The Electric Networked Vehicle (EN-V) was unveiled at the Las Vegas Convention Center
Car designers have come up with the perfect solution for all those motorists tired of traffic jams and lack of parking spaces.
Continue reading… “The EN-V – Futuristic Compact, Enviromentally Friendly Car That Drives Itself”
PARO
PARO is an advanced interactive robot developed by AIST, a leading Japanese industrial automation pioneer. It allows the documented benefits of animal therapy to be administered to patients in environments such as hospitals and extended care facilities where live animals present treatment or logistical difficulties. (Pics)
Dylan Karam, 11, of Opunake, New Zealand, is building a house:
Since getting a hammer when he was five, Dylan has never been far from a construction site and has helped builders around Opunake in the last six years.
But it is his latest project that could be his most impressive…
Life-Changing Wheels
Inmates at Gloucester prison in the UK are spending some of their free time (and you have a lot of that in prison) repairing donated bikes which are then shipped by Jole Rider to a partner organisation in Gambia, Africa. Once there, the bikes can change kids lives by allowing them to get to school. Bikes remain school property, with teachers allocating them to the students who need them most. When a child graduates from school, their bike is re-allocated to another child, multiplying the long-term impact of each bike.
Once at least 333 bikes have been refurbished, they are packed in a container and sent to Africa…
Continue reading… “Inmates in UK Prison Repair Bikes and Donate Them To African Schoolchildren”
Ah, the Verizon iPhone. In our bizarre careers as tech journalists, if there’s one question we’ve heard more than “When is Verizon getting the iPhone?” we can’t think of it. Also, outside the original rumors for the iPhone and iPad, we can’t think of another product so heavily teased by those in the know and those not in the know — though mostly by those not in the know.
But then we heard Verizon is having a little get together on Tuesday, which is particularly odd timing because Verizon has a huge presence and a large amount of announcements at this year’s CES. Rumors of the event being a Verizon iPhone announce immediately flared up, but there were still reservations: Apple usually announces its own products at its own corporate campus — why would Verizon be doing the honors in NY?
Continue reading… “Verizon iPhone: Everything You Need To Know”
Life would be quite different if these would have been known as ‘geoluhreads’.
Continue reading… “The Color Orange Was Named After The Fruit”
Education technology has become a busy space in recent years. Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates continue to push the envelope with enormous philanthropic gifts toward education reform; Blackboard.com was traded at a $1 billion plus valuation; and Google is putting millions into education tech sites like KhanAcademy.
With so many startups on the scene, it is easy to get lost. Fortunately, most innovation is centered around a short list of fundamental ideas. In this post, we’ll walk through a few clusters of education tech companies…
Continue reading… “Online Resources That Are Transforming Education”
Do you have space for the coolest couch ever?
The Space Invaders Couch was designed by Igor Chak. He says:
The Space Invaders Couch is basically a space invader turned in to a couch, a very fashionable and hard to pass by couch. The couch is all leather, with two glass surfaces. Although it might look uncomfortable it’s actually really soft, mainly lined and made with memory foam. Plus this is something different from a conventional couch…
Orange alligator discovered in Florida.
Sylvia Mythen, a 70-year-old grandmother from Venice, Fl, has discovered what appears to be the world’s first orange alligator.
Continue reading… “World’s First Orange Alligator Discovered by 70 Year Old Woman in Florida”
The latest face-palm absurdity concerning genetically modified crops: One of the UK’s top agricultural scientists has floated the idea that GM crops should be rebranded as “vaccinated” or “inoculated” so that the public would embrace them more willingly…
Continue reading… “UK Scientist Suggests Rebranding GM Crops As “Vaccinated””
New method to produce healthier drinking water.
In an effort to produce mass quantities of healthier H2O, Chinese scientists have come up with a new method to change water’s chemical composition. It involves making light water.
Continue reading… “China’s New Method to Mass Produce Light Water”
Underground dining growing in popularity.
In an old converted warehouse in San Francisco’s Mission district recently, about 65 gourmands dined by candlelight at The Wild Kitchen, an event presented by the group forageSF. One after another, courses arrived from the kitchen: fish soup, duck fat potatoes, fusilli con cinghiale (pasta with wild boar). With each bite and sigh of delight, the crowd eagerly participated in a crime — a scrumptious one, but illegal nonetheless.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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