Archive for August, 2015
Tuesday, August 18th, 2015
Foxconn shift to India causes concerns in China
Taiwanese firm Foxconn’s decision to invest a whopping USD five billion in India has caused unease in China as it marks the first top international firm opting for India amid a slowdown in the Chinese economy. “Foxconn chooses India over China for new plant,†read the headline in state-run china.org.cn while carrying the news of […]
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Monday, August 17th, 2015
Why Digital Camera technology was hidden from you
If the Digital Camera technology was open sourced, would it be available to consumers early? If it wasn’t for patents and Kodak hiding the technology, the world may be different. In 1975, this Kodak employee invented the digital camera. His bosses made him hide it. Read More:Â http://www.brw.com.au/p/tech-gadgets/made_this_kodak_employee_invented_QnYp4iCrFXYwagdCRzszeP
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2015
A paper microscope that costs only 50 cents can detect malaria from just a drop of blood – and it could revolutionize medicine
For a whole lot of people, especially those in developing countries, science – and with it, medicine – isn’t readily available to the majority of citizens. But Manu Prakash wants to change that. Prakash, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford, is the proprietor of “frugal science,” a term he coined to explain the movement […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2015
15-Year-Old Invents Torch Powered by Body Heat
Are you ready to play everybody’s not-so-favorite guilt game: what was I doing at that age? Ann Makosinski, a high school student from British Columbia, Canada, has created a simple LED torch powered by body heat. So instead of having to recharge it or swap in a fresh pair of AAs every so often, you […]
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Friday, August 7th, 2015
GE is building its own cloud; outsiders wonder why
General Electric says it knows more about big manufacturing gear and data than any cloud provider ever will. Critics say it can’t keep up with the cloud giants of the world. Read More: http://fortune.com/2015/08/06/ge-is-building-its-own-cloud-outsiders-wonder-why/
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2015
What the Auto Industry Can Learn from Cloud Computing
Transportation is one of the world’s largest industries. The five largest automotive companies in the world generate more than 750 billion euro in annual revenue. The names in the industry are global brands – BMW, Ford, Daimler. Yet despite its size and stature, it’s also an industry in the midst of transformation. Today, new transportation […]
