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Microlending: Earn Money while Ending Poverty
2007-10-26 16:00:00 My introduction to microfinance was during my visit to India about two years ago. I heard that a banking institution was loaning low-income households and businesses amounts that ranged from $50-$500 to be paid back at 3% per year over 3 years. My first thought was that the default rate, or unlikelihood of paying back the ... More About: Economics , Credit Cards , Money , Earn Money , Poverty
Websites to Help You Choose the Next President
2007-10-24 18:00:00 So I admit, I tend to tune politics out. That is, unless it involves issues I’m passionate about. Like many of you I took political science classes in school, yet I could never identify myself clearly within a political party. I tend to sway with the issues. So then who should I vote for this ... More About: President , Web 2 , Websites , Choose , Resident
Robots Get So Small They Can Fit in Arteries
2007-10-22 17:34:00 What has six legs, smaller than a grain of salt and is designed clear blocked arteries? Give up? It’s a new microscopic robot that was produced by the Chonnam National University in Korea. This little crab-like device was designed to release a chemical that will immediately clear obstructions to the heart. The legs are made of ... More About: Science , Robots , Small , So Small , Robo
Isengard Desert Tower Will Make Its Own Energy
2007-10-19 17:35:00 What does ?300 million buy a sheikh in the Middle East when he asks for a high rise that is not only beautiful but radically innovative? The Burj Al-Taqa (Energy Tower ) will look like the tower Isengard from the Lord of the Rings. You might even be fooled into believing there is a wizard inside. ... More About: Architecture , Green , Make
Cheating Death Part II: Uploading Your Brain
2007-10-17 17:45:00 Transhumanism is the name, uploading your brain to a computer is the game. Neuroscientists, biologists and futurists met at the World Transhumanist Association’s ninth annual meeting last week to discuss the viability of a shocking acceleration in human evolution: fusing man and machine. Ideas include wrapping the brain in plastic, slicing it with lasers and diamond ... More About: Science , Cheating , Death , Part , Brain
Power of Lightning for More than Flux Capacitors
2007-10-16 08:15:00 That’s right, the 1.21 gigawatt’s that hit the clock tower in Back to the Future will do more than power the flux capacitor. It’s going to be channeled directly into your home. An innovative way of generating and harvesting lightning has been proposed by Steve LeRoy in Illinois as the next move in environmentally friendly power. In ... More About: Science , Power , Lightning , Green
Anti-Marketing Reinvents the Music Industry
2007-10-12 18:18:00 You may have noticed that the music industry hasn’t exactly been doing well lately. Fans fail to see the value of purchased music when they can go online and download albums for free. Smashing Pumpkins has released their music for free via website. Radiohead recently released its new album, In Rainbows, for whatever price you chose ... More About: Marketing , Business , Music , Industry , Anti
Batteries that Are Woven Into Clothing
2007-10-10 18:13:00 The U.S. Army has commissioned an ultra futuristic machine that weaves microscopic fibers into soldier’s uniforms in order to generate and store power. The fibers will cross section with up to three different materials such as plastic, metal and fabric to create rechargeable batteries and wearable fuel cells. As of now a five day mission ... More About: Technology , Clothing , Batteries , Erie , Cloth
Scientist Poised to Create the First Artificial Life
2007-10-08 17:18:00 Right here in San Diego biologist Craig Ventre teeters on the verge of creating the first artificial life form on Earth. His group has created the first synthetic chromosome from lab materials, a feat in itself that is nothing short of magnificent. They’ve previously introduced the genome into dead bacteria, completely changing its makeup. Now the ... More About: Science , Life , Scientist , Artificial Life , Create
Your Body as a 3D Avatar in Your Doctors Office
2007-10-06 08:30:00 Heath care records have just gone to the next level, or at least IBM wants it that way. They have developed software that turns medical data into a visual 3D image for doctors. The Anatomic and Symbolic Mapper Engine allows doctors to look under the skin to review previous injuries, the cardiovascular system and muscle tissue. ... More About: Technology , Doctors , Office , Body , Avatar
Suzuki Unveils the Jetsons Car Inside a Car
2007-10-03 17:18:00 Those wacky Japanese are at it again this month at the Tokyo Auto Show. The Suzuki Shared Coach made its debut as an electric car… with a car inside it. If you’ve ever watched The Jets ons it may look familiar. This concept vehicle is the next generation in fuel efficiency and sustainable mobility. The idea is ... More About: Consumer , Inside
Giant Ads, Outside Your Airplane Window?
2007-10-01 17:27:00 Picture this, you’ve been on a flight for the last few hours and your restless as you land. Like most people you are looking out the window to take a look at the city you are flying into. But wait, what is that on the ground? If British based Ad Air has their way ... More About: Business , Airplane , Giant , Window
September 2007 Most Popular Articles
2007-09-28 15:44:00 Bionic Legs Bring You One Step Closer to Robocop: Leg exoskeleton that transfers the weight of a backpack directly into the ground, eventually to be used to run without being tired. Are We Playing God with Human-Animal Embryos?: The scientific community counters that the hybrids will allow them to discover treatments which could lead to a ... More About: Articles , Web 2 , Popular , September , September 2007
Charging You to Use Your Credit Card is Illegal
2007-09-26 18:36:00 There are surcharges and minimum purchases everywhere you use your credit card these days, at your favorite lunch stop, the gas station, even larger retailers. It seems to be an uprising trend among merchants, if you want to use your credit card, you need to pay more. You may be have been thinking the same ... More About: Card , Credit , Consumer , Credit Card , Illegal
Online Collaboration Speeds Up the Patent Process
More articles from this author:2007-09-24 18:07:00 At the moment if you were to submit a patent to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) it would take, on average, 52 months from filing to first action. So what’s the holdup? Examiners need to search through what is called prior art which includes data, photographs, academic articles, prior published material and every other ... More About: Web 2 , Online , Process , Collaboration 1, 2, 3 |
