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A playset of colored blocks called Primo is aiming to teach preschoolers the basics of computer programming logic. Primo aims to raise $57,000on Kickstarter; it has already raised about $13,500, and still has about a month remaining in its campaign. At 4 years old, many children are mastering pre-re
Intel’s current Xeon Phi doesn’t really fulfill the promise of many-core computing — it’s a co-processor that needs a ‘real’ CPU to function. That will change when the next-generation Knights Landing model arrives, Intel revealed at the Supercomputing Conference t
The online-dating community used to be all about helping lonely people find their significant other but in recent times has expanded to help people fulfil more carnal desires. I have never had the pleasure of participating in the vast and wonderful world of online dating, but truth be told, somethin
Lindstrand Technologies, known for producing blimps and aerostats, has outlined plans for a 3,280-foot inflatable solar chimney that would harvest energy from the sun, and deliver power to remote locations. Some innovations require a bit of hot air to get off the ground. Per Lindstrand, an aeronauti
With the emergence of connected devices, the entire home is being reinvented as a data product, opening great opportunities to entrepreneurs. A whole new generation of startups is rushing in. Almost 15 years ago, a friend of mine at McKinsey spent a few nights writing a document called “The Battle f
Philadelphia has enacted a ban on 3D printed guns, becoming the first U.S. city to do so. How the city intends to enforce this law, since 3D printers are perfectly legal, remains a mystery. On Thursday, Philadelphia became the first U.S. city to enact a ban on 3D printed guns. It’s a pre-empti
Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon use complex accounting methods to greatly reduce their tax bills, while greatly increasing spending on lobbying US and European governments. Headlines ,such as this one from a Reuters story: “Google paid $55m in UK taxes on $5.5bn sales in 2012” anger
In the last couple of years video game live-streaming has become so popular that people are actually beginning to take eSports seriously. The most popular live-streaming service, Twitch.tv, was previously exclusive to the PC, but will now be available to next-gen console users. It’s too soon to know
On Thursday the new FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler, said that he was working to allow passengers to use their smartphones in the air. However, only a day later he contradicted this previous statement with a new one describing how he thought allowing passengers to use their smartphones in the air was a ba
Multichannel is a fully-automated cloud-based ad management startup that uses algorithms to manage online advertising campaigns across different channels and search engines. The company has raised over $3 million in seed funding which will speed up its development and bring it closer to it
GPS turn-by-turn directions have always been boring and even annoying a lot of times. Waze wants to change that. The company is teaming up with Universal Pictures to roll out a GPS with celebrity voices. Now you can have a celebrity give you driving directions. Waze is partnering with Universal Pict
We all know about the customer-tracking tactics that websites employ to “make ads more relevant” but what you probably didn’t know is that they aren’t unique to the internet, even brick-and-mortar stores use them. While its arguable that it is less intrusive than plenty of ot
