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Brewbot lets you download, brew and drink craft beer right in your own home

September 17, 2014

Brewbot

It isn’t easy to brew your own beer. It’s also hard to brew a good batch of beer, and even harder to duplicate that batch to drink later on. And it is near impossible to simplifying the process so that it’s as effortless as baking cookies because of all the factors involved with the brewing process, including fermentation, location, temperature, and of course the availability of equipment itself.

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‘Smart suit’ – a new wearable robotic exoskeleton gives you superhuman powers

September 17, 2014

‘Smart suit’

In the U.S., engineers and roboticists have developed a ’smart’ robotic suit made from lightweight, flexible materials that can enhance the movements of everyone from soldiers and firefighters to hiking enthusiasts and the elderly. (Video)

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The sky’s the limit for 3D printing solar panels

September 16, 2014

Solar cell printers.

We’ve come a long way from the solar-powered calculator to waiting to see when innovators are going to give us solar-powered smartphones, where most of our calculators are these days. While the average energy consumer is busy worrying about such everyday concerns, scientists at the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC) are wondering how to power entire buildings, and pretty much the whole planet, as the technology they are creating will be easily transferred inexpensively to developing and third-world areas, thanks to 3D printing and design. (Video)

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Top 10 ways connected devices will impact every business

September 16, 2014

The IoT will affect all types of organizations.

The number of mobile-connected devices this year will exceed the world’s population. Most organizations will have to respond in some way to the rise of connected devices in order to survive the next decade. As connected products, connected logistics, and connected phones become ubiquitous, they create value for users and risks for companies.

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Let algorithms make real-time decisions for your company

September 16, 2014

Operational analytics not only predict what the next best action is, but also cause the action to happen without human intervention.

In the future, just having predictive models that suggest what might be done won’t be enough to stay ahead of the competition. Instead, smart organizations are driving analytics to an even deeper level within business processes—to make real-time operational decisions, on a daily basis.

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The ‘sharing economy’ – sharing isn’t free and price gouging isn’t mean

September 16, 2014

Uber implements “dynamic pricing,” which some customers see as price gouging.

There is plenty of press these days on the pros and cons of the so-called “sharing economy.” Consider the diverse takes last week from MIT Technology Review, the New York Times, and the Kansas City Star.

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A drivable car that was 3D printed in 44 hours

September 16, 2014

Strati 3D printed car

Local Motors 3D printed a plastic car called the Strati in front of thousands of attendees at the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago.

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Seven Reasons Why the Value of Human Life is Increasing Exponentially

September 15, 2014

Futurist Thomas Frey: What’s the value of a human life?

For some of you this is a very disconcerting question because it attempts to put a dollar value on a person, something we value in far different ways.

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Reprogrammed cells could fight ‘untreatable’ diseases in the future

September 15, 2014

Loring (front row, center) with the Loring Lab Group at the Center for Regenerative Medicine.

Jeanne Loring, director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Scripps Research Institute, and her colleagues transplanted a set of cells into the spinal cords of mice that had lost use of their hind limbs to multiple sclerosis. Within a week, as the experimentalists had expected, the mice rejected the cells. But after another week, the mice began to walk.

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How digital technologies are changing the physical world

September 15, 2014

Our physical world is now technology-enabled by the digitization of everything.

Ted Hall, CEO of ShopBot Tools, which designs and manufactures digital fabrication tools priced for individuals and smaller manufacturing shops, says “complexity is cheap now, and quality is almost free.”

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Biodesign will have an impact on the future of cities

September 15, 2014

The Genetic Barcelona Project plans to inject jellyfish genes into trees to make them glow, creating a sustainable alternative to streetlights.

In the morning, you get out of bed and open the curtains. The grey light of dawn is mingling with the glow of the trees, which have been injected with luminescent jellyfish genes. (Video)

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Could ‘solid’ light compute previously unsolvable problems?

September 12, 2014

Princeton University researchers have begun crystallizing light as part of an effort to answer fundamental questions about the physics of matter. The researchers are not shining light through crystal – they are transforming light intocrystal.

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