Futurist Thomas Frey: As I’m writing this column, there are currently 466,302 mobile apps available for the iPhone and 512,542 mobile apps available to download on an Android phone.
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People given financial incentives to stay healthy are less likely to be admitted to hospital
Incentive-based health programs can motivate people to change their behaviour.
Among insurance customers who were rewarded with lower premiums for keeping fit, those who added two gym visits to their weekly routine were 13 per cent less likely to go to hospital.
Wingsuit stuntman flies through narrow hole on side of mountain
Spectators watch as Jeb Corliss hurtles though the mountain’s natural arch hundreds of feet in the air
Jeb Corliss, a wingsuit pilot, has taken the sport of sky diving to new heights after hurtling through a narrow slit in a mountainside. (Pics and video)
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Liposuction may be good for your heart: study
Surprising drop in triglycerides seen even in normal weight patients.
Liposuction may do more than just slim down your waistline. A new study has found that it might also help your heart.
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World’s first zombie-proof house
“The Safe House”
The centuries old threat of zombies is making a comeback. From the movie 28 Days Later to The Walking Dead Series on AMC and the best-selling Zombie Survival Guide, we’re all a little too ready to deal with the 2012 of our dreams. (Pics)
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Acid rain does far more than burn our skin. It completely washes the color from our lives.
“If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn’t show up.” – – Dr Seuss
Washing machine and arcade combo
Looks like a winner!
UK’s Kingston University design student Lee Wei Chen realized that the skills he developed playing a lot of video games are practically useless in real life, so he set out to do something about it.
Behold, the washing machine/arcade combo, where the likelihood of getting your clothes cleaned depends on your ability to play the game…
3D printed nylon bicycle that’s “as strong as steel”
How else will 3D printing change the world?
This 3D printed bicycle, exhibited at this week’s London Design Festival, is claimed to be as strong as steel. It was printed from layers of fused nylon, using a technique more commonly deployed in satellite manufacture…
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This fluid fly-by video shows astonishing view of Earth
This weekend NASA published an awesome time-lapse flyby of planet Earth taken from the International Space Station. Awesome, but jerky—until now. Someone interpolated the original frames to achieve this smooth as silk motion film. It’ll leave you stupefied…
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People who have power but lack status tend to demean others
“Individuals in high-power/low-status roles chose more demeaning activities for their partners.”
One of the authors of a new study by three universities says people holding positions of power with low status tend to demean others.
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Women in charge at home have less sex
The more decisions a woman reported making on her own the less likely she was to have sex.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers examined the relationships between married women’s autonomy and the regularity of their sexual relations.
World’s first 3D printed car goes on display
Urbee
The world’s first car that was created using a 3D printer has gone on show in Canada.
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