Is it technology limitations or are wearables not as disruptive as we might think?
One in six Americans own a piece of wearable technology, while more than half say they are interested in purchasing one. But wearables simply don’t have the same staying power as other disruptive technologies, like, say, smartphones, according to a new report in the Guardian.
Continue reading… “A third of Americans ditch their wearable device within 6 months”
The wearable sensor stores and transmits motion data and delivers drugs.
A wearable device that is as thin as a temporary tattoo and can store and transmit data about a person’s movements, receive diagnostic information and release drugs into skin has been developed by researchers.
Continue reading… “Researchers create ‘electronic skin’ equipped with memory”
There’s been an unprecedented move to in education to standardize the curriculum in schools. Because of that there has been a flurry of business activity among startups and tech companies to cash in on the education reform.
Continue reading… “Education reform has led to an education gold rush”
USS Zumwalt
The U.S. Navy will christen its newest class of destroyers this month. The USS Zumwalt will be the first ship with a brain of its own.
Continue reading… “U.S. Navy’s newest warship is a drone”
Hyper-Speed Vertical Train Hub
The Hyper Speed Vertical Train Hub is a radical new concept by UK based Christopher Christophi and Lucas Mazarrasa. The concept is a subway train that can climb a skyscraper vertical station.
Continue reading… “Radical Hyper-Speed Vertical Train Hub for the city of the future”
The prospect of yeast-by-design is tantalizing for many researchers in the brewing industry.
Man-made yeasts could irreversibly change everything from the biofuel to the brewing industry. A team of geneticists led by Jef Boeke at Johns Hopkins University is genetically engineering a yeast from scratch, as part of the Synthetic Yeast 2.0 project. They have designed and written a code made up of roughly 11 million letters of DNA—the As, Cs, Gs, and Ts that write the book of life—which they are synthesizing and subbing in for a yeast’s natural DNA.
Continue reading… “Scientists unlock the future of beer”
Altaeros Energies floating wind turbine.
This floating turbine, developed by Altaeros Energies could someday travel to every remote corner of the globe. There, they could deliver electricity and Internet connectivity to people and villages living off-the-grid. (Video)
Continue reading… “Altaeros Energies floating wind turbine churns out electricity and Wi-Fi”
Candy Crush
If you mentions startups many people think of the dotcom bubble. It seems like it is 1999 all over again: since the highly successful stock market listing last November of Twitter, the micro-blogging service, young technology companies have been lining up to go public.
Continue reading… “Startups are exploding around the world”
Mobile viewership will double by end of 2015.
TV isn’t just a box in the living room anymore, it also includes smartphones and tablets. A new report from video services company Ooyala provides more evidence of that trend. By analyzing viewing data from 200 million people, the Global Video Index report found mobile and tablet viewing increased 719% from 2011 to 2013. In 2013 alone, the share of videos watched on mobile phones increased by 10 times.
Continue reading… “Mobile video viewing increased 719% between 2011 and 2013: Ooyala”
3D printed skullcap
An anonymous man in the U.S. received what was then the world’s largest 3D-printed skull implant a year ago. That record has just been broken. A 22-year-old Dutch woman has just received a transplant of her entire cranium in an operation that lasted an incredible 23 hours. (Video)
Continue reading… “Surgeons replace woman’s entire cranium with 3D printed skull”
Elio
Ninety-three percent of Americans drive to work alone. So why use a car that’s big enough for four? A new vehicle that’s half-motorcycle and half-car is designed to replace sedans and SUVs on morning commutes and help save money and emissions in the process: The Elio costs $6,800 and gets 84 miles to the gallon. It’s possible to drive 672 miles on a single tank of gas. That’s the distance from New York City to Detroit.
Camera’s grating that sits atop a sensor shown next to a coin for comparison.
Senior research scientist Patrick Gill, from the technology licensing company Rambus, took a photograph of a famous artwork with a lens-free camera that is smaller than a pencil point. Unlike traditional cameras that require lenses, the tiny camera could find a use in security systems, toys, and any other object that is too small for current camera technology.
Continue reading… “Lens-free, pinpoint-sized camera adds eyes to any device”
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