic crafts to tell the history of the industrial age. (Photos and videos)
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Reinventing the 3D printer to make it faster
BAAM 3D printer
3D printers are slow. They are so slow that in the time it would take to print a screwdriver, you could just drive to the store and pick one up with a half hour to spare. And that’s a problem when a manufacturing job calls for creating units as quickly as possible. (Video)
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Top 7 rules for hiring great developers
The war for programming talent is hotter than ever.
The need for developer talent is greater than ever. Everyone needs coder, whether you’re trying to build mobile apps, redesign the user experience on your public website, or keep business-critical applications on the cutting edge.
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Women have made big gains in earning college degrees in all fields except computer science
It’s a known fact that women are far less likely than men to get bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math(STEM). But what is the gender breakdown like in other fields?
More that 50% of teens in the U.S. are sexting, 28% are sexting with photos
Many teens could be held liable for texts they sent as a minor or between their friends of different ages.
More than half of teens surveyed said they send sexual texts to each other, and one in four of them are sexting pictures, according to a new study from Drexel University.
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Sharp develops Free-Form Display that could change consumer electronics forever
Sharp’s Free-Form Display
Sharp has announced plans to produce a new type of screen dubbed ‘Free-Form Display’ that could radically change the shape of our future electronics. In recent years there has been a number of products with novel form factors, like the curved Samsung Gear Fit and the upcoming circular Moto 360 smartwatch. Sharp’s new display tech could potentially facilitate far more unique designs than presently possible.
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