What will it be like to watch television in 2030?
Futurist Thomas Frey: Having just returned from four days at the famous Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I am spending the next couple weeks sorting through the vast array of products I came across, looking for overarching trends and patterns that may signal lifestyle shifts in the future.
Continue reading… “Eight Great Explosions in Video”
Scientists are studying how squid and other cephalopods change color and pattern of their skin to blend in with their environment.
Octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish have the ability to instantaneously change the color and pattern of their skin to blend in with their surroundings. This has caught the eye of the U.S. military and now its goal is a new generation of high-tech camouflage.
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Jamie Beck, a New York city based fashion photographer and Kevin Burg, a master in animations worked together to create some amazing animated Gif photographs. Animated Gif Photography is a source of adding life to photography.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: We are witnessing an explosion of apps for our handheld devices.
Continue reading… “Connecting the Physical World with the Digital World through Apps”
Rumors of astronauts hooking up in space are the product of overactive imaginations experts say.
Humans have been traveling in space for more than 50 years. But, it’s quite possible we have not performed that most basic of acts — sex — beyond earth.
Continue reading… “No Sex in Space… At Least Not Yet According to Russian Official”
Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, unveils the Falcon Heavy rocket at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, April 5, 2011.
SpaceX, a private US company, hopes to put an astronaut on Mars within 10 to 20 years, the head of the firm said.
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The study found some of the risks that pesticides were already known to pose to children, including ADHD and learning difficulties.
It was reported this week by the Environmental Working Group that three studies published simultaneously all came to the same eye-opening conclusion. The conclusion was prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides leads to diminished IQs in children between the ages of 6 and 9.
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China is waging a prolonged and stringent fight against the illegal use of additives in food.
151 materials forbidden or abusable in food and feed over the past nine years have been blacklisted by China, according to figures released by the food safety committee under the State Council, or China’s Cabinet.
Continue reading… “151 Materials in Food or Feed Have Been Blacklisted by China”
Me standing next to the all-electric Nissan Leaf in La Jolla, CA
Futurist Thomas Frey: I looked over at my clock and saw that it was 3:19 am, a time when most people would normally just roll over and fall back to sleep, but I was wide awake. And from past experience, I wouldn’t get tired again for 2-3 hours, so this was one of those crazy middle-of-the-night periods of free time where I could get something done, and my body didn’t really know I was awake. (Pics)
Continue reading… “My Weekend with the new All-Electric Nissan Leaf”
If you have trouble remembering things you probably need to declutter your mind.
Having trouble remembering names and numbers or can’t remember to follow the plot of a film? Help could be at hand. The problem is that you know too much – and you need to declutter, or spring-clean your mind, according to scientists.
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Study links bullying with family violence.
While bullies and their victims traffic in threats, taunts and fights in the schoolyard, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed those on both sides are also more likely to live with violence at home.
Continue reading… “Bullying Linked to Family Violence: CDC Study”
Music lessons makes you smarter.
If you want your child to be smart and intelligent then, make sure your kid learns to play musical instruments, scientists say. University of Kansas Medical Center researchers have found that practicing musical instruments as a child not only help him mastering the instrument, it also provides a boost to his brain decades later.
Continue reading… “Music Lessons in Childhood Make You Smarter, More Intelligent”
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