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May 14, 2017

This spray can turn any surface into a touchscreen

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May 14, 2017

My favorite college professor was YouTube

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It was an invaluable tool to enhance my learning process.

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May 14, 2017

Lab-Grown Meat Is Healthier. It’s Cheaper. It’s the Future

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The price of lab-grown meat keeps dropping.

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May 14, 2017

Chemists Are One Step Closer to Manipulating All Matter

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Scientists want to control individual molecules so precisely they could snap them together like Lego pieces. Now they’re a little bit closer.

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May 13, 2017

Forget Nations. Here’s Proof That Apple Rules the World

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  • Corporations now rule the world, and one of them is Apple.
  • With the company’s record-breaking cash hoard swelling to almost $300 billion, there’s not a lot the Cupertino tech giant couldn’t do.

In the science fiction flick Incorporated, a post-apocalyptic future world is no longer run by nation-states but by corporation-states, each acting in the best interests of the company. Such a future doesn’t seem that far or farfetched now, especially if one considers just how big the world’s most powerful corporations are.

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May 12, 2017

Interesting Futurism Animation 40

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May 11, 2017

Estonian eResidency and eID programs described

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The small EU nation has made big steps into the digital future with the Estonian eResidency and eID programs. Government and private sector services are now delivered securely online and worldwide entrepreneurs are starting companies virtually in Estonia. But the country’s president sees challenges ahead for countries around the globe as the nature of work transforms and it becomes difficult to tax income using traditional geographic models.

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May 10, 2017

Interesting Futurism Animation 39

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Acoustic levitation using intense sound waves…

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May 10, 2017

Microsoft will ‘show the world what’s next’ at May 23rd event in Shanghai

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Microsoft is holding an event this month, the company announced tonight, at which it says it will “show the world what’s next.” The event will take place in Shanghai on May 23rd, but Microsoft didn’t specify either the precise location of the event or exactly what it will be showing. The company did tell The Verge to expect new hardware, however.

There are some additional clues to that new hardware to be gleaned from social media. Panos Panay — Microsoft’s vice president of devices and the creator of the Surface — tweeted the announcement alongside the hashtag “#Surface.” The tag, and Panay’s planned attendance in Shanghai, could mean that Microsoft is ready to show off the Surface Pro 5.

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May 10, 2017

Painkiller in Human Saliva

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Human saliva contains a painkiller more powerful than morphine.

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