Google Search Terms Can Predict the Stock Market | Surprising Science

Google Search Terms Can Predict the Stock Market | Surprising Science The changes in the frequency of some of these words, it turns out, are very useful predictors of whether the market as a whole—in this case, the Dow Jones Industrial Average—will go down or up (the Dow is a broad index commonly considered a [...]

Demand forecasts: Distant peak car | The Economist

Demand forecasts: Distant peak car | The Economist a few decades ago teenagers in America often got free driving lessons at school, but now they may have to pay up to $800 for them before they can sit their test. The cost of adding a young driver to the family’s car-insurance policy too has risen [...]

Why It’s Smart to Be Reckless on Wall Street | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network

Why It’s Smart to Be Reckless on Wall Street | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network That asymmetry in pay (money for profits, flat for losses) is the engine behind many of Wall Street’s mistakes. It rewards short-term gains without regard to long-term consequences. The results? The over-reliance on excessive leverage, banks that are loaded [...]

“Computerized communication console of the future”

Walter Cronkite in the Home Office of 2001 (1967) – YouTube

Scientists make monkeys smarter using brain implants. Could you be next?

Scientists make monkeys smarter using brain implants. Could you be next? For the very first time, scientists have demonstrated that a brain implant can improve thinking ability in primates. By implanting an electrode array into the cerebral cortex of monkeys, researchers were able to restore — and even improve — their decision-making abilities. The implications [...]

In Praise of Idleness By Bertrand Russell (1932)

In Praise of Idleness By Bertrand Russell Good nature is, of all moral qualities, the one that the world needs most, and good nature is the result of ease and security, not of a life of arduous struggle. Modern methods of production have given us the possibility of ease and security for all; we have [...]

Why Young Adults Don’t Want Your House – Divergent Planning

Most young people value experiences much more than they value property. They would rather travel regularly or buy the newest iPhone and iPad every year over paying a mortgage. To them a mortgage means they are tied down and less free to make decisions. Gen Y’ers love their freedom via Why Young Adults Don’t Want [...]

Did You Know? The Future Is Better Than You Think! – YouTube

Did You Know? The Future Is Better Than You Think! – YouTube.

3D printed lower – yes, it works. – AR15.COM

A milestone has been reached. 3D printers will not become illegal, but the plans to make weapons will. However, will this prevent arms production through them? Not at all, since piracy tomorrow will also apply to the plans for physical objects. Now, if anyone anywhere can produce a working weapon, think what this means for [...]

How Google is becoming an extension of your mind | Internet & Media – CNET News

The bottom line: the more types of work computers do on your behalf to make your life easier, the more access you must grant them to the intimacies of your personal life. And that means it’s time for Google and Google users think carefully about whether it’s time to shift from ad-supported free services toward [...]