October 2011
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The printed world
Via Scoop.it - Future Three-dimensional printing from digital designs will transform manufacturing and allow more people to start making things - (The Economist) Show original
You say you want a revolution? It's called post-PC...
Via Scoop.it - Future An examination of the post-PC wave and its major players. Show original
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New augmented reality system shows 3D GPS...
Via Scoop.it - Future A new type of heads-up display engine provides 3D GPS navigation directions on your windshield that look as though they’re part of the real world. Show original
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Sensory Futures, Experiential Entertainment -...
Via Scoop.it - Future We are living in experiential times and mass entertainment is in rapid transition. We, as producers of this content, are clearly marching down a road toward a personal entertainment Holodeck. Once the sole domain of theme parks every part of the media landscape is becoming experiential and there is a good deal evidence over the past few years of this behavioral and content...
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The Internet of Things and the cloud
Via Scoop.it - Future For the Internet of Things to achieve its full potential, Alex Salkever of Joyent believes that operators must fundamentally change the way they build and run clouds. Show original
Sprites – The Computer Chip-Sized Spacecraft That...
Via Scoop.it - Future Sprites are a computer chip-sized spacecraft that travel through space and explore as a swarm. Now a member of the research team has launched his own effort to harness the power of the swarm with a Kickstarter pledge campaign to raise $30,000 and send the Sprites into orbit. In case you missed it, each Sprite measures less than four centimeters on a side and weighs less than...
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Graphene's 'Big Mac' creates next generation of...
Via Scoop.it - Future The world’s thinnest, strongest and most conductive material, discovered in 2004 at the University of Manchester by Professor Andre Geim and Professor Kostya Novoselov, has the potential to revolutionize material science. Show original
Robot Masters Jenga
Via Scoop.it - Future Add Jenga to the list of things that robots are way better than us at… Show original
Origo’s 3D Printer Could Be The Last Toy Your Ten...
Via Scoop.it - Future Origo may be the last toy you ever have to buy for your child. The prototype 3D printer under development by Artur Tchoukanov and Joris Peels allows children aged ten and up to design figurines and shapes on a computer, and then print them out to play with. Instead of buying your children more toys, let them make their own. Show original
U.S. Intelligence Unit Aims to Build a ‘Data Eye...
Via Scoop.it - Future Social scientists are trying to mine a world of Internet data to predict political crises, revolutions and other forms of economic and social instability. Show original
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Flaunt Productions
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Website for hotties dumps 30,000 uglies →
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BeautifulPeople.com, a website where members vote one another in based on their attractiveness, had to remove 30,000 users after being hit by a virus that allowed anyone to join the site and circumvent the approval process.
The company issued a press release in…
Photoshop Will End Blurry Pics Forever
Via Scoop.it - Future A blurred image is the worst. And no matter how steady you think your hand is, it can be easy to ruin a shot. Luckily, Adobe’s cooking up a Photoshop feature that’ll automatically eliminate blur. Show original
QR code cookies create unique personalized...
Via Scoop.it - Future German company Qkies combines QR codes and cookie mix to create edible personalized messages. Qkies — a cooperative project of Juchem Gruppe, a German food trade company, and DFKI, the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence — can be used as a playful alternative for a variety of things, from party invitations to business cards. Consumers make and bake the cookies...
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In the late 1960s, MIT graduate Ray Tomlinson was working at research and...
– The first email was sent 40 years ago this month - The Next Web (via thenextweb)
I’m a big believer in boredom,” he told me. Boredom allows one to indulge in...
– Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011 | Epicenter | Wired.com (via mediafuturist)
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Video Game in a Box