When you notice that your smartphone or laptop is getting hot, it’s a good indicator that it’s crunching a lot of data. So just imagine the amount of heat generated by the racks of servers that process all of the world’s digital information. Tech companies like Facebook and Google have chosen to move their data centers to colder countries in order to help keep the servers cooled, however Microsoft has found a better home: under the sea.
Coworking has had a major influence on mainstream office design within the past few years. So much, in fact, that it has fundamentally changed the way office space is consumed.
NOTE: Visit DaVinci Institute’s new coworking space located between Boulder and Denver, Colorado.
Continue reading… “Coworking is reshaping office design in ways you might not think”
The mostly male students in the classroom lift their virtual aircrafts into the air. This is all part of a new cottage industry that’s rapidly growing in China: drone pilot schools.
Continue reading… “China’s drone schools to field pilots for new sector”
If you don’t need a separate dishwasher from a dish dryer, why would you need one for laundry? This is the question that Glenn Reid of Marathon Laundry – former Apple employee who worked with Steve Jobs – has been trying to answer for six years.
Continue reading… “Marathon Laundry will completely change appliances and the way we use them”
Google’s testing its solar-powered drones at Spaceport America in New Mexico. They are exploring new ways to deliver high-speed internet from the air.
Continue reading… “Google’s secretive 5G internet drone tests revealed through Project Skybender”
Coin is primarily known for making one of the first “smart” credit cards. This hasn’t exactly worked out well, but it does mean that Coin has learned a thing or two about how to integrate payment systems into hardware. The company is teaming up with MasterCard to get other companies to integrate mobile payments into basically anything and everything that can fit an NFC chip inside it.
Continue reading… “Coin / MasterCard to make everything you wear a payment device”
Vigilant Solutions, a vehicle surveillance broker, has offered Texas law enforcement agencies “free” access to its automated license plate reader databases and analytical tools. However, this comes at a hefty price. The police must give Vigilant access to all of their data.
Continue reading… “Texas license plate readers are now also debt collectors”
Thanks to a new invention by German inventor Clemens Bimek, the invasive vasectomy may be a thing of the past. This new “sperm switch” will allow men to decide their own fertility by turning the switch on and off.
Continue reading… “Men can turn fertility on and off with “Sperm Switch””
Bitcoin is dead, or is it? We are uncertain of what the future holds, but we do know that the pioneer in the cryptocurrency movement is in some trouble.
Continue reading… “Zcash – The untraceable Bitcoin alternative with some heavy hitters backing it”
Bill Gates and the UK government are pledging $4 billion to eliminate malaria. This new fund will help support research on the infectious disease that killed more than 400,000 people last year alone.
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Running a startup is hard. Really hard. But behind every successful startup is usually a great CEO. Here are 13 attributes that have helped startup CEO’s stand out.
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When you’re trying to land your dream job in tech, there’s often one obstacle you have to pass first: Getting someone to respond to your job applications. So before you put yourself out there for tech companies to view, consider these 12 skills to help you land your job.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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