Producing Light From Gravity

Written by Maria Gomez on . Posted in Gadgets, Technology

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Over 20% of the world lacks reliable access to electricity. In third world countries, many individuals rely on kerosene to give them sight in the night. There are numerous problems that arise from the use of kersone, including hazardous fume ingestion that causes lung-cancer and infection, fire risk, CO2 emissions, and finally, kerosene is expensive and can devour up to 20% of a households income.

Researchers Jim Reeves and Martin Riddiford believe that their new gadget, the GravityLight, can alleviate all of these problems.

AnyGlove Liquid Applicant Enables All Glove Wearers To Use Touchscreen Devices

Written by Kate Winter on . Posted in Gadgets, Social Media, Technology

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Whether on the job or on the mountain, many of us have to wear some type of glove to protect or warm our hands. With more and more people getting touchscreen smartphones, this can cause a lot of inconvenience.

While there are special gloves that allow for touchscreen control, they usually don’t match up with the other purposes we need them to serve. A start-up company called AnyGlove has released a liquid applicant onto the market that claims to eliminate these problems forever!

Bitcoin Central Digital Currency Exchange Approved To Operate As a Bank

Written by Michael Awada on . Posted in Business, Technology

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The popular European Bitcoin exchange, Bitcoin Central, has garnered approval from financial regulators to operate as a bank (PSP) under French law, legitimizing the currency in many circles.

This comes not even a month after respected global publishing platform WordPress announced they’d be accepting Bitcoin as a payment for its sites services.

Bitcoin: Global Currency of the Future?

Written by Michael Awada on . Posted in Business, Social Media, Technology

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Bitcoin is a form of digital currency that’s dramatically shaking up the way goods and services are exchanged on the global stage.

Bitcoin is an experimental form of global currency that was formed in 2008 by an anonymous cryptographer under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.

Bitcoin is the most unique form of currency in the world; it’s based on a peer-to-peer system with no central authority to issue new money or track individual transactions. Instead, the collective network of Bitcoin traders themselves manage the network.

NASA Unveils New Video of Earth at Night

Written by Maria Gomez on . Posted in Social Media, Technology

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We’ve seen jaw-dropping video of global air-traffic, and we’ve learned about a company providing a 24 hour video feed of Earth from space. Now, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is bringing us gorgeous footage of the Earth like we’ve never seen before, lending a whole new perspective to our planet, and the era in which we live.