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    How technology impacts Education

    Cool Technology: Augmented Reality is Our Parallel Dimension

    by  • June 2, 2012 • Education, Inforgraphics, showcase • 0 Comments

    Minority Report Augmented Reality

    In a society where we’re bombarded with massive amounts of information continually, augmented reality can be beneficial by retrieving and displaying content in a way that’s easy to understand and available realtime when you need it.

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    Bridging the Gap Between Oil and Green Energy

    by  • July 26, 2011 • Alternative Engergy, Education, General • 0 Comments

    Oil won’t run the world forever, but it will for the next few decades–so how do we get from here to the next energy economy?

    For all our talk of an online future unbounded by physical limits, life in our increasingly global economy still requires the…

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    Neutering NASA Will Come Back to Bite Us

    by  • July 18, 2011 • Education, General, Technopolitics • 1 Comment

    As readers on a tech site, I assume you have very strong and rational opinions on the space program. Indulge my quasi-rant on the subject, but can any of you explain what is it with the U.S.? More than four decades of technological dominance in space, and we essentially walk away, bored with it all.

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    Inside the World’s Largest Fusion Reactor

    by  • July 6, 2011 • Alternative Engergy, Education, General • 0 Comments

    Hot fusion might be the answer to energy demands

    The well-publicized failures of cold fusion may have tainted the field’s reputation, but physicists have been successfully joining nuclei with hot fusion since 1932. Today, research in hot fusion cou…

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    Contacts “See” Your Blood Sugar

    by  • March 18, 2011 • Education, General, Healthcare • 0 Comments

    Within a few years, diabetics may be able to monitor their glucose levels by simply wearing color-changing contacts, based on the latest technology in the pipeline. This non-invasive technology uses engineered nanoparticles embedded into the lens that react to glucose molecules found in tears. As the glucose levels rise, the contacts change colors. A quick look in the mirror is all it takes to keep tabs on your glucose levels.

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