The most popular online activities are search and email remain and are nearly universal among adult internet users, as 92% of online adults use search engines to find information on the Web, and a similar number (92%) use email. Since the Pew Internet Project began measuring adults’ online activities in the last decade, these two behaviors have consistently ranked as the most popular, even as new platforms, broadband and mobile devices continue to reshape the way Americans use the internet and web. Even as early as 2002, more than eight in ten online adults were using search engines, and more than nine in ten online adults were emailing.
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Groupon, Facebook, and LinkedIn investor Marc Andreessen.
Hewlett-Packard announced this week that it is exploring jettisoning its struggling PC business in favor of investing more heavily in software, where it sees better potential for growth. Google plans to buy up the cellphone handset maker Motorola Mobility. Hewlett-Packard and Google’s moves surprised the tech world. Marc Andreessen (board member at Hewlett-Parckard) explains why software is eating the world.
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QinetiQ North America (QNA), a defense technology company has launched a ten-pound tyke of a robot that can operate in hostile military environments, doing reconnaissance before fighters come in. The DR10 robot is designed as a lightweight offshoot of the company’s Dragon Runner military robots. The new DR Lite edition is intended specifically for supporting small military units and first responders.
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The Santa Cruz police department doesn’t utilize mutant precogs but a computer program that can predict when and where crimes will occur.
The police force in Santa Cruz, California is performing a little experiment. They are using computer programs to predict where crimes will occur, and then sending officers to those areas before any crimes are reported, just like in Minority Report.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: Many dental offices today use a device called an intraoral camera to show patients why they need a root canal. With little more than a camera on the end of a lighted wand, the technology gives people a new insider perspective into one of the least observed, yet most used, parts of the human body – the mouth. (Pics)
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Say hello to your dream house if you have ever wanted to live inside the retro-futuristic world of a Jules Verne novel. This $1.75 million New York apartment is packed with giant gears, blimps, and a working porthole.(Pics)
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As if a candlelit dinner wasn’t romantic enough.
Scientists have shown that each flickering candle flame contains ‘millions of tiny diamonds that are created and disappear in the blink of an eye’.
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MABEL is a robot in a University of Michigan lab can run like a human. That is a feat that represents the height of agility and efficiency for a two-legged machine. MABEL is believed to be the world’s fastest bipedal robot with knees with a peak pace of 6.8 miles per hour.
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The glass memory has been compared to the ‘memory crystals’ used in the Superman films.
Soon computers may be saving their data onto hard drives made of glass following research by British scientists who have developed a way of storing information similar to the “memory crystals” seen in the Superman films.
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Smile Cooking Toaster
Do you start your mornings with a smile from your toast? Even though they may be a little quirky , small gimmicks like this can really make a difference in your day.
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Vacuum Tube Train
Despite a 5 hour time difference you could have lunch in Manhattan and still get to London in time for the theater with the help of a 4,000 mph magnetically levitated train.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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