Colors overall are making a comeback in 2013.
In 2013, advanced technology will expand and digital media will increase, but with a twist. Graphic design and branding trends are taking more chances and using multiple sources for branding individuals and businesses. It is giving designers a unique advantage because they are able to truly explore their natural creative nature.
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There are more effective and efficient digital tactics to invest in than social media.
A Forrester Research and shop.org study done recently reveals that site conversion and mobile are a far higher priority for retailers than social media for 2013. The reason for this is both orthodox and unconventional: the data supports these tactics.
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Some libraries around the world are changing.
While most of the 100,000+ libraries in the U.S. will likely continue to function as they always have, moving books around shelves and holding areas, to and from patrons — at least for the foreseeable future — some libraries around the world are changing and this could be the start of a trend.
Continue reading… “Will the library of the future have books?”
More artificial intelligence will make online learning faster and fun.
Udacity has evolved the MOOC (massive open online courses) concept into one that really helps people throughout the course; to complete the course. The most recent completion rates in pilots we’ve been running have been 85 percent, as opposed to 5 percent or 4 percent, which is common in MOOC-land.
The US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is late to the geoengineering party, at least compared to its British counterpart. But it has now arrived, with an influential friend in tow: the CIA.
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The conceptual Hyperloop transit system by Elon Musk imagines shuttling passengers back and forth between Los Angeles and San Francisco in an insanely fast half hour. It might be the futuristic transport system of the moment. Yet it’s the billionaire’s other ventures, like SpaceX and Tesla Motors, that continue to make real technological strides.
Continue reading… “Tesla’s Model S factory is run by 160 high-tech robots”
When we think of drones we typically think of military drones or those ubiquitous quadrotors. However, two new mini-drone designs are taking shape: a paper airplane and a maple seed.
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Philadelphia’s Manayunk Cleaners is trying drones to deliver clothes to it’s customers. The drone is a modified DJI Phantom quadcopter, which is a commercially available drone capable of carrying about 1 or 2 pounds. Clothes on hangers are attached to a hanging clip on the drone’s legs, while the drone buzzes along through the air.
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Each typewriter has a unique, individual pattern of type that would make it easy to trace it back to the source.
The Kremlin has switched back to old-fashioned typewriters to avoid leaking of sensitive information because of leaks like WikiLeaks.. Russia’s Federal Guard Service plans to spend 486,000 rubles to buy a number of electric typewriters.
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What the Reaction Engines’ Skylon aircraft taking off will look like.
Reaction Engines, a British aerospace firm, is working on an aircraft it believes would be able to take passengers anywhere in the world in just four hours. The vehicle would also be able to fly in outer space. (Video)
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Intelligent dust particles embedded in the brain could form an entirely new form of brain-machine interface.
Monitoring real time brain function has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years. That’s largely thanks to various new technologies that can monitor the collective behavior of groups of neurons, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, magnetoencephalopathy and positron emission tomography.
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How will devices talk to each other?
Coders, vendors, and users are inching toward the smart-device-everywhere future known as the Internet of Things. They are starting to address a bunch of issues. One issue is just how will the various devices connected to the Internet of Things will talk to each other.
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