This was a photo I took from stage of the audience
Futurist Thomas Frey: On April 30th I had the privilege of delivering the opening keynote to a group of over 1,200 VIPs at the International Education Forum II: “Innovation in Education” held in Ankara, Turkey. These were remarkable people dedicated to reforming the state of education in a country poised for greatness.
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Who needs males when you have parthenogenisis? With a little help from science, biologist Peter Baumann and collagues have created an all-female lizard species…
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There’s ‘nothing special about sexual thoughts,’ reports study researcher
Do you think men have sex on the brain every seven seconds? Not according to a new study that finds men think about sleep and food as much as they do sex.
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There are simple solutions to problems with your tech gadgets.
Does the battery life on you phone only last a few hours? Do you really need a computer password logon? Do you have Wi-Fi dead spots in your house? Or maybe the screen on your smartphone is cracked! Tech gadgets are only fun until they annoy the heck out of you. Here are some solutions to make your annoying gadgets behave.
Length of sleep among middle aged adults affects cognitive function.
If you wanted to spend your retirement years sleeping until noon before drinking your first cup of coffee, you might want to weigh that luxurious dream against its consequences…. Such a change in your sleep habits may just leave you with not a lot on the ball.
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Doctors have identified eight everyday activities, including drinking coffee, that often precede a stroke.
According to new research, everyday activities such as drinking coffee, energetic sex and even blowing one’s nose can burst blood vessels in the brain. Losing your temper and suffering a shock can also temporarily raise the risk of suffering a stroke among people who have aneurysms.
There are a number of barebones/mass-market low-cost devices out there, many of them aimed at the huge developing world market, hoping to outfit people with basic PC functionality for as little cost as possible. The OLPC is among the most famous, but perhaps the most luxurious: with a cutting-edge screen, built-in keyboard and networking, and so on, it has perhaps aimed too high, resulting in (as we’ve seen) increasing price and limited uptake. India’s “$35″ tablet comes to mind as well.
David Braben, perhaps best known for developing the revolutionary Elite, is now leading a foundation called Raspberry Pi to mass produce this ultra-minimal PC and distribute it where even an OLPC is too much. Their device is as bare-bones as it gets, and they’re hoping to sell it for $25…
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Futurist Thomas Frey: Humans think about the underlying systems we use for keeping time in much the same way that fish think about water. We simply don’t.
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Special Poster for “Oldtimer”, a big Austrian chain for motorway rest stops.
(Advertising Agency: Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann, Vienna, Austria)
Adertisers want to catch a person’s attention and create a memorable impression. Billboard advertisements do just that. They leave the reader thinking about the advertisement after they have driven past it. They need to be readable in a very short time because they are usually read while being passed at high speeds. Usually they have only a few words in large print and are humorous or have arresting images in brilliant color. (Pics)
‘Corset piercing’ is the latest craze sweeping the UK it involves sticking hoops into the skin and then threading them with ribbon
Forget tattoos, belly button piercings and Lady Gaga-style silicone implants, the latest craze in body modification is ‘corset piercing’ where metal rings are pierced into the skin and joined together with a ribbon to give a corset effect. (Pics)
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Men hate household chores according to a new study.
It’s hardly a suprise to any wife — men don’t like doing household chores and they become aggressive if asked to do so, suggests a new study.
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Futurist Thomas Frey, a keynote speaker, suggests planners take advantage of the ‘untethered marketplace’.
Since its inception in 2000, the FPA Retreat has always been sui generis: It is as much a gathering of like-minded financial planners who draw strength from communing with each other as it is an educational conference.
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