The current rule does prohibits the use of electronic devices during takeoff and landing.
Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) wants the Federal Aviation Administration to relax its long-standing rule against the use of portable electronic devices on airplanes during takeoff and landing. The agency has traditionally claimed the rule is necessary to avoid interference with an airplane’s instruments, but it is currently reconsidering the policy.
What about the combination of humans and machines predicting the future?
We would all like to know what the future is going to be like. We are talking about creating more accurate forecasts about what is likely to happen in the future. Supposedly, this is what pundits and analysts do. They’re supposed to be good at commenting on whether Greece will leave the Eurozone by 2014 or whether North Korea will fire missiles during the year or whether Barack Obama will win reelection.
It’s that time of year where we predict how in the year ahead technology continues to influence how we work and live. Previously the trends have been under the “social media” lens because that has been the major disruptive force, creating both opportunities and threats. This year, the trends will be under term “social-digital” to broaden the focus.
Do you have last minute Holiday Cards to send out? Well, here’s an ingenious new option – Foldagram.
Foldagram is a self-mailing, self-standing picture with a personal message. Just go online to Foldagram, create your card, and they will send it to your address list instantly.
Continue reading… “Foldagram – Turn your holiday cards into instant self-standing photos”
Home pregnancy test
Thanks to ultra-sensitive home pregnancy testing kits, more than 200 women who discover they are expecting are having their pregnancies ended by mistake because hospital scans cannot pick up the earliest signs of life, doctors warn.
Turning the education model inside out.
The concept of the ‘flipped classroom’ in schools is when pupils complete course material ahead of lessons to free up time with their teachers and apply the knowledge they have just learned. Now a related philosophy is developing in higher education. Can we also flip academics – or even academia itself?
Continue reading… “The ‘flipped academic’ in higher education – inform first and publish later”
The demand for coding knowledge is massive.
Could you be sitting on the app concept of the century, but you don’t know the programming basics to create it. Now, thanks to coding courses offered by companies such as DaVinci Coders and Codecademy, people are launching new businesses by taking coding matters into their own hands.
Continue reading… “Coding is the new literacy of the 21st century”
Density brings people and firms closer together.
One of the most important, and at times contentious topics in urban development is density. Density plays an important role in economic growth. Density brings people and firms closer together which makes it easier to share and exchange information, invent new technologies, and launch new firms.
Continue reading… “Denser cities are smarter and more productive”
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There are horrific photos of subdued rhinos with their horns amputated by poachers that have become a viral phenomenon. Google is now giving $5 million to a conservation group for lightweight drones that will patrol the African bush, exposing ivory hunters along the way.
Harvard University
Ron Unz of the American Conservative posits that 375-year old Harvard University has grown so rich that it is now essentially a giant hedge fund with a little school attached.
Continue reading… “Harvard’s top endowment managers make 20 times as much as a professor”
Sabre
Are you ready for hypersonic travel? The British company, Reaction Engines, have passed the European Space Agency’s initial safety tests for their air-breathing rocket engines.
Continue reading… “Are you ready to fly anywhere in the world in under 4 hours?”
Futurist Thomas Frey: How many extra shavers, bars of soap, or cans of soup do you currently have on your shelves at home? How much money do you currently have tied up in “inventory” of typical household items? What if you could get by without any?
Continue reading… “Moving from Just-in-Case to Just-in-Time Living”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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