The New York Times is calling to an “audacious reinvention” of itself. We’re calling it the next clear move for Volvo, an automaker that has always thrived on the fringe of mainstream automotive consciousness to be the “cool choice for many. The move: they’re going to a single chassis architecture. The reality is that this… Continue reading Volvo moving to a single platform model
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#Video: Networking society can bring prosperity (in theory)
Money can’t buy you happiness. On the other hand, not having money can make it hard to find the prosperity that often does bring happiness. In this video from Ericsson, the premise is this: if you change the way that the world is networked and allow for ways that those in third world countries can… Continue reading #Video: Networking society can bring prosperity (in theory)
The growth of mobile
Four out of every five people in the world now have a mobile phone, and 84 percent can’t go a single day without their phone. A little less than half of Americans say they can’t even go a few hours without checking their mobile phones. One in four people check their phone every 30 minutes,… Continue reading The growth of mobile
The current (and future) status of driverless cars
We’ve seen them in movies for half a century. The concept cars have been popping up for decades. Some of you might have even seen a driverless car on the road. When are they going to become mainstream? To understand the future, it’s important to understand the past. The technology is finally reaching a tipping… Continue reading The current (and future) status of driverless cars
I’d love to tell you all about Al Gore’s speech at SXSW but I was kicked out
Given the options of sitting far, far away in the mezzanine or trying to sneak up to the front with the journalists, I opted to take a shot. You can’t blame me for trying. The result was that I got to hear the first 10 minutes of what sounded like an interesting beginning to Vice… Continue reading I’d love to tell you all about Al Gore’s speech at SXSW but I was kicked out
The future of money
The planet Earth has seen its share of crises, from natural disasters to full out war. But among the most frightening are the disasters of the financial sort. Back in 1994, the Tequila Crisis in Mexico brought the peso up from 4 to 7.2 to $1 in just one week, and later in the… Continue reading The future of money
The post-pc revolution
The vast majority of you are probably currently viewing this infographic either while you wait in line at Starbuck’s, or even while you make your daily voyage to the office. It’s hard to believe that around 10 years ago this assumption would be outrageous, but thanks to the innovative minds behind smartphones and tablet PCs,… Continue reading The post-pc revolution
Self-driving cars rule the future
The cars of today are costly in more ways than one. In 2010, there were 35,000 deaths due to car crashes in the U.S., and car crashes cost the economy $230 billion every year. Traffic congestion costs the U.S. economy a staggering $87.2 billion a year. As a nation, we waste 4.2 billion hours in… Continue reading Self-driving cars rule the future
The 1950 that 1925 envisioned would have been nice
Aircraft landing fields on top of buildings. Zeppelins taking people too and fro. Self-reliant building communities with schools and businesses intermixed with housing. Multiple levels of transportation streets. The vision that Popular Science Monthly posted in their August 1925 issue offered an exceptionally organized view of the future. If only it ended up that way… Continue reading The 1950 that 1925 envisioned would have been nice
Online empires fall. Will Facebook?
It’s hard to imagine the world without Facebook right now. Even people who aren’t users are affected by it even if only because they are constantly bombarded with commercials, billboards, and other people telling them to follow this and like that. The site has become the center piece of a company that is expanding beyond… Continue reading Online empires fall. Will Facebook?