100 Websites You Should Know and Use
In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, gave a legendary TED University talk: an ultra-fast-moving ride through the “100 websites you should know and use.” Six years later, it remains one of the most viewed TED blog posts ever. Time for an update? We think so. Below, the 2013 edition of the 100 websites to put on your radar and in your browser. To see the original list, click here. And now, the original list from 2007, created by Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH. In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, gave a legendary TED University talk: an ultra-fast-moving ride through the “100 websites you should know and use.” To see the original list, click here. And now, the original list from 2007, created by Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH.
100 Things You Should Know About People: #12 — When it comes to technology, you definitely “act your age”. | What Makes Them Click
Let’s start with full disclosure: I’m a baby boomer. Ok, I’ve gotten that out of the way. I do have two millenial children (now young adults), and most of the people I work with are Gen Xers. How did people get together before cell phones? Generational definitions — I’ve done some of my own exploratory research on generational differences in the last few years. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. What do you think? Did you find this post interesting?
Augmented Grocery Shopping: How a Korean grocer moved virtual shopping to the subway
It’s the kind of experiment that seems like it was hatched for a satirical spoof video, but the results were anything but funny. Home Plus, the 2nd largest grocery chain in South Korea formerly known as Tesco, needed to increase their market share without building more stores. The idea they had was simple and elegant, albeit completely offbeat and somewhat insane. “Let the store come to the people.” They created virtual stores to make grocery shopping something that could be done without while performing other duties such as waiting in the subway. As you can see by the video, the results have been extraordinary with over 10,000 people visiting the online Home Plus mall using smartphones.
[CES 2010] RCA Airnergy Charger Harvests Electricity From WiFi Signals
By Evan Ackerman This thing is, seriously, the highlight of CES for me (so far) this year. 3D TVs and eBook readers are fine, but there’s nothing amazing about them. The Airnergy Charger is amazing. This little box has, inside it, some kind of circuitry that harvests WiFi energy out of the air and converts it into electricity. The Airnergy has a battery inside it, so you can just carry it around and as long as you’re near some WiFi, it charges itself. Here is the really, really unbelievable part: RCA says that the USB charger will be available this summer for $40, and a battery with the WiFi harvesting technology will be available soon after. We didn’t think you’d believe all this, so we made RCA explain it all on video:
9 Implants that make human healthy body even more useful
Here’s a list of 9 ways you can modify your body to be even more useful, from bionic implants to portable power generators. 1. RFID Chips – A nice and easy way to start out with body hacking is to implant an RFID chip into you. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Source
