Here is a video for those who have ever wanted to explain exponential technology to someone but just didn’t know where to start. Watch Peter Diamandis and DrawShop discuss six key technologies at the heart of today’s exponential boom. (Video)
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The Holoroom
Brick-and-mortar retail has changed little since the Internet exploded into our lives in the mid-1990’s. We now go into a store to figure out what we want to buy only to go home and buy it online from whoever offered the lowest price and free returns. But a number of retailers are looking for ways to leverage technology to get shoppers excited about buying in-store again. (Photos and video)
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Kids who play outdoors have a stronger spiritual connection to the Earth.
A new study, published in the Journal of the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture found that children who play outdoors have a stronger sense of purpose and self-fulfilment than those who don’t.
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The future of retail shopping.
Five technologies are converging to change the retail industry. The changes will be very social, very local, and very efficient. They will actually impact multiple industries.
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According to a report from Cisco on consumer internet traffic, online video is going to be massive. By 2018, over 75% of all traffic is going to be video based.
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A new HP machine will be able to crunch through “brontobytes” of data.
You are probably familiar with the terms megabytes, gigabytes, or terabytes. Those words describe how much data a computer can store. But thanks to the big data trend, the computer industry has had to invent new words to describe the amounts.
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Men outnumber women in Computer Science classes.
There is a glaring gender disparity in Computer Science classes. In any given Computer science class men usually outnumber women by as much as 8 to 2. In most other college majors women are outnumbering men an average of 3 to 2. Do other STEM majors suffer the same gender disparity?
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Comfy
You go to work on a hot summer day, but as soon as you sit at your desk, your are freezing. Or it’s winter and the heater keeps you too hot. The heating and cooling system is designed to keep you comfortable but it’s not doing a very good job, and it wastes massive amounts of energy in the process.
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The Connected Fitting Room
Retailers rely heavily on online shopping. This has many advantages to in-store shopping for both the customer and the retailer. Online shopping doesn’t allow for spontaneous purchases. But it also doesn’t permit the customer to try on a garment. Seeing how a color looks against your skin or how an item fits on your body is imperative in deciding whether or not to keep an item, and this is only possible through actually going into a fitting room.
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Share of Internet usage is two times higher in Asia and Africa.
Over the past two years online photo sharing has sextupled. Nigerians are on their phones 30 percent more than Americans. We now spend more time on mobile than on print and radio combined.
Floating Mug
With the help of a successful Kickstarter Campaign and a great design, the floating mug is now available to keep coffee off your furniture and start your day right!
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The origin of the phrase “You get what you pay for” – the origin of that phrase is sometimes attributed to the fashion mogul Aldo Gucci, who said, “The bitterness of low quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded.” But Americans get neither quality nor affordability when it comes to healthcare.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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