Big Data’s Big Promise in a “Small World”
The big promise of big data, according to Kirk Bome in a TED presentation (see below), is helping us find “small connections” between large numbers of data points that will have profound meaning for the…
The big promise of big data, according to Kirk Bome in a TED presentation (see below), is helping us find “small connections” between large numbers of data points that will have profound meaning for the…
Former Cornell student Ray Li has combined music, technology and electronics to make an instrument that requires no musical background to play. With the help of a classmate, Li created a device that gets its…
Amazon has introduced a brand new grocery buying gadget called, “Dash.” This handheld remote control can be used to purchase food from Amazon Fresh, the company’s same-to-next day delivery service. That doesn’t mean you’ll be…
Snoopy-Shaped Island Eats Its Neighbor While Chinese and Japanese politicians, military leaders and “scholars” continue their “spitting contest” over the “Diaoyo Islands” or “Senkaku Islands,” depending on your point of view, a much more interesting…
You may have your Samsung Galaxy S4 or your latest iPhone, but if you don’t have battery power you’re basically holding a piece of junk. Rather than calling police to come to your rescue, you…
Dr. Seuss’ famous “Cat In The Hat” is not far off from the life of a modern day hacker: “Have no fear, I will not let you fall. I know some good tricks, I will…
Recently, advancements in robotics came in the form of a robot mimicking a frog and its movements. Now, German company Festo has taken another step in robotics by creating BionicKangaroo, a robot that moves similar…
To save space on land and increase transportation capacity, British designers Christopher Christophi and Lucas Mazarrasa have designed a skyscraper rail hub with hyper-speed trains that travel vertically. The concept behind the design The basic goal…
NASA’s Morpheus lander, which is essentially a vertical take-off and landing rocket, recently completed a very successful test launch. The lander was designed in order to eventually land on planets without humans and is reusable.…
Video games have come a long way since the introduction of the Atari home game console almost 40 years ago. First came the basic toggle stick controls of PAC-MAN and Pong, then the controller of…