Technology changes the skills we need to learn.
A New York Times column written a while ago by Bill Keller, stirred up some controversy when he wrote that he was worried about his 13 year-old daughter joining Facebook and how it would have a debilitating effect on her intellectual faculties. Technology advocates pounced on his article.
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“Full-body umbrella”
When it rains you sometimes will end up drenched even if you have an umbrella in hand – especially when the rain is accompanied by gusty winds and the rain droplets travel sideways.
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Brewbot
A delicious and rewarding hobby is brewing beer at home. It is also a complex and time-consuming hobby. If your beer is going to come out right you will need the right amount of hops, barley, yeast, and water. They must be combined and heated at very specific times and temperatures. Homebrewers taking on a new batch of golden brew must dedicate an entire day to its creation — not including bottling. But a handy new robot, developed in Northern Ireland, is putting an end to all that lost time.
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Europe’s car makers are facing a rough ride. Their sales are at a 17-year low region-wide. It may seem cruel of the brokerage, Sanford C. Bernstein, to remind them of their biggest commercial wrecks. Most major makers suffered billions in losses. Yet not all cars failed by accidents of poor design, ill-judged technological leaps or wildly optimistic production forecasts.
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Google Shopping Express
After six months of testing, Google has officially opened its new service, Google Shopping Express in the San Francisco Bay Area. Google Shopping Express is a new same-day delivery service that is available in the Bay Area, which includes San Francisco and San Jose.
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Researchers unveil the first working computer built entirely from carbon nanotube transistors.
A group of researchers at Stanford University have moved a step closer to answering the question of what happens when silicon, the standard material in today’s microelectronic circuits, reaches its fundamental limits for use in increasingly small transistors.
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The concept of franchisingas a distribution model has been around since the nineteenth century. In the 1940’s, McDonald’s was the first company to pioneer the distribution model.
London
Running a startup in Zurich versus San Francisco can cost you a whole person’s salary more. Hiring a developer in Mumbai is 15 percent cheaper than if you were hiring one in Sydney.
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“There’s a lot of potential to build off existing technologies if you can recognize the right business use.”
The Kiplinger Letter has forecast future trends set to change the way we work for 90 years. According to a statement released by the letter, In 1959, they forecast copiers and printers, and in 1963, it mentioned “pocket gadgets” that would allow workers to call anyone from anywhere.
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The U.S. Air Force goes to great lengths to train their fighter pilots. But even the best simulations lack the visceral experience of a real live fire dogfight. To give their pilots the most realist experience possible, the USAF is working with Boeing to convert some of its old F-16s into pilotless drones that can actually engage in a real dogfight with their pilots.
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The Postal Service will pay the futurist $565,769 to assess the future of stamps.
The United States Postal Service is financially strapped but they are paying a futurist more than half a million dollars to assess the future of stamps as the agency struggles to raise revenues.
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What you can’t typically get from online study—yet—is a degree from a reputable and accredited university.
“You just spent 150 grand on an education you could have gotten for $1.50 in late fees at the public library.” That is one of Matt Damon’s best lines in Good Will Hunting when he chastised a book smart scholar.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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