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October 15, 2014
The end of your smartphone battery woes is only two years away
Singapore researchers have created new batteries that have a 20-year life-span, charge a phone in 2 minutes, and reduce toxic waste.
Is the era of slow-charging cell phones--or for that matter, batteries that ever fail--finally reaching an end? Researchers in Singapore seem to be promising it: They've created a battery that can recharge a cell phone to 70% in two minutes; an electric car will be able to recharge in five. And the battery will have a life-span of 20 years, which, considering how many people upgrade their phones after only a few years, means most consumers will never be frustrated by a degrading battery again.
Oops! Apple Accidentally Leaks The iPad Air 2 And iPad Mini 3
In case you were wondering what it has up its sleeve tomorrow.
The leaks from recent weeks point to new iPads at Apple's media event tomorrow. Now the newest details to seep out suggest there will be two new tablet models--the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3--that are each equipped with fingerprint readers. Perhaps most interesting of all: This information is coming directly from Apple, albeit unintentionally.
Ex-RISD President John Maeda To Designers: "Make Lots Of Money"
"You have to think about large, messy systems," the design guru says. It wouldn't hurt to make some money, either.
Former Rhode Island School of Design president and current Silicon Valley venture capital design guru John Maeda shared a tidbit of wisdom he gathered from legendary designer Paul Rand at Fast Company's Innovation By Design Conference today: "Make lots of money."
Google Unveils New Nexus Lineup, An Operating System Called Lollipop, And A Big Shot At Apple
But consumers are firmly keeping their eye on Apple's big unveil tomorrow.
Google took the wraps off its latest Android "Lollipop" operating system and updated Nexus lineup, revealing a new phone, tablet, and streaming TV player.
Doctors Report First Case Of Google Glass Addiction
After consistent overuse, patient showed withdrawal symptoms that were "much worse" than alcohol withdrawal.
You may have heard of FOMO (fear of missing out) or nomophobia (an abbreviation of "no-mobile-phone" phobia, the fear of being away from your cell phone). The next new tech affliction may be . . . GooGlaGlone? Doctors have documented the first known case of "Internet addiction disorder" related to a loss of Google Glass.
Nest CEO Tony Fadell On Why Jetsons-esque Connected Homes "Just Don't Work"
Fadell on the future of smart homes, Google's $3.2 billion acquisition of his company, and why the Nest Protect has "a motherly voice."
Kicking off Fast Company's Innovation By Design 2014 Conference, Fast Company Executive Editor Noah Robischon hosted an intimate chat with Nest CEO Tony Fadell. The designer behind the original iPod, Fadell founded Nest in 2010 as a way to make our homes smarter. In front of a packed audience, Fadell talked about the future of the connected home, Google's $3.2 billion buyout of Nest, the importance of getting design details right, and whether or not Fadell might be Google's big Android boss someday. Here, four insights from the CEO who wants to change how we live:
HBO Go Without Cable Is Finally, Actually, Really Happening
For reals!
After years of hints and pleas from fans HBO has finally announced that it will offer an HBO Go standalone service, outside of the bloated cable bill. CEO Richard Pleper said that in 2015 HBO will sell a "digital version" that won't require a pay TV subscription.
Anita Sarkeesian Cancels Talk After Anti-Feminism Crusader Threatens Mass Shooting
The video blogger canceled a talk at Utah State University after an anonymous author threatened a "Montreal Massacre"-style attack.
On Tuesday night, Feminist Frequency host Anita Sarkeesian canceled a speaking event scheduled at Utah State University, after the school received an anonymous email threatening a "Montreal Massacre"-style attack--referring to the brutal 1989 shooting of 28 people (including 14 women who died) by a self-anointed anti-feminism crusader--if the video blogger was allowed to speak.
Coca-Cola Launches New Program To Recruit Startup Founders
Coca-Cola Founders is a new way to create startups, the company's vice president of innovation and entrepreneurship declared.
Coca-Cola announced the launch of a new entrepreneurship program at Fast Company's Innovation By Design conference today, in conversation with Fast Company senior writer Linda Tischler. David Butler, Coca-Cola's vice president of innovation and entrepreneurship, (who has written a book with Tischler) announced the Coca-Cola Founders program, a way for startups to gain access to Coca-Cola's tremendous reach and for Coca-Cola to tap the ideas of independent entrepreneurs. The company goes into startup communities around the world and hand-selects founders, giving them insider access to Coca-Cola--both the company's assets and its challenges. The founders' ideas are then shaped by what they see inside Coca-Cola.
Could A Food Scanner Change How We Understand Diet and Health?
Tellspec is working on a handheld scanner that tells you what's in your food--and adds diet to the developing map of health data.
Isabelle Hoffmann, the CEO of a food scanning company called Tellspec, pours two delicate cups of organic keemun tea and sets a jar of raw honey in front of me on her kitchen counter. It reminds her of a conversation she had with a food analysis lab scientist. "He said that in 42 years of working there, there is not one time that he has tested pasteurized honey and not found acrylamide," she says in a deep Brazilian accent that makes her sound authoritative in the way some British accents always sound polite. "It is a side effect of the pasteurization."
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