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3D Printing’s Impact on the Transportation Industry
[Tech]
2015/01/20 13:12
As more products and their parts can be made locally, the need to ship them to market will be reduced.As 3D printing becomes more common, many products, their parts, or the raw materials needed in their manufacture can be made locally?reducing or eliminating the need to ship them to market. Footwear and toys, for example, are likely to require much less shipping in the future because they are c...
A New Type of Glass Could Double Your Smartphone's Battery Life
[Tech]
2015/01/20 13:12
Vanadate-borate glass could almost double the amount of time lithium-ion batteries last between charges.The batteries inside our smartphones and laptops are fighting a losing battle when it comes to keeping these devices juiced up, but researchers from ETH Zurich have discovered a new type of glass material that could make a major difference: vanadate-borate glass. The glass can be used as an e...
Oscar : Intelligent Visual Aid Gives You Unrestricted Vision in Everyday Situations
[Design]
2015/01/20 13:11
Our vision plays fundamental part in our everyday situations, however, with increasing age, the flexibility of eye lens deteriorates as well. Oscar is an intelligent visual aid that provides you with unrestricted vision in your daily activities, it looks like glasses, but it’s not. There are various types of visual aids such as reading glasses, magnifying glasses, or specific glasses, but the...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Can Long-Term Global Growth be Saved ?
[Investing]
2015/01/19 11:10
Over the past 50 years, global economic growth was exceptionally rapid. The world economy expanded sixfold. Average per capita income almost tripled. Hundreds of millions of people were lifted out of poverty. Yet unless we can dramatically improve productivity, the next half century will look very different. The rapid expansion of the past five decades will be seen as an aberration of history,...
Temporary Tattoo Offers Needle-Free Way to Monitor Glucose Levels
[Tech]
2015/01/19 11:09
The tattoo measures glucose levels in fluid between the skin cells, which reflects levels in the bloodstream.Finger-prick blood tests are currently an unpleasant necessity for diabetics. Perhaps before too long, however, the blood glucose information gathered in those tests could be attained using something much more fun and painless than a lancet ? a temporary tattoo.Developed by a team led by...
Apple Sneaks Up on Cheaper PCs
[Product]
2015/01/19 11:08
The drop in worldwide PC shipments slowed last year, from 10 percent to about 2 percent, according to market researcher IDC. The biggest winner among the top companies was Apple, which boosted shipments by almost 16 percent and took the No.?5 spot from Asustek.Global PC Shipments Fall 2.4% in Fourth Quarter, IDC SaysWorldwide personal-computer shipments dropped 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter...
(PDF) Pew - Social Media & Stress
[Consumer]
2015/01/19 11:07
For generations, commentators have worried about the impact of technology on people’s stress. Trains and industrial machinery were seen as noisy disruptors of pastoral village life that put people on edge.Telephones interrupted quiet times in homes. Watches and clocks added to the de-humanizing time pressures on factory workers to be productive. Radio and television were organized around the a...
How The Super Rich Spend Their Money
[Investing]
2015/01/19 11:06
Ultra-expensive automobiles accounted for a massive slice of the global luxury goods market last year. Across the world, the super rich spent almost $438 billion on fancy cars in 2014. Personal luxury items like perfume, jewellery and clothing were the second largest market, accounting for $278 billion. The value of the world's luxury goods market has increased steadily in recent times, little...
(Video) Ultrasonic Pebble Cleans Clothes With Sound - Dolfi
[Product]
2015/01/19 11:05
Using ultrasonic technology, the Dolfi could make one chore effortless for homebodies and travelers alike Many of us ? and especially those without in-home setups ? dislike doing laundry (quick editorialization: myself well included). Thankfully, a new, “next gen washing device” might just be good for what ails us, and even allows for batches of clean clothes on-the-go.Dolfi is poised to step...
Fraunhofer - Solar Chip Monitors Windows
[Tech]
2015/01/19 11:04
A new kind of radio chip is intended to warn when windows are left open. This way, you can avoid having the heat go out the window on cold days. The sensor also detects break-in attempts early on. The key: This maintenance-free chip powers up with energy supplied by solar power. [The chip affixed to the window frame supplies itself with energy. ? Fraunhofer IMS]It happens all too often in the c...
If Apple Made Milk, and Other Super-Cool Imaginary Product Packaging
[Design]
2015/01/19 11:03
Luxury brands take over supermarket shelves in artist's series.Next time you're at the supermarket scanning the shelves for whichever loaf of bread is on sale, because you don't really care which brand you buy?because bread is bread is bread?imagine if the top shelf had a loaf slapped with a Fendi logo. Would you buy it?Israel-based artist Peddy Mergui presents a fascinating fantasy world where...
(PDF) The Mobile Revolution : How Mobile Technologies Drive a Trillion-Dollar Impact
[Business]
2015/01/18 11:10
Mobile technologies have transformed the way we live, work, learn, travel, shop, and stay connected. Not even the industrial revolution created such a swift and radical explosion in technological innovation and economic growth worldwide. Nearly all fundamental human pursuits have been touched, if not revolutionized, by mobile. In less than 15 years, 3G and 4G technologies have reached 3 billion...
