If you already know what the internet of things is, keep reading. If you want to learn what the IoT revolution has to do with net neutrality and your children’s quality of life, watch this explanation from Jeremy Rifkin. Then ask yourself if the internet is really just media or public utility of the future. Yesterday President Obama suggested to the…
Here’s something that’s going to make you feel instantly old: The oldest X’ers are turning 50 in 2014. In a time when all the buzz is about aging Boomers and flailing Generation Y and Millennials (the youngest adult generation is so mythologized that it has two names!), Generation X is so quickly blending in with…
Although full Singularity may still be a while away, at least we have reasons to believe that augmented reality is finally getting nearer. The biggest optimists believe Project Glass will have Google Glasses available for use by the end of this year, while others display a more sober outlook by citing legal obstacles and people’s general disgust with…
Following its appetite for futuristic ventures such as the Google car which drives itself, the search engine giant is now pouring $168 million into the Mojave Desert-based Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. Together with government loans towards the project, the alternative power will double in size from its existing buildout. The decision seems to be more…
