Futurist Thomas Frey: Over the past couple years, internet-fueled uprisings in Egypt, Lybia, Syria, and other parts of the world have made Chinese officials very nervous. They have exerted a firm hand in controlling any communications deemed detrimental to the ruling party and have now gone so far as to block any Google searches of the English words “democracy” and “freedom.”
Lake Las Vegas, Nevada
Lists of the best place to retire in the United States are easy to find. AARP has one; so do Forbes, U.S. News and a host of retiree-oriented websites. The same cities and states tend to appear on each list — Tucson, Ariz.! Austin, Texas! — in part because the things that matter most as people pick a place to retire — proximity to good medical care, tax advantages for seniors, nice climate and safe streets — never really go out of style.
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Set top boxes uses an average of 28.286 watts while off.
Electricity prices have been relentlessly rising over the past decade. That has made many consumers more conscientious about how they use electric power. Many of those conscientious people may find it frustrating — to put it mildly — that their daily or even hourly efforts to turn off devices they’re not using hasn’t delivered the results they’d expected.
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The disappearing car door is labelled a “revolutionary concept in car technology” by its creators Jatech. The disappearing car door is a spin on the convention car door employed in nearly all automobiles today. Instead of the outward swinging hinged doors we are all familiar with, they have developed a door that retracts down into the body of the vehicle. To see exactly what I’m talking about, check it out on their website. Jatech have fitted the disappearing doors to Lincoln sedans, but can do custom fittings to customer’s vehicles of choice.
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Discovering a babies pain threshold.
Babies can distinguish painful stimuli as different from general touch from around 35-37 weeks gestation — just before an infant would normally be born — according to new research…
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Saturn is sensational from the other side too,
This image was selected as the Astronomy Picture of the Day last weekend. It was taken by the Cassini probe in 2006 from the shadow of Saturn…
Safe for another year or so.
One of the cornerstones of Amazon’s business has been avoiding sales taxes; because their transactions are online, you don’t have to pay Uncle Sam with every purchase. And now, thanks to some maneuvering around a proposed California law, you’ll remain off the hook for another year…
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Upward social mobility has stalled for Americans.
According to a new study from Pew, it has been found that the American Dream of upward social mobility has stalled for some people. A third of Americans who grew up in the middle class falling out of it as adults.
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Like fingerprints, no two footprints are the alike.
According to an new study, how a bare foot strikes the ground as one walks reveals your identity almost as well as a fingerprint.
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Liang Wengen, founder of Sany Group is China’s richest man with a fortune of 70 billion yuan ($11 billion), according to the Hurun Rich List 2011.
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Post office is the latest casualty of digital technology.
Digital technology is slowly but steadily replacing working humans. And the latest casualty of digital technology is the U.S. Postal Service. The post office is going to have to drastically scale back its operations or shut down altogether if they don’t find an external source of funding. 600,000 people will be out of work and another 480,000 pensioners facing an adjustment in terms.
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The decline in the self-employed is a “troubling” trend.
Fewer Americans are choosing to be self-employed. 14.5 million people were self-employed in August. That number is down 2.1 million from the most recent peak in December 2006, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
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