Airport terminal of the future.
Welcome to the airport terminal of the future. There are self-service bag drops but no check-in desks. Your passage is seamless, punctuated behind the scenes only by discrete Near Field Communication (NFC) sensors.
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“If I Die”
Updating your Facebook status or sending a Tweet should be the last thing on your mind in your final moments. A morbid new service promises to take care of that for you so you can focus on the more important things when death catches up with you. (Video)
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Watching a pro snowboarder glide effortlessly down a mountain pass can be mesmerizing against the pure white backdrop. But when you add a dark night, L.E.D. lighting and a fashion photographer, it can be art.
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Keyboard jeans
Techie fashion has brought us the ear bud-equipped hoodies and the scratch-and-sniff jeans that have been turning a few head and noses. But, now there’s a new kid sashaying down that catwalk.
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In 2009, auto accidents caused by distracted driving left over 5,000 people killed, and 450,000 injured. With smartphone use growing rapidly, along with new developments like Facebook integration with your car’s dashboard, the number of distracted driving accidents, it would seem, has nowhere to go but up.
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Facebook is used by nearly 850 million people each month and roughly 480 million people use it every day. With a user rate like that and an upcoming $75 to $100 billion initial public offering, one might think Facebook is not only a highly visible company, but also one of Corporate America’s most reputable.
Continue reading… “Facebook has a reputation problem: poll”
Balaji Tammabattula’s invention allows anyone to duplicate any item, simply by photographing it.
Following the recent development of 3D printing technology, one Indian Computer Scientist has taken the revolution one step further.
E-volo Multicopter
Last October, near Karlsruhe, Germany, Thomas Senkel completed the first manned flight of an electric multicopter, flying it 10 feet off the ground for 90 seconds. Senkel, a physicist and paraglider pilot who helped found the company E-volo to build the craft, invented it after seeing a YouTube video of a German hobbyist’s remote-controlled hexacopter in action. (Video)
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There are still some social settings where people must forgo the urge to pull out a cellphone and send a quick text message or two. But those who can’t bear such timeouts may soon have a way to keep communicating.
Continue reading… “PocketTouch – text from your pockets with ‘stealth screen’”
Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell
Monday, Chemicals giant Solvay announced the successful entry into service in Flanders of what it said was the largest fuel cell of its type in the world.
Continue reading… “New ‘super battery’ could power over 1,000 homes”
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There may be a simple solution to your lack of a wireless signal soon. Scientists have developed a spray-on coating that can boost your phone’s reception, make your home amplify signals instead of attenuating them, or even turn a tree into a transmitter.
Continue reading… “Spray-on antenna for low power wireless everywhere”
A new augmented reality system could help astronauts take care of each other.
Astronauts will face all kinds of medical problems when traveling to Mars or other distant destinations , but rocket science isn’t surgery. And vice versa. A new augmented reality system could help astronauts take care of each other, overlaying computer graphics over a real patient to guide diagnoses or even surgery. It could even improve telemedicine in developing countries or remote spots.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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