Toyota, Audi driverless demos will pull up to CES While the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas starting January 8 will be full of mobile-computing gadgetry next week, autonomous driving demonstrations will also capture visitors' attention, and will raise awareness that autonomous driving technologies are to shape the future of road transport, sooner than later.... Continue Reading →
NASA mulls plan to drag asteroid into moon's orbit Who says NASA has lost interest in the moon? Along with rumours of ahovering lunar base, there are reports that the agency is considering a proposal to capture an asteroid and drag it into the moon's orbit.Researchers with the Keck Institute for Space Studies in California have confirmed... Continue Reading →
NASA mulls plan to drag asteroid into moon’s orbit
Salmon is about to become much cheaperAquAdvantage® SalmonAquAdvantage® Salmon (AAS) include a gene from the Chinook salmon, which provides the fish with the potential to grow to market size in half the time of conventional salmon. In all other respects, AAS are identical to other Atlantic salmon.AAS is an environmentally sustainable alternative to current farmed... Continue Reading →
Salmon is about to become much cheaper
The quest to end poverty (8 talks)It's the challenge of our age: How do we end poverty? Hear ideas and results from economists, philanthropists, activists working -- in labs and on the ground -- to wipe it out.
The quest to end poverty (8 talks)
Ten gun bills on Congress's first day Members of the 113th Congress introduced 10 bills on Thursday relating to gun violence, most of which came from Democrats seeking new restrictions on gun ownership.The flurry of legislative proposals show that members are likely to push the issue in the wake of the December shooting at a... Continue Reading →
Ten gun bills on Congress’s first day
WikiLeaks Founder and Fugitive Julian Assange has been arrested Sources close to this reporter have confirmed that WikiLeaks founder and international fugitive Julian Assange has been arrested by Scotland Yard detectives at a private medical clinic located just a five minutes drive from the Ecuadorian embassy at Hans Crescent, London. It is believed that Assange had... Continue Reading →
WikiLeaks Founder and Fugitive Julian Assange has been arrested
U.S. Payroll to Population Rate Improves in December The U.S. Payroll to Population employment rate (P2P), as measured by Gallup, was 44.4% for the month of December, a slight improvement over 43.7% in November. The current P2P rate still does not match the levels of employment seen in July through October, which exceeded 45% and... Continue Reading →
U.S. Payroll to Population Rate Improves in December
Portabee 3D Printer Complete Kit (Unassembled)$480 The Portabee is the first conveniently portable 3D printer in the world. It is easily collapsible in a matter of seconds and fits into a laptop bag.
Portabee 3D Printer Complete Kit (Unassembled)
OVERVIEWOn the 40th anniversary of the famous ‘Blue Marble’ photograph taken of Earth from space, Planetary Collective presents a short film documenting astronauts’ life-changing stories of seeing the Earth from the outside – a perspective-altering experience often described as the Overview Effect.The Overview Effect, first described by author Frank White in 1987, is an experience... Continue Reading →
OVERVIEW
A Free, Pick-Your-Own Orchard Takes Root in Los AngelesThe ‘edible park’ idea is sweeping the nation, and Fallen Fruit’s new venture keeps the momentum rolling. An L.A. County public park is now home to a community orchard. (Photo: The Office of Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas)Before Seattle developed plans for its one-of-a-kind food forest, before Guerilla Grafters took their pruning knives... Continue Reading →
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