Director David Kappos
Director of the USPTO David Kappos delivered a keynote address last week to the Center for American Progress that focused on software patents and the smartphone “patent wars.” The speech is noteworthy for the Director’s strong defense of software patents. The entire speech is worth reading – here are a few excerpts to induce you to:
Google glasses
Google has been working on computerized glasses. The computerized glasses are called Google Glass, and developers can already buy them.
Continue reading… “The smartphone era is coming to an end”
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ABC’s Weekend Breakfast with Andrew Geoghegan
Futurist Thomas Frey: On Nov 26-28th, I will be speaking at the Creative Innovations 2012 event in Melbourne, Australia. The theme of the conference will be “Wicked Problems, Great Opportunities! Leadership and courage for volatile times.”
Continue reading… “The Future of the Visual Arts”
iPad foosball table
If you found it hard to give up foosball after you graduated from college and you just don’t have room for one now, all you need now is an iPad and a willing opponent.
Continue reading… “Turn your iPad into a foosball table”
Half of people check their phones immediately if they wake up during the night.
A new infographic by Online Psychology Degree shows the extent to which smartphones have basically become a new bodily appendage: (Infographic)
Continue reading… “90% of young adults sleep with their smartphones”
Seeing-eye mannequins
The high-fashion mannequin maker Almax has released the new $5000 EyeSee mannequins. The mannequins contain cameras in their eyes that are connected to facial recognition software that analyzes customers’ faces, classifying them by age, sex, race, and ethnicity. The cameras also can tell merchandisers when the store is getting crowded, and what products or clothing are attracting the most attention.
Continue reading… “EyeSee – seeing-eye mannequins that check out customers for age, sex, and race”
The iPad is the number one product people want in the next year.
According to the latest data from Nielsen, Apple is going to dominate holiday shopping in the U.S., once again. (Chart)
Continue reading… “Will Microsoft lose the next generation of computer users to Apple?”
“These models will predict your likelihood of separating from your employer based on everything we know about you and the position.”
You did everything by the book when you went in for that job interview. But, after going through all the effort, would you feel slighted if the interviewer made the ultimate decision about whether or not to hire you based on an algorithm?
NASA launches Big Data Challenge Series
NASA along with a couple other government agencies have kicked off a series of TopCoder challenges designed to find innovative solutions to the government’s big data problems. The first contest is all about making disparate, incompatible data sets usable and actually valuable across agencies.
Continue reading… “NASA launches Big Data Challenge”
Software engineers now outnumber farmers and have almost caught up with lawyers.
Over the last two years Shawn and Stephanie Grimes have spent much of their time in pursuing their dream of doing research and development for Apple, the world’s most successful corporation.
Continue reading… “Boom in app development lures coders but it’s tough to make a living”
What impact will advancing technologies have on employment?
Singularity University’s Vice President of Innovation and Research, Vivek Wadhwa, has written about why he believes this will be the most innovative decade in human history and how we are headed for an era of abundant and affordable health care, and how robotics, artificial intelligence and 3D printing will lead to an era of local manufacturing in which the creative class flourishes.
Continue reading… “Ray Kurzweil talks about the future workforce”
Google Fiber installation has officially kicked off in Kansas City.
Google Fiber, the gigabit home internet service, finally went live in Kansas City after months of anticipation. The search giant is offering 1Gbps speeds for just $70 per month—significantly faster and cheaper than what any traditional American ISPs are offering.
Continue reading… “Google Fiber goes live in Kansas City with gigabit internet”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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