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How Chinese companies will produce solar for 36 cents per watt 26 Aug 2013 | 10:14 pm
Solar panels on a rooftop in Yiwu, in China’s Zhejiang Province. From the last quarter of 2010 until the first quarter of 2013, leading Chinese solar companies were able to drop the cost of manufactur...
Waldo Canyon fire revisited 26 Aug 2013 | 09:54 pm
Waldo Canyon fire Rick Wilking: Covering natural disasters is a strange thing. You get there all in a huff, as fast as you can after the tragedy, and then try to seek out the major damage. You documen...
Agriculture the New Game of Drones 26 Aug 2013 | 09:31 pm
Futurist Thomas Frey: A few days ago the people in Deer Trail, Colorado made national news with a proposed ballot initiative to allow hunting licenses to shoot down flying drones. Deer Trail would...
Uber to purchase 2,500 driverless cars from Google 26 Aug 2013 | 08:49 pm
Uber has committed to invest up to $375 million for a fleet of Google’s GX3200 vehicles. The local transportation and delivery giant, Uber, has announced as part of its second quarter earnings, saying...
Deer Trail, Colorado may issue licenses to shoot down drones 26 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
Deer Trail will vote on October 8th on whether to issue permits to hunt drones. The tiny plains town of Deer Trail, Colorado doesn’t have much to offer visitors. The town has a gas station, a bar and...
Top 10 Photos of the Week 26 Aug 2013 | 06:39 pm
Dress for the job that you want, not for the job that you have! Quote of the Day: “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” – Steve Martin . Women journalists in Iran! It was either this or...
Digital coupons – the future of mobile wallets: Study 25 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
Google Wallet Everyone likes a good deal, a new study on digital wallets by the mobile marketing tech firm Vibes has concluded. It means that mess of flyers on your front door could soon be replaced b...
MakerBot’s 3D scanner scheduled to arrive mid-October for $1,400 24 Aug 2013 | 07:33 pm
Digitizer 3D scanner MakerBot’s seemingly-magical Digitizer 3D scanner will ship by mid-October and will cost $1,400. Shoppers can add an additional $150 for “MakerCare” a warranty service and suppor...
Why entrepreneurs should ignore startup failure statistics 24 Aug 2013 | 07:23 pm
Real startup risks could be much lower than the common perception. Worldwide, thousands of entrepreneursshare the dream of founding a startup. However, some publications “pour cold water” on the ambit...
56% of Americans not interested in immortality: Study 23 Aug 2013 | 10:34 pm
Scene from “Elysium” In Elysium, a recently released sci-fi film, we’re presented with a new kind of machine-assisted healthcare that can cure cancer and reconstruct body parts. It’s a development tha...
