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Richard Branson: Why digital currencies will change the world
The Internet has transformed business beyond recognition. But we still use the same currencies we used a century ago. Digital currencies—like Bitcoins—are about to launch another digital revolution. Here’s what one Bitcoin investor, Sir Richard Branson, has to say ahead of the first The Read More...
Google wants to hire people who can make mistakes
A graduation from the best universities is your ticket to the best jobs. Right? Google recently discovered that this notion is false and that overachievers often have a genius complex: An inability to take ownership or learn from their mistakes. And in the fast moving world of the web that’s a Read More...
Solar packs provide power for studying at night
In the developing world when nighttime comes it gets really dark. Without proper means for lighting, children who study at night can fall victim to premature vision loss—if they can study at all. Repurpose creates book bags out of completely recycled material with a solar panel on top to harness Read More...
Free heating for housing this company’s servers
Winter is here—ok, it’s still fall but it’s getting cold, fast. If you’re prepared for your utilities bill to spike during winter months, there is an alternative: House cloud servers. Cloud&Heat is offering to provide free heat and hot water in exchange for you to house their Read More...
India introduces a minister of… what?
Yoga is much more than stretching your body in an elegant studio. It’s an ancient way of living that includes meditation and health treatments. But who knows that? Exactly. Not many people outside India. That’s why the recently elected prime minister promised to include a “Minister of Yoga” Read More...
Cracking the sight code to cure blindness
Our eyes function in marvelous ways. A basic description of how the eye works is photons (light particles) fall into the receptors in the retina; the retina then transmits this information to the eye in a type of code, made out of firing electrons. Many people who are blind cannot see because the Read More...
Electric car breakthrough: High speed charging for batteries
Electric cars are great and clean. But here’s the problem: When you go and meet your friends for dinner and arrive with an almost empty battery, you need to stay the night to be able to come home again. It takes minutes to fill up your tank and about 8 hours to charge up your battery. Now Korean Read More...
A new tribe: Endurance athletes over 60
Ultra-events, like ultra marathons, or deca-triathlons, aren’t a young person’s sport, but a fit person’s sport. If you’re unfamiliar with endurance races they’re pretty much grueling hyper-cardio races on steroids—like a 625-mile foot race or a 3,000-mile bike ride. While you might be Read More...
Innovative soccer ball turns into energy source
Most of the developing world quickly goes dark after the sun sets. Kerosene lamps and polluting generators can provide light for some, but the fumes these two sources emit cause cancer, and other breathing problems. A tech startup has a playful solution: the soccer ball. On the inside of this Read More...
Earthquake detector
Another way to save lives with technology is in the news: An earthquake-predictive app. The app, developed by the Early Warning Labs in cooperation with the United States Government, warns of an earthquake half a minute before it starts. In an earthquake 30 seconds can make the difference between Read More...