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This Chair Can Transform Into Multiple Configurations to Maximize Comfort
[Design]
2015/01/22 11:29
Montreal-based designer St?phane Leathead has created Exocet, a new concept chair that has identical slats assembled on a rotating cylinder to allow the chair to change shape with ease.Exocet is the first product for design studio Designarium, and will be presented at the Interior Design Show (IDS2015) in Toronto later this month.EXOCET is a new concept chair. Its unique & clever design all...
Some People Are Paying Way Too Much for Law School
[Business]
2015/01/22 11:29
Law schools are increasingly relying on less-qualified applicants to fill their classes, but according to a new analysis, those people are getting the worst deal on their education.The data, presented this month at the Association of American Law Schools’ annual meeting in Washington, suggest that people who did poorly on the Law School Admission Test didn’t just pay more than everyone else,...
(Infographic) Visualizing The Future of Travel
[Business]
2015/01/22 11:29
Here is an infographic from Discount Park and Ride that visualizes the future of travel.100 years ago the first commercial flight in America took off from St. Petersburg and safely landed in Tampa, FL. Since that historic flight, major advances in plane, boat, and car technology have made it possible to travel large distances in a relatively short amount of time. However, many travelers continu...
(Patent) Google Just Got a Patent for a Modern Polaroid
[Tech]
2015/01/21 11:21
It looks like it’s not just hipsters and Taylor Swift who are getting back into instant photos. Google was awarded a patent today (Jan. 20) for a handheld digital camera that can print out photos. [Like the unholy child of a camcorder and a Polaroid.(US Patent and Trademark Office)]Based on the drawings submitted to the US Patent Office, Google seems to have been exploring the possibility of m...
(PDF) How Personal Technology is Changing our Lives
[Consumer]
2015/01/21 11:21
Modern technology has not only given us permanent access to an abundance of information, it has also granted us the ability to connect with people on the other side of the planet at the touch of a finger and do many other things that seemed unthinkable a couple of decades ago. While these endless possibilities may seem overwhelming at times, the broad consensus among internet users is that tech...
SpaceX Raises $1 Billion In New Funding From Google And Fidelity
[Investing]
2015/01/21 11:21
Elon Musk's SpaceX has raised $1 billion from Google and Fidelity, confirming earlier reports from The Information and The Wall Street Journal.The two new investors will now own just less than 10% of the company. SpaceX had previously raised $245.5 million in funding, according to CrunchBase, meaning this new round is more than four times bigger than all its other rounds combined. The company i...
(PDF) Microsoft Researchers Use Light Beams to Charge Smartphones
[Tech]
2015/01/21 11:21
The prototype AutoCharge system uses a Microsoft Kinect camera.Smartphones are amazing but their battery life is frequently absurd. It's not uncommon for people to charge their smartphones once, twice or even more in the course of a single day. Enter a team from Microsoft Research that wants to stop you from worrying about plugging in your phone.Yunxin Liu, Zhen Qin and Chunshui Zhao from Micro...
The Cold Shoulder Calorie Burning Vest Designed by a NASA Scientist
[Tech]
2015/01/21 11:20
Designed by a NASA scientist, this vest burns up to a pound of fat per week (500 calories/day) using comfortable, mild cold exposure.The Problem - Exercise is not the only way to burn caloriesThe first thing I always hear when I say I’m touting a “cold vest” is, “I don’t like being cold.” But think of all the other crazy things people do in order to try to lose excess fat. Starving themse...
(Video) Care-O-bot 4 : The New Modular Service Robot Generation from Fraunhofer
[Tech]
2015/01/21 11:20
Six and a half years after the previous iteration, the Fraunhofer Institute has released an update to Care-o-bot. The affordable service robot for personal and professional use has been made it more agile, more modular and much more personable?, ?bringing science fiction fantasy a little closer to reality.Care-O-bot 4 is composed of 6 independent modules for added flexibilityPossible applicatio...
