Nature-Powered Flood Prevention System Developed By Japan
A lot of rescue and damage prevention equipment tend to be ineffective during earthquakes, floods and tsunamis due to power failure that comes along. In Japan, Kyoto University and Hitachi Zosen Corp might have found a way to curb a…
Windows 8 Causes the Biggest Drop in Customer Satisfaction After the Vista Disaster
Bogdan Popa of SoftPedia shares a report from ‘Examiner’ indicating that Microsoft’s American customer satisfaction index (ACSI) declined to 74 prior to the release of Windows 8. This has made a lot of people disappointed as they were expecting the…
Google and NASA buy a quantum computer, to research more intelligent AI
Author, Sebastian Anthony of ExtremeTech includes in his post, “the 2nd lab in the world” to own a quantum computer. The lab is called Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab (QAIL). It is located at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley…
Molding the next generation of computer scientists
Author, Flora Zhang of CNN talks about Microsoft software developer, Kevin Wang deciding to make teaching a full time job yet without sacrificing his current work in Microsoft. Every morning, before going to the office, Wang would go to a…
You’ve Started Self-Tracking. Now What?
Author, Chris Hollindale of LifeHacker shares that according to the figures published by Pew Internet Research, only 46% of individuals who monitor their health say that it has contributed to the maintenance of their health. While an improvement, Chris shares…
Google Glass app lets you sneak photos with a wink
There were suggestions posted online that Google Glass should be able to take photos by just using an eye. In a post written by Aaron Souppour of The Verge writes, we learn that the gadget’s ability to take pictures by…
Hate Keeping Up With Home Maintenance? Brightnest Can Help
This is a post written by Matt Burns sharing about an app known as Brightnest. He explains that the app can bring both home maintenance and home ownership into the internet age. Once you are in the website or app,…
Markets Worry About The Influence Of Tweets
On Tuesday, A fake tweet, from the hacked Associated Press twitter account indicating that President Obama was injured during an explosion at the White house, caused the industrial average of Dow Jones to have a temporary drop of 150 points…
Circles is a multiplayer, weaponized version of Simon Says for iOS that benefits Alzheimer’s research
This is a short post written by Matthew Panzarino of The Next Web sharing about an iPhone game called Circles. The game was built by Snowman, the same creator of a location-reminder app called Checkmark. Matthew Panzarino explains that Circles…
Do Not Underestimate The Power Of Tweets
Fake tweets are as powerful as authentic tweets. They can have the same multiplying effect which is why they can cause a lot of damage. While you can delete a tweet, it is possible that it is already out there…