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Technological Ecosystems of the Future - from Joel Barker (JB) and Scott Erickson (SE)
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Leap 3D Gesture Control System

Leap 3D Gesture Control System | Five Regions of the Future | Scoop.it

"Leap Motion has created a new device, called the Leap. It is an 8 cubic feet space in front of your computer, once connected to your computer via USB, it creates a four-cubic-foot virtual workspace. It claims is 200 times more accurate than existing technology and will take gesture controls to the next level. Check out the video!" SE

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LitePoint Technology Enables Rapid Launch of "5G" WiFi Products

"LitePoint Technology Enables Rapid Launch of "5G" WiFi ProductsSacramento BeeCalled "5th generation WiFi" or "Gigabit WiFi," 802.11ac technology enables consumers to watch higher resolution video wirelessly with better quality than ever before; eliminating..." SE

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Green Car Congress: Progress with Lithium-sulfur battery technology

Green Car Congress: Progress with Lithium-sulfur battery technology | Five Regions of the Future | Scoop.it

Still going slow but progress is being made with Lithium-sulfur battery technology. SE


"Researchers from Hanyang University in Korea and the University of Rome Sapienza (Italy) have developed a lithium-sulfur battery employing a high-performance mesoporous ..."

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Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four

One of Hans Rosling's famous lectures about world population and developement using enormous quantities of publically available data. See his website www.gapminder.org SE

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Aussie Cows Milked With Robotic Technology

"It's a dairy farmer's dream not having to rise at daybreak to milk their herd." SE

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The City Of The Future Will Be Covered In Lichen

The City Of The Future Will Be Covered In Lichen | Five Regions of the Future | Scoop.it
Lichen loves to grow on tall, rocky mountains. But it doesn't know the difference between that and a skyscraper. Covering our buildings in it would keep them cool for free, if one artist's experiments work out.
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Reading, Writing, and Self-Esteem — Emerging Ideas — Utne Reader

Reading, Writing, and Self-Esteem — Emerging Ideas — Utne Reader | Five Regions of the Future | Scoop.it
Simple exercises could close the achievement gap.
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Bendy battery to power up smart fabrics

Bendy battery to power up smart fabrics. And lots more applications in all regions.

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3-D Printing Is Spurring a Manufacturing Revolution

3-D Printing Is Spurring a Manufacturing Revolution | Five Regions of the Future | Scoop.it
New technology is giving rise to never-before-possible businesses that are selling products like iPhone cases, doorknobs, perfume bottles and architectural models.
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ALMS: Don Panoz talks about the DeltaWing, REAMS - Autoweek

ALMS: Don Panoz talks about the DeltaWing, REAMS - Autoweek | Five Regions of the Future | Scoop.it

This is an excellent example of creating a material out of simple elements and ending up with something very strong and long lasting.

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Folding light: Wrinkles and twists boost power from solar panels

Folding light: Wrinkles and twists boost power from solar panels | Five Regions of the Future | Scoop.it
Taking their cue from the humble leaf, researchers have used microscopic folds on the surface of photovoltaic material to significantly increase the power output of flexible, low-cost solar cells.
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My PC has a biodrive

Combining computer equipment with bacteria creates the possibility of a much larger, more robust data storage mechanism

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Japanese Breakthrough Wind Power « Forums

A new concept, the wind lens, can triple the power production of wind turbines, thus lowering costs and need for lots of land.

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Samsung Player: A Touch for the anti-Apple crowd

"Samsung’s family of Touch rivals, called the Galaxy Player series, arrived last winter, and now a second generation has appeared, thinner and better. Last week, the best Galaxy Player yet landed: the Player 4.2 ($200, same price as the Touch)." SE

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Counterintuitive “LED-type” solar cell breaks efficiency record

Counterintuitive “LED-type” solar cell breaks efficiency record | Five Regions of the Future | Scoop.it
A prototype solar cell that emits light as well as absorbing it, recently broke an efficiency record.
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Now a transparent double-sided touchscreen smartphone

Now a transparent double-sided touchscreen smartphone | Five Regions of the Future | Scoop.it

Cell phone technology moves ahead. What would be the best way to use this? SE


"Japanese cellular network company NTT DoCoMo has unveiled an Android smartphone with a revolutionary feature: a transparent, double-sided touchscreen."

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Project Glass: One day...

Google is working on this head mounted display (HMD) called Project Glass. The link has pics of the HMD. The video shows how it would work. SE


"We believe technology should work for you — to be there when you need it and get out of your way when you don't."

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Biomimicry: Nature of Innovation

Biomimicry: Nature of Innovation | Five Regions of the Future | Scoop.it

Science, engineering, and design inspired by the natural world. This is a great resource for exploring NatureTech because the "founder" of biomimicry, Janine Benyus, is overseeing the site.

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Designers of Exotic Materials Learn New Tricks from Animals: Scientific American

Designers of Exotic Materials Learn New Tricks from Animals: Scientific American | Five Regions of the Future | Scoop.it
Chemist Joanna Aizenberg mines the deep sea and the forest wetlands for nature's design secrets and uses them to fashion new materials that may change the world...
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Cities on the ocean

Cities on the ocean | Five Regions of the Future | Scoop.it

Building self-sufficient floating cities sounds like science fiction but it is being seriously explored by the super rich as an escape from a more unforgiving world.

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John Rogers’s Bendable Microprocessors - BusinessWeek

John Rogers’s Bendable Microprocessors - BusinessWeek | Five Regions of the Future | Scoop.it

Paradigm shift. The MacArthur genius’s ultrathin, bendable microprocessors are the result of a lab accident, and can be used in clothing and medicine...

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Gut Microbes May Drive Evolution: Scientific American

Gut Microbes May Drive Evolution: Scientific American | Five Regions of the Future | Scoop.it

The bacteria that live quietly in our bodies may have a hand in shaping evolution. This research further illuminaes the mutualistic relationships humans have with the single-cell world. This is a paradigm shift in the offing.

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Hamburger junction

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Lab burgers: it’s what’s for dinner


A QUARTER of a million euros is rather a lot to pay for a hamburger, but that will be the cost of the patty which Mark Post proposes to stick in a bun this October. The ability to grow meat without the animal is a profound paradigm shift in many ways. It is both a supertech solution and a limitstech solution to food and waste and production of methane which is a powerful greenhouse gas.

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Patenting biology: Prometheus unsound | The Economist

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Aubrey de Grey says we can avoid aging | Video on TED.com

TED Talks Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease -- and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted.
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