We’re sharing and collaborating at a rate unsurpassed in human history. Pictures, videos, research and news is being transported at blistering speeds from one corner of the globe to another. What if we could transmit data 85,000 times faster than we are today?
That idea won’t seem so farfetched if you examine research by scientists in the field of twisted light.
Domain names are incredibly important to individuals and businesses as they are the real estate of the 21st century. Once you purchase a name, you hold the deed forever.
The price of an individual domain name depends on who you ask. Verisign is the company that controls all of the dot coms, and sets their wholesale price. After that, it’s up to the individual registrars as to how much of a mark-up they want. GoDaddy.com is currently the most popular registrar in the United States. Their current base price for a .com is $12.99 per year.
If you haven’t heard of the incredible opportunities that haptics offers us, then prepare to have your mind blown. Haptics essentially enables us to transmit touch via the internet, much the same way we currently transmit sound and sight. Some of the top companies in the world such as Apple are working to bring haptics to their product lines as soon as possible.
Power.com announced today that they will be offering for sale “Premium” e-mail accounts for sale @Power.com. They promise that you will “Own your @Power.com email for life. Members with accounts in good standing can keep them, give them to a child or even sell them on the open market. They are yours to do with as you please.”
Doctor Michael Ioffe and Professor Fernando Patolsky at Tel-Aviv University are fine-tuning a straw that will signal to victims when and if they are the targets of a date rape drug attack.
The smart straw is casually dipped in a drink, and if it detects GHB or ketamine, the drink will almost instantaneously emit a clear alert. Initial tests of the smart straw have proven to be 100% accurate with zero false positives.
These days, we have a tremendous amount on our plates. We’re constantly looking for an energy boost, something that can give us an edge and extra motivation to get through the day. While coffee, cigarettes, energy drinks and other remedies have received mixed reviews, the most natural of solutions could be the secret to workplace productivity and a sense of well-being.
Charles Osborne is rolling over in his grave.
Thirteen year old Mallory Kievman from Connecticut has invented a remedy for one of the peskiest problems in recorded human history: the hiccup. Her brain child, Hiccupops, is on the fast track towards becoming stocked in first aid kits and hospitals nationwide, thanks to her victory at the Connecticut Invention Convention for kids.
Innovation in the world’s most popular sport
In a monumental decision that may affect professional sports the world over, IFAB, the International Football Association Board unanimously approved the use of goal-line technology for immediate implementation in soccer at the highest level. The technology will need to be licensed, installed and inspected in each individual stadium before it can be used, but should be seen on the pitch by 2013.
Nearly 97% of the Earth’s water is unpotable salt water. With the current expensive and energy guzzling nature of desalination, fresh water is becoming increasingly difficult to come by.
“The scarcity of fresh water resources and the need for additional water supplies is already critical in many arid regions of the world and will be increasingly important in the future.” -U.S. Geological Survey
Scientists at MIT have fine-tuned a computer simulation that would allow graphene, the strongest material currently known to man, to serve as the perfect low-cost, low-energy filter to harvest seawater as a consumable resource.
June was a pretty good month for domain name sales. There were three six figure deals to go along with countless five figure sales. The top transactions included some speculative investments, some URL shorteners, some bargains and some reaches. Here are some of the top June domain sales from around the world, with a little bit of research on who the buyer is, and what their plans might be.