Anyone Can Be a Mechanic With This Brilliant Augmented Reality App. Mary Meeker 2012 Internet Trends Year-End Update. Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker is doing a year-end presentation on the state of the web at Stanford tonight.
We have the slides of her presentation here. As usual, it's a must read for anyone in the industry, or anyone with an interest in technology. This update to Meeker's deck has new data, and new slides covering digital payments, education, and healthcare. Gartner's Top 10 tech trends for 2013. Computerworld - ORLANDO -First came the heavy adoption of Apple's mobile platform by consumers whose heavy use of the devices for business tasks forced the IT operations at their companies to support them.
Android was the next mobile platform pushed onto IT and now comes Windows 8, Microsoft's latest effort keep its PC empire intact and gain market share in mobile devices. For Gartner, the arrival of Windows 8 makes the "mobile device battles" its top technology trend for 2013. Gartner announced its list of Top 10 tech trends at its annual IT/expo here this week. The battle among mobile device vendors for the attention of consumers is forcing IT managers into increasing heterogeneity. Tom Minifie, CTO at a software vendor he asked not to be named, said developers at his company have built Apple and Android mobile apps for employees, including a smartphone tool that can separate workplace and personal communications. LittleBits. LabCAST - The MIT Media Lab Video Podcast.
1,000,000,000,000 Frames/Second Photography - Ramesh Raskar. Lincoln Laboratory: Spin-offs. One measure of the Laboratory's contribution to the nation's economy is its success in transferring technology to spin-off companies.
The partial list that follows indicates the range of industrial activities that have been generated and supported by ideas and techniques developed at the Laboratory. Air Traffic Software Architecture, Inc. American Aviation, Inc. American Power Conversion Corporation Amtron Corporation Applicon, Inc. Spin-Offs. Social Media Monitoring Tools. Neul - the Internet of Everything. Envisioning Technology. Future Timeline. Start-Up 100: StrategyEye interactive guide. Top 15 U.S. Startup Accelerators and Incubators Ranked; TechStars and Y Combinator Top The Rankings. UPDATE: Check out the 2012 Startup Accelerators and Incubator Rankings released on August 22, 2012.
There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with pure co-working spaces) as they offer entrepreneurs a way to spend a few months laser focused on a single idea. Through the accelerator or incubator they receive mentoring, guidance and a small amount of funding in return for a small stake in the company.
With all the startup accelerator programs popping up across the country we were curious to find out which programs would offer the biggest bang for the time, money and effort spent in the program. The new startup ecosystem [Infographic]
Different topics - explanation. Shader Printer uses heat-sensitive 'paint' that can be erased with low temperatures (hands-on video) Lovin' the bold look of those new Nikes?
If you're up to date on the athletic shoe scene, you may notice that sneaker designs can give way long before your soles do. A new decaling technique could enable you to "erase" labels and other artworks overnight without a trace, however, letting you change up your wardrobe without shelling out more cash. A prototype device, called Shader Printer, uses a laser to heat (at 50 degrees Celsius, 120 degrees Fahrenheit) a surface coated with a bi-stable color-changing material. When the laser reaches the "ink," it creates a visible design, that can then be removed by leaving the object in a -10 degree Celsius (14 degree Fahrenheit) freezer overnight. The laser and freezer simply apply standard heat and cold, so you could theoretically add and remove designs using any source.
Recovery. Samsung: The next big bet. IN 2000 Samsung started making batteries for digital gadgets.
Ten years later it sold more of them than any other company in the world. In 2001 it threw resources into flat-panel televisions. Within four years it was the market leader. In 2002 the firm bet heavily on “flash” memory. CHI 2012 - Advance Program. Envisioning Emerging Technology For 2012 And Beyond: Infographic Predicts Space Elevators, Blood-Powered Computers. When can we buy robots that will complete all our household chores for us?
When will our gadgets be grafted onto our skin and powered by our blood? And when will transporting items into space be as easy as opening an elevator and pressing the "Up" button? Tech trend forecasting firm Envisioning Technology has put together a beautiful infographic that examines current scientific and technological research and predicts when in the next 28 years possible innovations might become reality. The graphic, titled "Envisioning Emerging Technology For 2012 And Beyond," separates breakthroughs into 11 categories -- artificial intelligence, Internet, robotics and space, to name a few -- and lets users hover over each item to see more information. Emerging technology strategist Michell Zappa, who led the research team that gathered data for the graphic, told The Huffington Post that this mapping of tech's future was more than a purely imaginative exercise. Knowledge management. KM Knowledge management.