IBM’s Cognitive Cooking
IBM’s Watson, the artificially intelligent supercomputer, is known for beating the pants off Jeopardy contestants in trivia. But soon it might also be known for giving foodies on Top Chef a run for their money at cooking.
Continue reading… “IBM puts Watson supercomputer in a food truck”
Millennials are detached from institutions, networked with friends.
The Millennial generation, now ranging in age from 18 to 33, is forging a distinctive path into adulthood. They are relatively unattached to organized politics and religion, linked by social media, burdened by debt, distrustful of people, in no rush to marry— and optimistic about the future.
Continue reading… “Pew Research – Lifestyles of the Young and Restless”
The discovery of cannabinoid receptors may help explain why marijuana users say they take the drug mainly to reduce anxiety.
Researchers at Vanderbilt University have found cannabinoid receptors, through which marijuana exerts its effects, in a key emotional hub in the brain involved in regulating anxiety and the flight-or-fight response.
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Watching TV and listening to the radio are the top two digital activities in the average American adult’s day.
Fifty-eight percent of American adults own smartphones. Pair that with the fact that digital culture permeates almost every aspect of our lives, and we can already assume the average person spends a lot of time with gadgets.
Continue reading… “Average U.S. adult spends 11 hours a day with electronic media”
By the end of 2019, Liftport has the goal establish an operational Lunar Space Elevator Infrastructure using:
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An item printed with the Spectrom device.
Full color printing is generally a privilege limited to professional and high-end consumer 3D printers, so the more casual user is likely stuck printing in one or two colors. But Cédric Kovacs-Johnson and Charles Haider, both chemical engineering undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, say they have come up with a solution: a sub-$100 device that upgrades desktop 3D printers to print in a full rainbow of colors. They call it Spectrom.
The wind energy industry started 2014 with a record 12GW of wind capacity under construction.
Wind power in the U.S. accounted for more than 4% of the energy on the grid last year. This is the first time this milestone has been breached. However, the distribution of wind power across states varied greatly, with some states well ahead of others.
Continue reading… “U.S. wind power accounts for 4% of energy for first time ever”
More and more incredible footage is getting captured of events our human brain would otherwise be unable to see in such detail due to the rise in popularity and drop in price of high speed cameras. (Video)
Continue reading… “Incredible video of a hawk attacking a water balloon in super slow motion”
Breaking into graphic design without spending thousands on a degree.
There are some people in this world who know what they want to be when they grow up and they stick with it for their entire lives. But for the majority of us the path to contentment with our career is more winding. This week’s question tackles that tricky situation of itching for a career change when you are already saddled with college debt from a few false starts. Continue reading… “How to learn skills for a new field without going back to college”
As a new study from the University of Arizona about sex trafficking during the Super Bowl highlights, advances in data analysis are underpinning some powerful new ways of tackling very tough problems. Among all the stones hurled at the tech sector lately, this is an area in which it can take pride.
Continue reading… “How technology is helping the most helpless”
Vascularized tissue constructed by printing cell-laden inks in a layered zig-zag pattern.
Harvard researchers say they have created tissue interlaced with blood vessels in what may be a critical breakthrough for creating artificial organs.
Continue reading… “3D printing may finally give artificial organs a blood supply”
In the past few years the impact of domestic oil and natural gas production has seen a significant uptick. The rush of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing in “tight” shale plays around the country is largely responsible for a resurgence of U.S. oil and natural gas production.
Continue reading… “A look at the drilling boom in America”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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