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Architecture, Photo Perspectives, Science & Technology News

World’s first 3D printed canal house in Amsterdam

March 20, 2013

Amsterdam’s canal house will be the first 3D printed house in the world.

The Dutch studio DUS Architects is planning on developing the first 3D-printed house which is meant to become a full-size canal house in Amsterdam, alongside the Buiksloter-canal. The process will be made possible by employing a special printer called the KamerMaker. “This year we want to print the entire facade and the first room bit by bit. Then in the following months and years we will print other rooms.”-architect Hedwig Heinsman explained. (Pics)

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Alternative Transportation, Analysis, Business, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Silicon Valley is winning the autonomous car race

March 20, 2013

America’s Independent Electric Light and Power Companies magazine ad from 1957.

A 1957 ad shows a family playing a game in their car as it cruises down a highway, its steering wheel unattended. “One day your car may speed along an electric super- highway, its speed and steering automatically controlled by electronic devices embedded in the road,” reads the copy. “Highways will be made safe — by electricity! No traffic jams … no collisions … no driver fatigue.”

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Science & Technology News

3D printing transforms prosthetics

March 20, 2013

Ghalib is working to customize a prosthetic used by his cousin in Iraq so it fits better to minimize pain.

Large businesses have begun using 3D printing and prototyping to streamline product development. Tech hobbyists and other individuals have begun using the technology in revolutionary ways.

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Analysis, Business, Internet, Science & Technology News

Why the internet in America is so slow and how we can fix it

November 5, 2013

Why is the internet so slow in America?

You may notice that when you use the internet in the U.S. that the speed is slower compared to many other places in the world. Whether it’s a slow connection that can’t keep up with Skype or a very long download time, it is very clear that the internet in America is so slow compared to other places around the globe. (Infographic)

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Business, Health & Fitness, Science & Technology News

MetaMed – data driven personalized medicine

March 19, 2013

MetaMed provides “evidence based medicine.”

Going to your usual doctor may not be enough for someone who has a persistent medical problem. They need to know more than their physician can tell them, and they need to know it soon. MetaMed is a new company that provides a personalized medical research service. The company is backed by Peter Theil and Jaan Tallinn.

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Art, Great New Product, Science & Technology News

MoodINQ – E ink tattoos that change with your mood

March 19, 2013

MoodINQ tattoos

How many people do you know who regret their tattoo? Your choices are: deal with it, get it covered up, or get shot with lasers to take it off. And nobody wants to go for a job interview only to be given the evil eye because you’re a little more inked than the current employees. Body modification discrimination is a sad fact of life.

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Analysis, facebook, Internet, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Why the internet is a surveillance state

March 19, 2013

Facebook even tracks non-Facebook users.

We are going to start with three data points.

One: Some of the Chinese military hackers who were implicated in a broad set of attacks against the U.S. government and corporations were identified because they accessed Facebook from the same network infrastructure they used to carry out their attacks.

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Great Videos, Science & Technology News

Drone with terrifying claw for grabbing objects at high speed

March 18, 2013

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American military drones engaged in combat across the world are certainly scary most days. But some days, swarms of little drones are scarier. Then there are days where it’s drones with really high-resolution cameras. Or maybe drones deployed by Homeland Security.

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Analysis, Business, facebook, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Job-seekers with a strong online social network are 5 times as likely to find a job

March 18, 2013

Users with strong social networking ties found new jobs at a rate of 33.2 percent.

It appears that being active on Facebook can get you that new job. According to a new study by Facebook data scientists, job-seekers with a strong, deep, and rich social network online are five times as likely to land that new job.

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Analysis, Business, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

How Millennials shop and spend in America

March 18, 2013

16 to 34 year olds are more likely to wield a smartphone or other mobile device as a shopping companion.

We all know that young people like to shop. All before the responsibilities of having a family set in, in the relatively care-free years of high school and college, young people tend to throw their pennies into blouses, jeans and other must-have accessories. (Infographic)

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Analysis, Business, government, Science & Technology News

Understanding the changes to the America Invents Act

March 18, 2013

On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the America Invents Act.

On March 16, 2013, the third and final wave of provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) became effective. This completes the overhaul of the U.S. patent law that began with the enactment of the AIA on September 16, 2011. The United States will move to a first-to-file system with these provisions. It will greatly expand the definition of prior art and usher in the use of post grant review.

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Analysis, Brain, New Discoveries, Science & Technology News

Scientists can tell who we are thinking about by scanning the brain

March 15, 2013

Scientists have used brain scans to decode imagery directly from the brain.

Brain researchers can tell whom a person is thinking about by scanning the human brain. For the first time they have been able to identify what people are imagining from imaging technologies.

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