Is there a direct connection between having happy workers and improved profitability?
A new addition of the “100 Best Companies To Work For” is released every year around this time. In this report employers deemed to have the happiest and most satisfied workers are heartily celebrated by the media.
Continue reading… “America’s happiest companies make more money”
The Jetstream mission is part of a project to develop the technologies and procedures that will allow large commercial aircraft to operate routinely and safely without pilots.
A twin-engined Jetstream will take off from Warton Aerodrome in Lancashire, England, and head north towards Scotland within the next few weeks. Like any other flight, the small commuter airliner will respond to instructions from air-traffic controllers, navigate a path and take care to avoid other aircraft. But the pilot flying the aircraft will not be in the cockpit: he will have his feet firmly on the ground in a control room back at Warton.
Continue reading… “Pilotless aircraft could be flying before cars go driverless”
Most Nordic parents put their baby or toddler outside in the freezing cold for their lunchtime nap.
In Stockholm, daytime temperatures in the winter regularly drop to -5C (23F) but it’s still common to see children left outside by their parents for a sleep in the stroller.
Continue reading… “Swedish babies nap in sub-zero temperatures”
When you think about the term “startup junkie”, what comes to mind? “Junkie” is someone who has some kind of addiction but “startups” aren’t a clearly defined drug that you buy on the corner. Startups aren’t really a definable thing at all. They are more like a messy, unpredictable process. Are startup junkies addicted to uncertain processes and outcome? Most startup junkies are actually addicted to something other than the difficult task of starting and growing a profitable business.
Continue reading… “What are startup junkies really addicted to?”
Futurist Thomas Frey: Last week I was speaking at the MD&M West Expo in Anaheim, California on the “future of manufacturing.” With over 2,000 manufacturing exhibitors filling the convention center, there was no small amount of interest in this topic.
Continue reading… “Fastest Way to Create New Jobs? Automate Them Out of Existence!”
Kaplan and Pearson have unveiled their new startup programs.
When it comes to picking an accelerator or incubator programs, ed-tech entrepreneurs will be spoiled by the choices.
Continue reading… “A deluge of new ed-tech accelerators”
Abe Karem, father of the drone.
Abe Karem, the aerospace engineer behind America’s most successful and most feared military drone said, “I was not the guy who put missiles on the Predator. I just wanted UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) to perform to the same standards of safety, reliability and performance as manned aircraft.”
Continue reading… “Father of the drone continues to pioneer airborne innovations”
Coursera adds 29 universities and institutes to their online venture.
Providers of free online higher education are expanding the ranks of universities that contribute courses to their Web sites. They are also adding many schools from outside the United States.
A DIY bioprinter
3D printers have been used to print iPhone cases, gun parts, even chocolate candies. Now biohackers, a group that meets at BioCurious, a community biology laboratory in Sunnyvale, California, has created a do-it-yourself inkjet printer that can print living cells. (Video)
Continue reading… “A DIY bioprinter that can print living cells”
Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin and Yuri Milner created the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation.
Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin and Yuri Milner, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, have jointly established the most lucrative annual prize in the history of science to reward research into curing diseases and extending human life.
Continue reading… “Silicon Valley entrepreneurs announce Breakthrough Prize”
Consumers like convenience. As with anything else, it is true with payment technologies. A great example is the trend of getting away from cash or checks and the move toward credit cards.
Continue reading… “The mobile payment race, who will win?”
Most Web pages can be connected in 19 clicks or less.
The internet is unfathomably vast. But it’s more tightly bound that you may think, according to a new study published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Continue reading… “The internet’s 19 degrees of separation”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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