Consumers are spending more time on mobile apps than on the web for the first time, a new report claims.
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CoKnown – first online collaborative research platform
Featured invention at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase 2011
CoKnown is the first online collaborative research platform. CoKnown allows users to automatically organize, save and share knowledge gained from online research. These dynamic research libraries are available on any Internet connected device.
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How to Maximize your home office tax deductions
Don’t gamble on the details.
Red flag and IRS — two things you never want to see in the same sentence. If you’re self-employed or have a small business, chances are somewhere along the way, you’ve been told that deducting a portion of your housing costs will be a red flag for an audit.
However, this isn’t necessarily the case. And if you legitimately qualify for the home office deduction, there’s no reason to avoid it. After all, the typical home office deduction will run into the thousands of dollars. It’s substantial and well worth the effort (far more so than scouring your car for a missing receipt for printer ink)…
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Amazing multicopter could be your ticket to the heavens
Why screw around with one propellor when your personal multicopter can have 16. I cannot wait to hover around my neighborhood making everyone jealous and finding frisbees stuck on roofs…
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Live longer with fewer calories? Key enzyme involved in aging process found
Caloric restriction slows down aging.
By consuming fewer calories, aging can be slowed down and the development of age-related diseases such as cancer and type 2 diabetes can be delayed. The earlier calorie intake is reduced, the greater the effect. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have now identified one of the enzymes that hold the key to the aging process…
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Anonymous plans to take on a Mexican drug cartel
Anonymous has a new target.
Anonymous is getting ready for the biggest fight of their group’s history, ramping up to take on a Mexican drug cartel after one of their own was kidnapped by the drug lords…
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Red wine can combat the harmful effects of obesity
Red wine may hold the key to better health.
An ingredient found in red wine can combat the harmful effects of obesity and reduce the risk of disease in the elderly, a clinical trial has shown for the first time.
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Cordon – multi-target photo-radar system makes speeding almost impossible
CORDON – multi-target photo-radar system
Your days of speeding down the highway with only cop cars in speed traps to worry about are over. A company called Peak Gain System’s new CORDON multi-target photo radar system is able to track and identify up to 32 different vehicles across four lanes at once, automatically recording speeders for later fining. (Video)
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YardPup and Paw – the ultimate poop scoop
Featured invention at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase 2011
Big dog or small, the YardPup holds it all. When doody calls, you need to keep your puppy’s yard clean, tidy and sanitary! The YardPup is designed to hold open standard grocery store type bags while the Little Paw helps you scoop, whisk or scrape the doggie doo into the bag. The Little Paw is specially designed as a 4-in-1 rake, scraper, chipper and flipper to work on all surfaces (grass, mulch, rock beds, and patios) in any climate or weather, including ice and snow.
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Handle Wraps – protect your vehicle grab handles with comfort and style
Featured invention at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase 2011
Handle Wraps are protective and stylish coverings for you vehicle handle grips.
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Four days with the World’s Greatest Entrepreneurs
What’s on the minds of the new minds?
The world’s most successful entrepreneurs play hard, but they work even harder. That much was made clear after the dust settled on f.ounders, an event that has quickly become one of technology’s premiere conferences.
There aren’t many events where you meet two heads of state, eat dinner with Bono, and party with 150 of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs. But that’s exactly what happened at the f.ounders conference in Dublin, Ireland last week. The conference brought together the founders of Skype, YouTube, Netflix, Rovio, GroupMe, StumbleUpon, 4chan and more for four days of intensive networking, extravagant dinners and Irish hospitality — you couldn’t walk five steps without somebody offering you a Guinness…
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Journey into the MicroWorld
The view is different on the small side.
Here’s an intriguing idea: a fictional tale crafted around a set of microphotographs. The images of things you wouldn’t recognize at that scale became fantastic landscapes for the story!
