iBeacon could change the retail experience for consumers.
The iBeacon is an indoor positioning system that communicates with devices via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). It’s basically GPS for indoors.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: A couple weeks ago I turned 60. I remember how old 60 was when I was a kid, and now I’m here.
As a person who spends a lot of time asking “what if” questions, constantly thinking about extreme possibilities, the notion of 3D printing a replacement body for myself became very intriguing.
I remember seeing science fiction movies where cloned bodies were grown over long periods of time, and more recent ones with accelerated cloning technology, but the 3D printing of replacement bodies is a faster option, just now coming into view.
Bioprinting is the process of using 3D printers to form human tissue. This process that has already been used to print replacement kidneys, bladders, livers, skin, bones, teeth, noses, and ears, as well as prosthetic arms and legs. This is a list that didn’t even exist 5 years ago, but is now growing on a regular basis.
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If scientists could boost the brain’s ability to function, they may be able to counter dementias.
For the first time ever, scientists have shown that people who have a variant of a gene called KLOTHO also have improved cognitive abilities, including better memories and enhanced thinking skills.
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The average loan-holding 2014 college graduate will have to pay back $33,000.
The class of 2014 deserves our congratulations, but not for graduating — though that’s nice, too — but for earning one of the more dubious distinctions in recent memory: You’ve officially been named “the most indebted class ever.”
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Scientists discovered a technique that should produce electrons and positrons by colliding two sets of super-energetic photons.
For a long time, scientists have theorized that you can create matter from light by colliding photons. Proving that theory has been a different story — you need the right high-energy particles to even think of trying. However, it looks like that once-impossible dream is close to becoming reality.
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At TED2014, the speakers and attendees were asked to riff off the conference’s theme (“The Next Chapter”) and tell them what might radically change society, life, technology and so on in the next 30 years. The answers may surprise you.
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The Ryno
The Ryno is an all-electric, self-balancing, one-wheeled personal mobility device that uses a combination of gyroscope sensors and accelerometers to balance itself. The microcycle has a single 25-inch motorcycle tire and reaches speeds up to 10 mph.
Smartphones, which are constantly seeking and retrieving data, don’t make sense without the cloud, and any business that isn’t racing to push its data and software into someone else’s data center is setting itself up for disruption by a competitor who is.
Continue reading… “The future of tech is ‘fog’ computing”
Lazy people are the best customers.
The ultimate customers are lazy, anti-social people. To be assured of success today, create a service that appeals to people just active enough to push a button but too lazy to check their bank statements.
Continue reading… “Uber has taught us that the best customers are lazy people”
The words ‘chemical’ and ‘poison’ have become interchangeable in the popular consciousness. As a result the whole subject of chemistry has become tainted with unpleasant connotations.
Continue reading… “Manmade or natural, tasty or toxic, they are all chemicals”
An Enphase Micro-Inverter
Google’s Little Box Challenge, Google will be offering a $1 million prize for inventing much smaller solar power inverters. The challenge will be launched this summer, so currently few details have been released to the public.
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Today’s customers and retailers are getting serious about how they implement and manage the customer experience.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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