70% of adults in the U.S. reported having broadband access.
Pew Research has released the results of a survey that shows how one of the more advanced countries in the world, the U.S., is still not quite there in leading by example: 20% of U.S. adults are still without broadband or smartphones for internet access. And 3% of people in the country still using dial-up connections.
Continue reading… “30% of U.S. adults still don’t have broadband: Pew Research”
Daryl Oster, CEO for Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies.
Elon Musk is a brilliant, big-thinking, subtly accented, physicist turned financing pioneer turned engineer, self-made billionaire who has led the design of revolutionary cars and rockets and he needs no introduction. Musk unveiled his idea for a next-generation transportation system on August 12th, and it got the attention of about every news organization between Earth and Mars, where Musk hopes to aim his rockets one day.
Continue reading… “Who needs Hyperloop? ET3 will be ‘global space travel on Earth’”
A new site called JustDelete.me makes vanishing from the web much, much easier.
It’s hard work to delete yourself from the internet. First, you have to decide where exactly you want to disappear — from social media sites to retailer databases — and then you have to figure out how you’re going to do all that.
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The Defikopter
Definetz, a German non-profit group, wants to make defibrillators readily available across its country so that any time someone has a heart attack, the life saving devices are within arms reach. Definetz is looking to drones to help it bring its vision to fruition. The group has announced the Defikopter, a concept device it designed with drone-maker Height Tech to fly defibrillators to emergency responders or the public by way of a GPS-enabled smartphone app.
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Solar panels on a rooftop in Yiwu, in China’s Zhejiang Province.
From the last quarter of 2010 until the first quarter of 2013, leading Chinese solar companies were able to drop the cost of manufacturing multi-crystalline solar modules by 54 percent.
Continue reading… “How Chinese companies will produce solar for 36 cents per watt”
Futurist Thomas Frey: A few days ago the people in Deer Trail, Colorado made national news with a proposed ballot initiative to allow hunting licenses to shoot down flying drones.
Continue reading… “Agriculture the New Game of Drones”
Uber has committed to invest up to $375 million for a fleet of Google’s GX3200 vehicles.
News from the Future – July 25, 2023: The local transportation and delivery giant, Uber, has announced as part of its second quarter earnings, saying it would buy 2,500 driverless cars from Google. The two companies have agreed to a deal in which Uber will share data from its local transportation services with Google, which will use it to further improve its own autonomous car-routing algorithms.
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Deer Trail will vote on October 8th on whether to issue permits to hunt drones.
The tiny plains town of Deer Trail, Colorado doesn’t have much to offer visitors. The town has a gas station, a bar and a small-time rodeo one weekend a year. But it is considering a proposal to make itself a national attraction for gun enthusiasts and people skeptical of government surveillance. Citizens of Deer Trail will vote on Oct. 8 on whether to issue permits to hunt drones.
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Google Wallet
Everyone likes a good deal, a new study on digital wallets by the mobile marketing tech firm Vibes has concluded. It means that mess of flyers on your front door could soon be replaced by a smarter set of customized and personalized digital flyers in your Apple Passbook or Google Wallet.
Continue reading… “Digital coupons – the future of mobile wallets: Study”
Digitizer 3D scanner
MakerBot’s seemingly-magical Digitizer 3D scanner will ship by mid-October and will cost $1,400. Shoppers can add an additional $150 for “MakerCare” a warranty service and support program. The Digitizer is essentially a CAD modeler and duplicator rolled up into one when paired with MakerBot’s Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printers.
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Scene from “Elysium”
In Elysium, a recently released sci-fi film, we’re presented with a new kind of machine-assisted healthcare that can cure cancer and reconstruct body parts. It’s a development that could make many humans virtually immortal. But as medical science and technology converge, we’re increasingly finding ourselves asking the question as a species: Do we really want to be immortal?
Continue reading… “56% of Americans not interested in immortality: Study”
Google Now has a near-magical ability to anticipate the information you’ll need throughout a day.
Social media sites already add a personal layer to our online experience. Next-generation web services now tapping the power of the cloud and massive data sets to bring us a new level of personalization in recommendations and behavioral predictions.
Continue reading… “Personalized web is transforming our relationship with technology”
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