Student loans are very risky and can be contagious.
Before you engage in risky grad school enrollment, remember that you run a high risk of contracting a student loan. And once you’ve come down with one of those, it’s almost impossible to clean up.
If this applies to you, your partner, or you just like laughing about horrible indebtedness, full video after jump…
Target tries to hook parents-to-be at that crucial moment.
You share intimate details about your consumption patterns with retailers every time you go shopping. And many of those retailers are studying those details to figure out what you like, what you need, and which coupons are most likely to make you happy. For example, Target has figured out how to data-mine its way into your womb, to figure out whether you have a baby on the way long before you need to start buying diapers.
Continue reading… “How Target knows when it’s shoppers are pregnant”
Futurist Thomas Frey: What music comes to mind when you try on your new pair of jeans? Does that “music in your head” somehow change when you try on a different brand?
Continue reading… “Rethinking Retail and 18 Examples of Change”
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Watching a pro snowboarder glide effortlessly down a mountain pass can be mesmerizing against the pure white backdrop. But when you add a dark night, L.E.D. lighting and a fashion photographer, it can be art.
Continue reading… “Stunning L.E.D snowboarding at night (video)”
Keyboard jeans
Techie fashion has brought us the ear bud-equipped hoodies and the scratch-and-sniff jeans that have been turning a few head and noses. But, now there’s a new kid sashaying down that catwalk.
Continue reading… “Keyboard jeans redefines the meaning of ‘laptop’”
Nomophobia – fear of being separated from your mobile phone.
There is no doubt cell phones have become a necessity in today’s world. But, an new study reports that a large number of Britons are now suffering from ‘nomophobia’ – the fear of being separated from their mobile.
Continue reading… “Nomophobia: Fear of being without mobile phone on the rise”
In 2009, auto accidents caused by distracted driving left over 5,000 people killed, and 450,000 injured. With smartphone use growing rapidly, along with new developments like Facebook integration with your car’s dashboard, the number of distracted driving accidents, it would seem, has nowhere to go but up.
Continue reading… “Driverless cars and the end of distracted driving: Infographic”
Couples of different race or ethnicity made up a record 8.4 percent of all married couples in 2010.
According to a new Pew Research Center study, marriage between races and ethnic groups has reached an all-time high in the United States as public acceptance has grown.
Continue reading… “Interracial marriages in U.S. at record high: study”
American authorities are afraid more counterfeits will find their way into this country, putting patients’ lives at risk.
New fears are raised that the multibillion-dollar drug-counterfeiting trade is increasingly making inroads in the U.S. after the discovery that a fake version of the widely used cancer medicine Avastin is circulating in the United State.s
Continue reading… “Counterfeit drugs becoming big business around the world”
Beam Technologies Bluetooth-enabled toothbrush.
What is this world coming to when someone decides that your toothbrush needs to connect with your smartphone? Well, it happens to be the world we’re living in right now.
Continue reading… “Beam – a smartphone compatible toothbrush”
Survey data from 2005 through 2010 and found that, on average, 7.5 million children lived with a parent abusing alcohol during any given year.
According a new government study released on Thursday, more than one in 10 U.S. children live with an alcoholic parent and are at increased risk of developing a host of health problems of their own.
Continue reading… “1 in 10 kids in the U.S. lives with an alcoholic parent: study”
Even the most efficient washing machines on the market use a lot of energy and water, especially if warm or hot water is involved. But this revolutionary concept from designer Elie Ahovi could change all that. The Orbit ditches the soap and water for the cleaning power of dry ice. It’s also silent and only takes a few minutes per load to boot…
Continue reading… “Floating washing machine uses dry ice to clean clothes in minutes”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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