TREND REPORTS
Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Gains High-Speed Momentum
[Design]
2015/06/18 11:07
The high-speed public transit proposal from uber-entrepreneur Elon Musk moves to the concept design stage.The Hyperloop is a high-speed transport system where cargo, individuals, and vehicles travel at supersonic speeds inside tubes laced with cushions of air. This ground transport system was proposed by entrepreneur Elon Musk.The system’s tubes will be pushed through a highly pressurized cyli...
It’s Not Hard to See Why Big Banks are Going Crazy over New Technology
[Business]
2015/06/18 11:06
By making things like payments, lending, and deposits significantly cheaper and easier, technology firms have brought some serious disruption to the banking industry's decades-old business model.It’s why big banks like JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs are doubling down on adopting new technology. By doing so, big banks can cut costs and save a lot of money.One area to look at is the mobile rem...
So Many Apps, So Much More Time for Entertainment
[Consumer]
2015/06/18 11:06
Over the span of just a few years, the concept of app usage has transformed from a novelty to an essential part of the mobile user experience. With millions of apps now available and more being rolled out every day, there is an app for everyone, regardless of age, race or interest.But while marketers and app developers continue to add functionality and robustness to apps, they also must effecti...
(Infographic) Art Schools Have Minted More Massive Unicorns than MIT ?
[Investing]
2015/06/18 11:03
Among the 48 founders of these companies, seven have attended Stanford. But perhaps more surprising is the fact that eight of the founders have attended public colleges and universities.In fact, founders of the world’s largest tech startups have CVs filled with schools better known for pigskin success than startups. Look at a company like Xiaomi, the Chinese consumer electronics company that t...
Inkless Printing Manipulates Light at The Nanoscale to Produce Colors
[Tech]
2015/06/18 11:03
Taking advantage of the unique light absorbing properties of plasmonic metatamaterials, researchers have printed color images using nanoscale holes instead of ink.Using nanometer-size metamaterials, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have developed a technique to print images that uses the manipulation of light, rather than the application of ink, to produce colors. Th...
(Patent) Amazon Invents an Ear-Scanning Smartphone to Take-on Touch ID
[Tech]
2015/06/17 11:10
Smartphone sensors that can recognize your fingerprint and your face are already becoming commonplace, but Amazon could have an entirely fresh take on the biometrics trend. A recent patent from the e-commerce giant suggests the company is considering an ear-scanning security feature for future devices.The concept was submitted way back in 2011, but only approved last week by the U.S. patent off...
Airing for Sleep Apnea Reaches Crowdfunding Goal in 2 Hours
[Product]
2015/06/17 11:09
Airing, the Burlington-based maker of a tiny device that aims to help sleep apnea patients, on Monday morning reached its $100,000 crowdfunding goal in two hours.As of 11 a.m., more than 1,100 people had funded the campaign with about $109,000."We are humbled and thrilled at the same time with the early success of the Airing Indiegogo campaign," said Airing's CEO Stephen Marsh in an email. "It'...
Which Jobs Can’t Be Done by Robots ?
[Tech]
2015/06/17 11:08
Robots are coming for our jobs. But it will be ages before they take jobs you think can be done only by humans, right? After all, humans possess unique advantages such as “interpersonal skills.”Well, it’s not that simple. The robots might be coming for your job, even if you think it seems safe.Robots face the ‘interpersonal skills’ hurdleAt last year’s Jackson Hole conference of economist...
(Video) Capturing Clean Energy from Evaporating Water
[Tech]
2015/06/17 11:07
Researchers at Columbia University have developed a new technology that can capture at least some of that evaporation energy.A lot of water is evaporated every day on Earth (by one calculation some 1,000 trillion liters). And that evaporation is a clean source of solar energy that—until now—has been untapped.The technology makes use of the property of bacterial spores, which are like seeds th...
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