Futurist Thomas Frey: In March of 2007 I posted my original paper on the Future of Education where I talked about a system based on an iTunes-like approach where experts around the world could use a “rapid courseware-builder” to produce bite-sized courses, send them to a global distribution center, and students from around world could plug-in and learn whatever class matched their interests.
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Engineering students at Harvard University have developed a cell phone app that, when paired with an ordinary metal detector, can be used effectively to detect land mines. Instead of just beeping when it passes over a metal object, these enhanced metal detectors present the shape of the object found below ground…
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A smartphone app gives information about open parking spots.
The most agonizing everyday experience the urban driver must face? The search for an empty parking place.
It is part sleuthing and part blood sport. Circling, narrowly missing a spot, outmaneuvering other motorists to finally ease into a space only to discover that it is off limits during working hours.
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Fifty-one percent of shoppers are more likely to buy from retailers with mobile-specific websites.
Retailers must answer the call to make mobile shopping easier and more engaging or they risk getting disconnected from the majority of mobile device users. While 89.7 percent of the U.S. population aged 18 to 64 have mobile phones, only 49.1 percent are using their phones to shop, according to Arc Worldwide, the marketing services arm of advertising agency Leo Burnett.
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It seems as though the Catholic Church really really wants us to go to confession, so much so that apparently it has sanctioned a new iPhone app aimed at bringing some of the wandering sheep back into the fold. (video)
Continue reading… “Do You Need to Confess Your Sins? There’s an App for That”
Google’s Tranlsate App for Android now allows users to translate conversations in Spanish and English.
Not content with solving every sudoku puzzle, Google has now dismantled the language barrier. An update to Google’s Tranlsate App for Android now allows users to translate conversations in Spanish and English.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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