Source: http://gizmodo.com/report-apple-smartwatch-production-starts-in-july-1593352240
If rumors are to be believed, Apple's entry into the smartwatch world is coming soon: Reuters says production will start in July, with an expected launch date sometime in October. And it's going to be (literally) big.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/quantum-computers-still-arent-faster-than-your-average-1593365494
The D-Wave 2 is a much-hyped quantum computer, but, as scientists now report, it's not actually any faster than a regular old PC. Wait, didn't we say it was 3,600 times faster
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/19/mit-3d-printed-ultra-lightweight-materials/
Researchers from MIT and Lawrence Livermore have created a new class of materials with the same density as aerogels (aka frozen smoke) but 10,000 times stiffer. Called micro-architected metamaterials, they can withstand 160,000 times their own weight, making them ideal for load-bearing, weight-sensitive applications. To do it, the team created microscopic lattice molds using a 3D printer and photosensitive feedstock, then coated them with a metal 200 to 500 nanometers thick. Once the lattice material was removed, it left an ultralight metal material with a very high strength-to-weight ratio. The process also works with polymers and ceramics -- with the latter, they created a material as light as aerogel, but four orders of magnitude stiffer. In fact, it was 100 times stronger than any known aerogel, making it ideal for use in the aerospace industry. Given that it was funded by DARPA, it could also end up on robots, drones or soldiers.
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/simple-improved-transfer-time-2014-6
There are more pain points with conventional banking than can be reasonably discussed, but retail bank Simple has set out to kill as many of them as possible. The company's latest improvement is drastically reduced transfer times between bank accounts.
Where it used to take four days to move funds from an external account into Simple (or nearly any other bank), it now only takes one day. Moving money from your Simple account to an external one used to take five days, and now it's down to three. The nightly cutoff for taking advantage of this speedier service is 10 p.m. ET — make your transfers before then each day!
From the company's blog post regarding the update:
Some banks charge a fee for transferring your money to external accounts, and only offer accelerated transfers at a premium. Today, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, for example, charge $3 to move your money to another bank. If you want that money to arrive the next business day, the fee shoots up to $10 per transfer. Note that it costs banks less than a cent to send an ACH transfer.
We don’t believe in unnecessary fees. External transfers to and from Simple will remain free for customers.
Free, faster bank transfers sound pretty agreeable to us.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/19/greenhouse-nicholas-rubin/
The murky world of lobby groups bankrolling politicians is garnering more attention, but is there a way to find out which representatives are in the pocket without a lot of tedious research? A 16-year-old programmer has developed a browser plugin that, when you mouse-over the name of a US lawmaker, will serve up a list of which parties have donated to their campaign funds, and the quantities. Greenhouse (geddit?) is currently available for Chrome and Safari, with Firefox coming at some point in the future -- although our lawyers have (probably) asked us to point out that the data is from the 2012 elections, so they may not be entirely up to date.
Filed under: Internet
Via: Represent.Us
Source: Greenhouse
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