Conveying messages about wealth, taste, and personal beliefs, our clothes speak volumes about us. So it’s no surprise that textiles have become another platform for electronic communication in this age of ubiquitous screens and social sharing. Continue reading… “Programmable clothes soon to be available commercially”
A small new study finds that depression can be predicted just from smartphone data. Continue reading… “How your smartphone may be able to detect if you are depressed”
Reversing blindness, repairing damaged cells int he eye and also rearranges the brain to help process the new information with gene therapy. Continue reading… “Curing blindness by healing eyes and brain together with gene therapy”
The Tesla brand is a perfect example of the current trend of the best designed products come with a hefty price point. Elon Musk understands that many people make great sacrifices to purchase one of Tesla’s incredible sexy electric cars. Now in an attempt to ease the burden, and perhaps expand their market share, Tesla unveiled plans for their next ground-breaking innovation: a plug-in hybrid mobile home. Continue reading… “New plug-in hybrid mobile home design, the Model H, unveiled by Tesla”
A new study suggests that you should probably count the number of trees on the block, the next time you are hunting for a house or apartment. Continue reading… “Feeling 7 years younger and $10,000 richer by living near a lot of trees?”
Are you constantly checking your smartphone? Are you opening apps on it more than 60 times a day? If so, you are not alone. Right now throughout the world there are more than 280 million of these so-called “mobile addicts”, according to recently shared statistics by Flurry, an app analytics company that Yahoo bought last year. Continue reading… “Yahoo: The number of mobile ‘addicts’ up 60% in the last year”
Exoskeletons are gaining a foothold in the real world. Panasonic recently announced that it will start selling an exoskeleton designed to help workers lift and carry objects more easily and with less risk of injury. Continue reading… “Real life Ironman suits”
Strapping electrodes to your head and running a small amount of electrical current through it can actually help your brain perform better, according to a growing body of scientific evidence. Continue reading… “The future of therapy: DIY brain shocking?”
According to recent data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, you might consider moving to Mississippi or Arkansas, if you want the most bang for your buck. Continue reading… “What $100 is worth in every state”
According to security firm Symantec, people are being sent fewer spam emails than at any time in the past 12 years. During June they said that fewer than 50% of emails which it scanned were junk – the lowest percentage it had seen in over a decade. Continue reading… “12 year low for spam email”
Unfortunately, we will never know how many women inventors were there before the 20th century. Women were not able to own property – not just in the U.S., but also around the world – until after the turn of the 20th century. That not only applied to home ownership but also to owning intellectual property and patents.
Continue reading… “Top 10 inspiring women inventors and their greatest inventions: Infographic”
The traditional way patients interact with their doctors has changed thanks to the internet. Many patients are querying their symptoms on internet search engines. Searching knowledge databases with focus on medicine has become a common practice. But soon, the field of medicine is going to change beyond recognition. Your.MD, a new UK startup may be a real threat for all-purpose medical practitioners.
Continue reading… “Your.MD’s artificial intelligence may soon eliminate the family doctor”
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