Wednesday, September 25, 2013

9 Examples Of Real Mind-Blowing Technology That You Haven't Heard Of Yet

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/incredible-technology-2013-9

Microsoft Star Trek

We're certainly not in Star Trek's neighborhood when it comes to technological capability, but the car is packed and ready to go.

While it's easy to lose yourself in daydreams of teleportation and interplanetary travel, already we can do amazing things, like turn the ocean into a big glass of drinking water.

A cancer-killing computer chip can run wild in a patient's bloodstream and wreak havoc on cancer cells.

NASA's even putting legitimate effort towards building a Star Trek-like warp drive system. So maybe we're closer to a science fiction universe than initially suspected.

Nanofiber salt filters could be used to harvest ocean water for drinking.

Living near the ocean may one day mean your drinking water is so plentiful that it's free or cheap.

Nanofiber is a fibrous material that's incredibly thin (less than 100 nanometers). It functions very effectively as a salt filter since individual grains of salt are too big to pass through the holes in the nanofiber.

Unfortunately they're cost prohibitive to deploy right now.



A cancer-killing computer chip could live in a patient's bloodstream.

It's called a "microfluidic" chip, covered in long strands of DNA. The DNA absorbs the malicious cancer cells, and if they need to be studied later, the cancer cells can be retrieved from the chip later.



Graphene supercapacitors could lead to the electric car of your dreams.

Imagine an electric car that could drive a couple hundred miles, then fully recharge its battery in one minute.

Graphene supercapacitors are what will make this possible. A supercapacitor can hold as much power as a battery, but they charge far more quickly. Graphene has a high energy density though, which is a fancy way of saying it can hold more electrons (and therefore electric charge) than a standard battery.

As graphene is no longer cost-prohibitive to manufacture at scale, graphene supercapacitors could easily end up in our phones, laptops, and basically anything that runs on a battery.



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drag2share: 24 'Geniuses' Just Won $625,000 To Spend However They Want

source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/businessinsider/~3/2-pwLslSxNM/macarthur-fellowship-2013-winners-2013-9

Karen RussellThe names of 24 MacArthur Fellows were revealed at midnight on Wednesday, bestowing recipients with a gift of $625,000, paid over five years, to be spent anyway they choose. 

The so-called "genius awards" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation have been handed out to around two dozen creative and talented Americans from all different fields every year since 1981. 

The no-strings-attached money is intended to give recipients the freedom to pursue new ideas or move forward with their current work.  

No one can apply for the awards. The fellows are chosen by an anonymous panel of experts, who inform the winners through a telephone call just a couple days before the official announcement. 

This year, the fellows range in age from 32 to 60. There are several artists including a concert pianist, a playwright, and a choreographer of classical ballet. The other fellows include an organic chemist, a medieval historian, a behavioral economist, and an immigration lawyer. 

You can see the full list of fellows at the MacArthur website

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Use Google Analytics to Track Outgoing Gmail Messages

Source: http://lifehacker.com/use-google-analytics-to-track-outgoing-gmail-messages-1376730096

We've shown you before how to track your outgoing emails, but that can be costly and you might not need to track everything. With Google Analytics you can track emails on a per-message basis completely for free.

In the video above, engineer Amit Agarwal shows how to use this Google Drive spreadsheet script to set an Event tracker on an individual email. The process requires you to have a Google Analytics account (which is free, but requires a bit of set up), but once you're done it's relatively easy to add the tracker to an email, which can be handy for that one really important message you need to know has been seen.

How to Track Gmail Messages with Google Analytics | Digital Inspiration

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Apple updates iMac with Haswell chips, available today starting at $1,299

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/24/apple-updates-imac/

While you would be excused for thinking the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c were Apple's latest offerings, you'd be wrong. Today, Cupertino has announced that the iMac range has been updated to include new silicon (Haswell) new GPUs and improved WiFi. The entry-level 21.5-inch iMac houses a 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 with iris Pro graphics, while the top spec version (both sizes) comes with 3.4GHz and NVIDIA GeForce 700 series graphics, plus the option to upgrade to core i7 at 3.5 GHz. That WiFi refresh brings "next gen" 802.11ac, and there's also support for PCIe-based flash storage meaning up to 3TB of Fusion drive, or 1TB SSD. The new models are available today, starting at $1,299 for the 21.5-inch, and $1,499 for the bigger display.

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Archos GamePad 2 outed with quad-core CPU, higher-res display

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/24/archos-gamepad-2-leaked/

Archos GamePad 2 outed with quadcore CPU, higherres display

Even in the age of the NVIDIA Shield, dedicated Android gaming handsets are still a bit of a rarity, which is all more of a reason to take a gander at the leaked GamePad 2 from Archos. The device first reared its head at the FCC, and thanks to an online retailer -- which has since scrubbed all references to the product -- we're now treated to a press shot and a smattering of technical specs for the successor to the original GamePad. This time around, it's purported to sport a slightly more dense 1,280 x 800, 7-inch IPS display, along with a 1.6GHz quad-core CPU and 2GB of RAM. In addition to the previously available 8GB model, a new 16GB version is said to be in the works, and in both cases, the GamePad 2 will retain a microSD expansion slot. There's no word yet on pricing or availability, but you can bet that we'll hear more from Archos soon enough.

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