Nearly half of adults are limiting their child’s college choices based on price.
Families are cost-cutting before their kids even apply to schools because of the financial burden of paying for college. According to a new survey by Discover Student Loans, And it’s affecting students’ decisions about not only where to go, but what to study.
Continue reading… “It all comes down to money when picking a college and major”
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Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a new “ambient backscatter” wireless communication scheme that allows two devices to communicate with each other by reflecting ambient TV and cellular transmissions — batteries not required.
Six years before the Homebrew Computer Club had its first meeting in 1969, Honeywell launched its kitchen computer – the Honeywell H316. It looked like this:
Continue reading… “Co-creation is the future of innovation”
Brad Feld, the investor-turned-author who co-founded Techstars in Boulder, Colorado in 2006, stated on his website three years ago that Colorado might have the highest “entrepreneurial density” in the entire country.
Continue reading… “The most densely-packed startup areas in the U.S.”
The new CTO – Chief Transformation Officer.
IT leaders today have known about the exponential growth of processing power, storage, and bandwidth, but they didn’t notice the the changes that have been happening over so many decades. These three change accelerators are what lie behind today’s avalanche of business transformation, and they are directly affecting the roles of CIO and CTO.
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Young tech companies create more jobs than they destroy.
There is some cause for alarm in the startup world. On the whole, young companies destroy more jobs than they create. That’s because so many of them fail. But there is some solace: Young tech companies create many more jobs than they destroy, even taking into account a high failure rate.
Continue reading… “Young businesses destroy more jobs than they create except in the tech industry”
It will cost 241,080 to raise a child born in 2012, $301,970 adjusted for inflation.
On average, a middle-income family will spend $241,080 for 18 years to raise a child born in 2012, a 2.6 percent increase from a year ago that outpaces the broader inflation rate, according to a government report.
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Reversed Map with Southern Hemisphere at Top of Map (because position of North is arbitrary)
Maps, charts and infographics can really help bring data and information to life. Maps can make a point resonate with readers. This collection of maps aims to do just that.
Continue reading… “40 amazing maps to help you make sense of the world”
Chart of Electromagnetic Radiations was originally published in 1944.
Today, infographics are mostly pointless decorations around a few simple facts that add nothing meaningful. But information graphics once deserved their name with dense, meticulously-drawn, well-researched information. Here is an example from 1944.
Continue reading… “The golden age of infographics”
Millions of former students are struggling under the weight of loans.
There are millions of students who are senselessly defaulting on their student loans while failing to take advantage of programs meant to protect them financially. And chances are, it’s the poorest, least sophisticated borrowers who are suffering worst.
Continue reading… “New statistics prove our student loan system is broken”
Some futurists like Ray Kurzweil and Thomas Frey believe that very soon humans will have the ability to live forever. And while they have their share of skeptics, increasingly amazing scientific developments make betting against such predictions a somewhat short-sighted gamble. Nevertheless, we still haven’t cracked immortality, although now there’s a device that has been developed that promises to actually tell exactly how mortal we are.
Continue reading… “Endotheliometer – A device that tracks your mortality”
“Cellular phones will absolutely not replace local wire systems.” — Marty Cooper, inventor (1981)
Bold predictions abound in the tech world. Some try to make educated guesses about where technology is headed. Others prognosticate in reaction to disruptive technologies that could boost (or threaten) their business.
Continue reading… “Top 10 worst technology predictions of all time”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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