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(Video) "Spot" Is a Smaller (More Kickable) Version of Boston Dynamic's Big Dog
[Tech]
2015/02/10 11:38
We haven't seen much of Boston Dynamic's four-legged self-balancing Big Dog robot since it was last spotted hurling cinder blocks in a lab. And that's maybe because the company's robotic geniuses have been hard at work building a smaller more agile version called Spot that weighs just 160 pounds so it can safely operate both indoors and out.Powered by an electric motor that keeps a series of hy...
The 25 Most Elite Boarding Schools in America
[Consumer]
2015/02/10 11:38
From regal campuses to touted alumni, many boarding schools exude prestige.We recently published a list of the most elite boarding schools in the US.To come up with this list, we examined each school’s endowment, acceptance rate, and average SAT score. We used data from BoardingSchoolReview.com. Data that was unavailable on BoardingSchoolReview.com was taken from the schools’ websites or from...
Instagram Tattoos Encourage Wearable Photo Sharing
[Business]
2015/02/10 11:38
Netherlands-based photo printing service Picattoos offers to print temporary tattoos of users’ favourite Instagram snaps.With Instagram surpassing 300 million monthly users by the end of 2014 it is no wonder that we are seeing lots of third parties attempting to monetize that user base. There are lots of opportunities for digital photographers to turn their snaps into physical mementos, some s...
IKEarchitects Forms Indoor Exhibition Space with 20,000 Fabric Strips
[Design]
2015/02/10 11:37
Under the skylight at lisbon’s colombo shopping mall, LIKEarchitects have constructed a temporary exhibition space to hold artist jen lewin‘s interactive and luminous installation, ‘the pool’. the porto-based architecture studio has suspended 20,000 strips of white and black fabric from a circular frame, attached to the domed window towerinf above the commercial center. spanning 14 feet in...
(PDF) Brookings Report : America’s Advanced Industries
[Business]
2015/02/09 12:09
The need for economic renewal in the United States remains urgent. Years of disappointing job growth and stagnant incomes for the majority of workers have left the nation shaken and frustrated. At the same time, astonishing new technologies?ranging from advanced robotics and “3-D printing” to the “digitization of everything”?are provoking genuine excitement even as they make it hard to see...
(Video) Quinny Longboard Stroller Might be the Most Exciting Way to Get Around with a Child
[Product]
2015/02/09 12:09
Move over, boring strollers, and make way for a hip new option for urban mobility with children: The Quinny Longboardstroller.As a parent, I have a love/hate relationship with strollers. They can be incredibly useful sometimes for getting your kids around without having to carry them the whole time, and can also haul all of the assorted kid gear you need while you're out. Strollers also make a...
Huge VC Investments Into Uber, Airbnb Stifle Competition
[Investing]
2015/02/09 12:09
The jackpot-sized venture capital investments last year reveal a few things about Silicon Valley's tech scene: Uber's IPO seems imminent, investors are convinced Airbnb can't be beaten by a competitor, and unlike years' past, it's now pretty common for a company to nab two huge investments within just a few months.There's a whole lot of money going around, and if your name is Lyft or Instacart,...
Technology May Not Replace Human Translators, But It Will Help Them Work Better
[Tech]
2015/02/09 12:09
TALK into your phone in any of the big European languages and a Google app can now turn your words into a foreign language, either in text form or as an electronic voice. Skype, an internet-telephony service, said recently that it would offer much the same (in English and Spanish only). But claims that such technological marvels will spell the end of old-fashioned translation businesses are pre...
GE Mixes Lasers and Water to Keep Turbine Blades Cool During Drilling
[Tech]
2015/02/09 12:09
GE's new Laser MicroJet drilling holes in high-pressure turbine blades.Turbine blades for use in jet engines need to be made of a hard, unyielding exotic material made to exact specifications, which means the drilling of tiny cooling holes in the blades runs the risk of ruining them. To prevent this from happening, GE is combining the heat of the laser beam with the cooling of the water jet to...
