The Passing Cloud by Tiago Barros
The Passing Cloud by Tiago Barros wants to become another means of air transportation that doesn’t include tight schedules and fixed locations like airplanes do. This inflatable cloud consists of a platform that will carry people across the sky. With the help of winds, this piece would travel all over the sky without a specific destination. (Pics)
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Video screen time provides no educational benefits for children under age 2.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has warned that parents of infants and toddlers should limit the time their children spend in front of televisions, computers, self-described educational games and even grown-up shows playing in the background. Video screen time provides no educational benefits for children under age 2 and leaves less room for activities that do, like interacting with other people and playing, the group said.
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Ford’s voice-activated technology, Sync, will read text messages out loud.
A new feature will be installed in new Ford vehicles and many of Ford’s older ones as well. The feature will read text messages out loud.
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Amazon will publish 122 books this fall in an array of genres, in both physical and e-book form.
Readers have been taught by Amazon.com that they do not need bookstores. Now Amazon is encouraging writers to cast aside their publishers.
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Heart failure hospitalizations have decreased nationally overall.
There was a remarkable 30% drop in hospital stays for heart failure in Medicare patients over a decade. It is the first such decline in the United States and forceful evidence that the nation is making headway in reducing the billion-dollar burden of a common condition.
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Electric DeLorean DMC-12 in the works
It comes as no surprise that the DeLorean DMC-12 is a popular car for DIY electric car conversions given the car’s iconic classic/futuristic status. And it’s official that DeLorean EV is coming from Humble, Texas’ reborn DeLorean Motor Company itself. Who else would build a time machine electric car and do it with some style?
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Featured invention at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase 2011
Logo Hooks® is a new patent-pending concept that creates a branding opportunity while providing an important service. The innovative hook design with space for advertisement creates simple but powerful synergy. Patrons/guests are frustrated by having to place their purses and other possessions in a location that is not secure or sanitary. Logo Hooks® will quickly become a necessity for theatre and event patrons everywhere while creating groundbreaking revenue opportunities for the venue owner.
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Deadline for Exhibiting at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase is Friday, Oct 28th
It all starts with an epiphany. Every invention begins with a single “eureka moment” or some “brilliant revelation” that causes the inventor to take action.
These epiphanies become the idea seeds planted by inventors around the world. But we can only wish the process was as simple as adding water and fertilizer and waiting for the ideas to spring to life.
Inventions are not just patents to be hung on a wall. They are the starting point for a new business enterprise. So, not only does the inventor have to figure out how to create a working product or device, they also have to drive it forward, creating a business model that will enable it to survive. And that’s where the DaVinci Institute comes in.
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Bedbugs are a growing problem.
A bedbug is a wingless insect with a flat reddish body that infests dwellings and bedding and feeds on human blood. The common human bedbug of temperate regions, Cimex lectularis, is largely nocturnal, spending the day in crevices in walls and furniture and in bedding. Its bite causes irritation in many individuals, but it is not known to transmit diseases…
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Now you see it. Now you don’t.
The ability to see through walls is no longer the stuff of science fiction, thanks to new radar technology developed at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory…
Much as humans and other animals see via waves of visible light that bounce off objects and then strike our eyes’ retinas, radar “sees” by sending out radio waves that bounce off targets and return to the radar’s receivers. But just as light can’t pass through solid objects in quantities large enough for the eye to detect, it’s hard to build radar that can penetrate walls well enough to show what’s happening behind. Now, Lincoln Lab researchers have built a system that can see through walls from some distance away, giving an instantaneous picture of the activity on the other side…
Can you hear it? Well an iPhone will be soon.
In the near future, you might have more to worry about than someone looking over your shoulder—the smartphone beside you could be snooping on what you type. Scientists have programmed phones to spy by feeling. Incredible.
New Scientist reports that the method, although requiring a lot of tweaking before it’s a viable spy toy, can already detect typed words with 80% accuracy…
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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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