Powerful Immersive ExperiencesCondition One is a technology company developing next generation immersive video applications. Our flagship product is an embeddable immersive video player for the iPad / iPhone, which we license to media companies and brands. It integrates seamlessly into existing applications or can be launched as a standalone product. The beauty of our technology... Continue Reading →
Meet the Amazing Robots That Will Compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
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U.S. may soon become world’s top oil producer
U.S. may soon become world's top oil producer Oil output is surging so fast that the U.S. could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest producer. Driven by high prices and new drilling methods, U.S. production of crude and other liquid hydrocarbons is on track to rise 7 percent this year to an average of... Continue Reading →
Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world
Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world Are you addicted to the dead-simple numbers game Drop 7 or Facebook’s Parking Wars? Blame Kevin Slavin and the game development company he co-founded in 2005, Area/Code, which makes clever game entertainments that enter the fabric of reality.All this fun is powered by algorithms -- as, increasingly, is... Continue Reading →
The Century Of The Self 1 of 4 | One: Happiness Machines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prTarrgvkjo Due to a copyright claim on the second part of this series, made by BBC Worldwide, I'm unable to upload the rest of this series on YouTube. I'm currently trying to contact their organization about the issue and searching for a peaceful resolution, in which neither would have anything to lose. I will let... Continue Reading →
Eddie Obeng: Smart failure for a fast-changing world
Eddie Obeng: Smart failure for a fast-changing world What will business look like in 5 years? (Er, what does it look like now?) Eddie Obeng helps executives keep up with a business and social environment that's changing faster than we can know. Through Pentacle, his online business school, Obeng teaches a theory of management that focuses... Continue Reading →
Google, Carmakers Discuss Robotic Autos With U.S. Regulators
Google, Carmakers Discuss Robotic Autos With U.S. RegulatorsGoogle Inc. (GOOG) and automakers are having “extensive discussions” with U.S. safety regulators about self-driving cars such as the one the search-engine leader has developed, the top U.S. auto regulator said.“The development of automated vehicles is a worthy goal,” National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland said today at an automated-vehicles... Continue Reading →
Urban Air – Los Angeles
Urban Air - Los AngelesWHAT IS URBAN AIR? - UrbanAir transforms existing urban billboards to living, suspended bamboo gardens. Embedded with intelligent technology, UrbanAir becomes a global node - an open space in the urban skyline… An artwork, symbol, and instrument for a green future.Urban Air has been designed, engineered, and has secured the billboard to carry... Continue Reading →
Romney gained at least $15.3 million from the bailout
Romney gained at least $15.3 million from the bailoutThis investigation was supported by the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute and by the Puffin Foundation. Elements of it appear in Palast’s new book, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps(Seven Stories). Research assistance by Zach D. Roberts, Ari Paul, Nader... Continue Reading →
Breaking: US to Sue Bank of America for $1bn Over ‘Brazen’ Mortgage Fraud
Breaking: US to Sue Bank of America for $1bn Over 'Brazen' Mortgage FraudThe case centers around the bank's program known as "Hustle," a program it absorbed from Countrywide Financial when it bought the company.Ben Protess reports in the New York Times:Prosecutors say the effort, created in 2007 but kept alive through 2009 by Bank of America,... Continue Reading →
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