Futurist Thomas Frey: Question: As physical books go away, and computers and smart devices take their place, at what point does a library stop being a library, and start becoming something else?
Continue reading… “Future Libraries and 17 Forms of Information Replacing Books”
This delayed auditory feedback device makes it all but impossible for a human to speak.
Humans have been inventing new uses for guns ever since the first one was invented. Some guns shoot bullets; other guns shoot lasers. But a new gun that is a little strange and unsettling is being developed by Japanese researchers. The new gun shoots sound waves in an effort to disrupt and silence anyone who dares speak out of turn.
The U.S. government says it must govern Internet technology more closely to protect against cyberattacks.
The research that led to the internet may have been funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, but freewheeling innovation created the patchwork of privately owned technology that makes up the Internet today. Now the U.S. government is trying to wrest back some control, as it adjusts to an era when cyberattacks on U.S. corporations and government agencies are common.
Continue reading… “U.S. Department of Defense wants more control over the internet”
Pinterest had nearly 12 million unique visitors in January, 2012.
When you walk into a teenage girl’s bedroom what would you see on the walls? Probably pictures torn from magazines, drawings, maybe inspirational quotes. If you transform that visual collage into a social media site, and you have Pinterest. The site launched in 2011 and has really taken off with nearly 12 million unique visitors in January, 2012, and its membership has been accelerated by Facebook tie-ins that show your friends’ Pinterest activity.
Continue reading… “What can Pinterest do that Facebook can’t?”
Most of that sweet fare is coming from home.
In recent years, America’s intake of sugary foods and drinks has dropped, but kids in the U.S. are still consuming too much, government researchers say.
Continue reading… “Study: Still too much sugar in kids’ diets”
95% of teens are online.
Today’s teenagers are growing up in an unprecedented environment of hyper-inter-connectivity. According to recent data collected by the Pew Internet Project, 95% of teens 12 to 17 are online, 76% use social networking sites and 77% have cellphones.
Continue reading… “Is the internet ruining or improving today’s teens: Study”
There are 1.2 billion social networking users worldwide.
U.S.-based social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter usually get most of the publicity, but eMarketer predicts that the worldwide social networking phenomenon will encompass nearly 1.5 billion internet users by the end of this year.
Continue reading… “Hottest social networking countries around the world”
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Your future shopping trips to Whole Foods may include a shopping cart that can follow you around the store, based on a recent product demonstration by Microsoft. The software giant was showing off a Kinect-powered shopping cart that can identify and talk to you, follow you around the store, scan items as you shop, and even put you through an automated checkout.
Continue reading… “Smarter Cart – Whole Foods tries out Kinect-powered shopping carts”
The ride looks like an ordinary roller coaster – but is designed to kill.
A Lithuanian engineer, Julijonas Urbonas, has come up with macabre roller coaster concept where passengers are thrilled and then ‘killed’. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Macabre roller coaster that will thrill you… then kill you”
Sensors pick up the change when a fruit ripens or rots.
Have you ever taken a big gulp of milk only to find out then that the milk is sour.? A new technology will let you simply wave your phone over it–or any food–to get a verdict on whether it’s still edible.
Continue reading… “Edible silk sensors let you know if your food is spoiled”
Google’s self-driving car
Google wants to hire engineers to design and test the self-driving cars it’s been working on. Check out some of the new job listings Google has posted in the last couple weeks:
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Edible food containers.
Harvard University’s Wyss Institute’s Dr. David Edwards is the man behind the controversial (as in, the FDA plans to investigate its safety) breathable caffeine and other vitamins, has been working on a new futuristic food item: edible containers. They’ve already created tomato containers with gazpacho inside, among other treats.
Continue reading… “WikiCells – edible food containers”
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