Rare panda cow
A rare miniature cow with markings similar to a panda was born on a farm in northern Colorado. The so-called “panda cow” born in Larimer County is thought to be one of only about 24 in the world.
Facebook Valued at $50 Billion After Goldman Sachs Investment Deal
The Goldman Sachs deal could double the personal fortune of Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s co-founder.
Facebook, the popular social networking site, has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs and a Russian investor in a deal that values the company at $50 billion, according to people involved in the transaction.
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China Reports Breakthrough in Nuclear Technology
Workers walk past a part of Qinshan No. 2 Nuclear Power Plant in China.
Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in spent fuel reprocessing technology that could potentially solve China’s uranium supply problem, state television reported on Monday.
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The Automated Dust Ball Vacuum
Dust Ball Vacuum
The automated Dust Ball Vacuum looks so alien that if you did have one of these sitting idly in your living room you’d be extra careful lest icky things suddenly crawl out its pores all.
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WAM-V: A Flexible and Adapatable Spider Ship
WAM-V
The odd but very “G” new thinking behind this odd styled water craft called the WAM-V or Wave Adaptive Modular Vessels. This spider looking vessel has many “G” features, some of the coolest ones we think are that the entire thing packs into a shipping container, uses very little fuel, runs shallow, and can be configured for many different uses. This isn’t your one function vessel, it can reconfigured in a very short time to take on a new mission. To use re-thinking tech to be smart is what “G” is all about. (pics)
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Trends in the Time Consumers Spend with Media
In 2010, consumers spent an average of 4 hours and 24 minutes each day watching TV and video, while being online for 2 hours and 35 minutes.
There are only so many hours per day that consumers can spend watching TV, reading newspapers and surfing the internet. But as marketers may suspect, the time devoted to media is undergoing some not-so-subtle changes.
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Inventors Compete for Distinction at the Annual DaVinci Inventor Showcase
Inventor of the Year – Jerome Rifkin, Tensegrity Prosthetics
The DaVinci Institute’s annual Inventors Showcase featured 39 inventors showcasing all manner of creations, from audio-enabled greeting cards to jewelry to roving robots inspecting the show floor.
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‘The Ark’ – A Floating Hotel Designed to Withstand Even the Most Extreme Floods
The Ark
Speaking to the world’s rising sea levels, Russia-based architectural firm Remistudio proposes this arch-shaped floating hotel as a refuge from even extreme floods. Called (quite appropriately) the Ark, the futuristic structure has the ability to exist autonomously on the surface of the water. Designed to be a bioclimatic building, the Ark incorporates several innovative green strategies and elements to ensure that its residents can survive aboard for months at a time. (Pics)
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Roofus – Radio-controlled Robotic Snow Plow
Roofus
Roofus is a radio-controlled snow plow designed to remove snow from roofs of buildings (thus, the name Roof-us) where it would be particularly risky for a human to do so. Personally, I would like to employ it for my driveway during the winter and sit back with a warm coffee, directing it’s efforts. (Pics)
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Are Humans Becoming More Stupid? Man’s Brain Has Been Shrinking Over Last 20,000 Years
A 3D image replica of a 28,000-year-old skull found in France shows it was 20 per cent larger than ours.
It’s not something we’d like to admit, but it seems the human race may actually be becoming increasingly dumb. Man’s brain has been gradually shrinking over the last 20,000 years, according to a new report.
Living Earth Simulator – Predicting the Future of Everything
The Living Earth Simulator aims to predict how diseases spread.
It could be one of the most ambitious computer projects ever conceived. An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth – from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes’ roads.
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PepsiCo is Betting Consumers Want to ‘Snackify’ Drinks
Tropolis
Because healthy food just isn’t cool enough for today’s youth, the folks at PepsiCo will soon be rolling out “snackified,” amped-up — to the extreme! — pureed fruit in the form of something called Tropolis.
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