Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Expanding on previous research providing proof-of-principle that human stem cells can be genetically engineered into HIV-fighting cells, a team of UCLA researchers have now demonstrated that these cells can actually attack HIV-infected cells in a living organism.
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Card-free ATM
Biometric technology has made its way into ATMs as a way to beat card skimmers, but these machines still require customers to insert a card. Now a Japanese bank has announced that it will introduce ATMs that allow customers to carry out transactions with a scan of their palm.
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Amazon is set to shake up it’s rivals.
Internet retailer, Amazon is in a powerful position after the government’s decision to pursue major publishers on antitrust charges. may now get to decide how much an e-book will cost, and the book world is quaking over the potential consequences.
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This week we’re talking about fungus two ways. One that can survive exclusively on polyurethane and another that can replace Styrofoam.
Continue reading… “A future with less plastic thanks to mushrooms”
What are the best ways to deal with a deceased love one online?
Your friends and family are going to die. Probably later, but maybe sooner. That much is certain. Another certainty is that, when it happens, we’ll all still be using some form of social media. Here’s how to grieve digitally, with dignity.
As much as Facebook is the sprawling, glowing, inexorable way we connect with each other these days—around the clock—death just doesn’t really belong there. Facebook is designed specifically to make you feel proud about yourself. Timeline is a monument to your joys and achievements, no matter how superficial and beer-soaked they may have been. It’s a place toshare your glee—share it all over everyone’s faces, whether they like it or not…
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The difference between a man’s paycheck and a woman’s paycheck may have something to do with where people live.
Continue reading… “States with the biggest gender pay gap”
Some experts say menthol makes it easier to start smoking and harder to quit because its taste masks the harshness of tobacco.
Among people who smoke who prefer mentholated cigarettes tend to have more strokes than non-menthol smokers – and this seems to be especially true for women and non-African Americans, according to a North American study.
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There are 13 more traffic deaths on tax day than on other days.
There are two certainties in life according to Benjamin Franklin: death and taxes. Now, researchers have found that taxes might make death just a little more certain.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: Working with many early stage inventors, I often have the privilege of seeing some truly remarkable inventions and innovations. A few days ago I was shown a technology that snugly fits into that remarkable category, one that has the potential to radically transform the way cars and other vehicles are powered. In fact, vehicles using this power source will never need to stop and refuel.
Continue reading… “Creating a ‘Ripple in the Force’ of the Power Industry”
Pot holes pepper highways everywhere.
Fixing a hole in a road should be easy—but the fact that our nation’s highways are littered with potholes is testament to the fact that it’s not quite as straightforward as it sounds. But a new solution, inspired by silly putty, could make our streets much smoother in the future.
In fact, the idea—developed by students from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland—has won an engineering contest, reports Science. But prize-winning or not, the idea of mending a road with something like silly putty sounds like madness, right?
Continue reading… “The future of pothole repair is Silly Putty”
Grand Challenges create a new vision of the future.
Tom Kalil of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy gave a presentation today about Grand Challenges, such as the ones proposed by futurist Thomas Frey HERE. Kalil called them “ambitious yet achievable goals that capture the public’s imagination and that require innovation and breakthroughs in science and technology to achieve,” like NASA’s Green Flight Challenge and the Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health. I think Tom’s speech, delivered to the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, does a terrific job showing why the grand challenge approach is a powerful way to tackle some pretty daunting problems. He also puts grand challenges in the context of President Obama’s Strategy for American Innovation. (By the way, it must be nice to be authorized to use the Presidential PowerPoint template.) From Tom’s speech
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Four years ago 60,000 international students came to Canada for school now that number stands at 90,000.
Canadian universities used to find it hard to draw attention away from the U.S. when trying to lure foreign students to its business schools. Not anymore. Over the last two years, Canadian full-time MBAs have seen the biggest increase in applications of any region, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a business school association.
Continue reading… “Canada plays the visa card to lure foreign students to its universities”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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