Google’s filler ads when they are out of inventory
If you are a avid reader of blogs like I am, you have probably started seeing an increase in the number ad blocks inviting people to advertise on Google. These “filler ads” show up for a number of reasons such as bringing in more advertisers. But more often, it would appear, its because the giant ad company is out of inventory. Here is what we found out from some of our contacts within the company.
Futurist Thomas Frey: Over the next year I will be proposing a series of eight major prize competitions, competitions designed to pit the countries of the world against each other in a series of extraordinary tests of skills and abilities.
Continue reading… “Prize Competition #1: The Race to the Core”
Antibiotics made more effective with sugar.
A spoonful of sugar, it seems, can do more than help the medicine go down – it can also help make it work. Sugar can improve the effectiveness of antibiotics against infections, according to researchers.
Self-driving Toyota Prius, modified by Google.
Google is quietly lobbying legislators to make Nevada the first state to allow autonomous vehicles on public roads. The company’s self-driving cars might soon become more than a pet project. (Video)
Continue reading… “Google Lobbies Nevada Legislators to Allow Self-driving Cars”
In the future, paper money may be displaced with digital points of a vendor.
Karl Dakin: The subject of how we will be paid and make payments in the future was presented at the DaVinci Institute’s Night with a Futurist on Monday night. The presentations covered potentially major changes in the way we conduct business and interact as a society as technological advances in mobile computing enable new ways of exchanging things of value.
Continue reading… “Predictions for money, currencies and payments”
Here’s one way to bring location-based checkins to the masses — use them to shave off a few dollars at the gas pump…
Continue reading… “Foursquare Checkins Get Customers Gas Discounts”
What will cause the power to shift among nations between now and 2050?
Futurist Thomas Frey: I often get interview requests from newspaper and magazines as they probe for a better understanding of the world ahead. However, the request I received two days ago was a bit unusual.
Doctors hope it will prevent the birth of oversized babies.
In a trial described as ‘disturbing’ by weight loss groups, babies will be given a diet drug in the womb to stop them being born overweight. One hundred obese moms-to-be will be given Metformin as part of a three-year study to tackle obesity rates and reduce the number of difficult births.
The “digital wallet” will store the banks’ customers’ credit and debit card account information, both for Visa cards and other cards.
The world’s largest credit and debit card processing network, Visa Inc, is building a digital wallet that people can use to pay for things online or with their phones instead of with traditional cards.
Continue reading… “Visa Plans to Launch Digital Wallet for Banks in the U.S.”
Nuclear power plant in Dukovany, Czech Republic
There are 440 commercial nuclear reactors in use worldwide. They are all currently helping to minimize our consumption of fossil fuels. But how much bigger can nuclear power get?
Postal Service reports more that $2 billion in losses.
The U.S. Postal Service is continuing to lose money, reporting a loss Tuesday of more than $2 billion over the first three months of the year and warning it could be forced to default on federal payments.
Continue reading… “Billions in Losses Reported By the Postal Service”
My car is much more focused on performance and power than it is on creature comforts. When I get into my wife’s SUV, it takes me a while to acclimate to all the gadgets and gizmos the car has. I can only imagine the shock to the system having to drive the Porsche 911 GT3 Hybrid at normal speeds would have with all those buttons on the wheel…
Continue reading… “Porsche 911 GT3 Hybrid Racer has the Most Complex Steering Wheel Ever”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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