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A Real-Life Tricorder Is Now Available For You To Buy And Scan Yourself | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation Today, the Scanadu Scout tricorder is available for pre-order on Indiegogo. It’s a chance for early adopters to check out Scanadu’s technology, and an opportunity for Scanadu to gather some of the data it needs for FDA approval. via: futuramb High-res

A Real-Life Tricorder Is Now Available For You To Buy And Scan Yourself | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

Today, the Scanadu Scout tricorder is available for pre-order on Indiegogo. It’s a chance for early adopters to check out Scanadu’s technology, and an opportunity for Scanadu to gather some of the data it needs for FDA approval.

via: futuramb

HTML Toronto Hosts TVO Kids & Leap Motion »

HTML Toronto is hosting an event tonight in Toronto, Canada which they will be live streaming for those around the globe. The live stream is a presentation by TVO Ideashaker Innovation Lab and their use of new gesture-control device, Leap Motion.

TVO will be launching “Caterpillar Count for Leap Motion” when Airspace, Leap Motion’s store launches in the end of July. The IdeaShaker, TVO’s Innovation Lab took a current Flash based children’s game, modified it for HTML5, added gesture capabilities and spent a few days testing the game with children.

They will be walking through the development of our Leap Motion HTML5 game from: export/conversion of Flash assets, development in Javascript, implementation of LeapJS, and many lessons learned about developing gesture games for children.

Please note that they will be streaming the event online for those that are not able to be there. Stream will start at 6:30PM EDT, presentations begin at 7:00PM EDT.

Click here for the Live Stream: http://htmltoronto.ca/live/

3D Printed Replica Hearts Give Doctors Perspective  alexob: Replica hearts like this one held up by Laura Olivieri are ideal for dry runs of complex operations, allowing the surgeon to see beforehand the exact anatomical landscape they will have to navigate. The heart is created by feeding a 3D printer with two-dimensional data from individual patients’ computerised tomography or ultrasound scans, allowing the machine to build up a replica layer by layer. High-res

3D Printed Replica Hearts Give Doctors Perspective 

alexob:

Replica hearts like this one held up by Laura Olivieri are ideal for dry runs of complex operations, allowing the surgeon to see beforehand the exact anatomical landscape they will have to navigate.

The heart is created by feeding a 3D printer with two-dimensional data from individual patients’ computerised tomography or ultrasound scans, allowing the machine to build up a replica layer by layer.

(via seattle-gadgets)

Study Says Apple Still Leading Tablet for Digital Readers Mequoda released stats from their 2013 Tablet Study around Digital Magazines.  Of the findings: 23% of survey respondents read digital magazines on tablet as opposed to print, but expects this to rise to 65% by 2020. 13% of tablet users admitted to buying a single issue magazine or subscription on their device in the last 30 days Two-thirds (67%) of tablet users now consider digital books to be a more trustworthy source of information than the word of friends and family. The above graphic speaks to the tablets these digital readers owned. Apple still leads the charge here with a resounding 62% with Amazon taking second place at a distant 26% Original source: http://tabtimes.com/news/ittech-stats-research/2013/05/22/study-suggests-tablet-magazines-will-beat-print-editions-2020 High-res

Study Says Apple Still Leading Tablet for Digital Readers

Mequoda released stats from their 2013 Tablet Study around Digital Magazines. 

Of the findings:

  • 23% of survey respondents read digital magazines on tablet as opposed to print, but expects this to rise to 65% by 2020.
  • 13% of tablet users admitted to buying a single issue magazine or subscription on their device in the last 30 days
  • Two-thirds (67%) of tablet users now consider digital books to be a more trustworthy source of information than the word of friends and family.

The above graphic speaks to the tablets these digital readers owned. Apple still leads the charge here with a resounding 62% with Amazon taking second place at a distant 26%

Original source: http://tabtimes.com/news/ittech-stats-research/2013/05/22/study-suggests-tablet-magazines-will-beat-print-editions-2020

NASA Funded for Automation of Food - 3D Printer Automation of Food. Now this is a 3D printer I can get behind. First step is printing a pizza the next step is making that pizza as healthy as a kale salad :) thisistheverge: NASA is funding a 3D food printer, and it’ll start with pizza NASA is funding research into 3D-printed food. Mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor received a $125,000 grant from the agency to build a prototype 3D printer with the aim of automating food creation. It’s hoped the system could provide astronauts food during long-distance space travel, but its creator has the loftier aim of solving the increasing food shortages around the world by cutting down on waste. The software for the printer will be open-source, while the hardware is based on the open-source RepRap Mendel 3D printer.  High-res

NASA Funded for Automation of Food - 3D Printer

Automation of Food. Now this is a 3D printer I can get behind. First step is printing a pizza the next step is making that pizza as healthy as a kale salad :)

thisistheverge:

NASA is funding a 3D food printer, and it’ll start with pizza

NASA is funding research into 3D-printed food. Mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor received a $125,000 grant from the agency to build a prototype 3D printer with the aim of automating food creation. It’s hoped the system could provide astronauts food during long-distance space travel, but its creator has the loftier aim of solving the increasing food shortages around the world by cutting down on waste. The software for the printer will be open-source, while the hardware is based on the open-source RepRap Mendel 3D printer. 

Leap Motion with Windows

With Leap Motion technology and Windows, you can do everything that’s possible with multi-touch inputs — without actually touching anything.

Looking forward to get my hands above(?) this. It certainly looks awesome. The Leap Motion Controller costs $ 79.99 and the company will start shipping on July 22nd. A Mac OS X demo video is on its way as well.

via: digithoughts:

“Car-sharing revenue is expected to reach over $3 billion by 2016 and peer-to-peer rentals are expected to expand to become a $26 billion industry. Perhaps most telling is the estimated total market for the sharing economy, which is projected to be $110 billion within the next few years. This market is emerging and continuing to expand at a rapid pace.”

http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/20/collaborative-consumption-the-new-sharing-economy/
Measure the Temperature with your Smartphone With this Kickstarter Smartphone Attachment Thermodo is a simple and elegant way to measure the temperature wherever you are, directly though the headphone jack on your iPhone, iPad or Android device. Currently on Kickstarter, back this project now to be one of the first to own. source: surplus High-res

Measure the Temperature with your Smartphone With this Kickstarter Smartphone Attachment

Thermodo is a simple and elegant way to measure the temperature wherever you are, directly though the headphone jack on your iPhone, iPad or Android device. Currently on Kickstarter, back this project now to be one of the first to own.

source: surplus

marissamayr: I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr!  We promise not to screw it up.  Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going.  We will operate Tumblr independently.  David Karp will remain CEO.  The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve.  Yahoo! will help Tumblr get even better, faster. Tumblr has built an amazing place to follow the world’s creators. From art to architecture, fashion to food, Tumblr hosts 105 million different blogs.  With more than 300 million monthly unique visitors and 120,000 signups every day, Tumblr is one of thefastest-growing media networks in the world.  Tumblr sees 900 posts per second (!) and 24 billion minutes spent onsite each month.  On mobile, more than half of Tumblr’s users are using the mobile app, and those users do an average of 7 sessions per day.  Tumblr’s tremendous popularity and engagement among creators, curators and audiences of all ages brings a significant new community of users to the Yahoo! network.  The combination of Tumblr+Yahoo! could grow Yahoo!’s audience by 50% to more than a billion monthly visitors, and could grow traffic by approximately 20%. In terms of working together, Tumblr can deploy Yahoo!’s personalization technology and search infrastructure to help its users discover creators, bloggers, and content they’ll love.  In turn, Tumblr brings 50 billion blog posts (and 75 million more arriving each day) to Yahoo!’s media network and search experiences.  The two companies will also work together to create advertising opportunities that are seamless and enhance user experience. As I’ve said before, companies are all about people.  Getting to know the Tumblr team has been really amazing.  I’ve long held the view that in all things art and design, you can feel the spirit and demeanor of those who create them.  That’s why it was no surprise to me that David Karp is one of the nicest, most empathetic people I’ve ever met.  He’s also one of the most perceptive, capable entrepreneurs I’ve worked with.  His respect for Tumblr’s community of creators is awesome, and I’m absolutely delighted to have him and his entire team join Yahoo!.    Both Tumblr and Yahoo! share a vision to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas by focusing on users, design — and building experiences that delight and inspire the world every day. http://yahoo.tumblr.com/

marissamayr:

I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr! 

We promise not to screw it up.  Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going.  We will operate Tumblr independently.  David Karp will remain CEO.  The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve.  Yahoo! will help Tumblr get even better, faster.

Tumblr has built an amazing place to follow the world’s creators. From art to architecture, fashion to food, Tumblr hosts 105 million different blogs.  With more than 300 million monthly unique visitors and 120,000 signups every day, Tumblr is one of thefastest-growing media networks in the world.  Tumblr sees 900 posts per second (!) and 24 billion minutes spent onsite each month.  On mobile, more than half of Tumblr’s users are using the mobile app, and those users do an average of 7 sessions per day.  Tumblr’s tremendous popularity and engagement among creators, curators and audiences of all ages brings a significant new community of users to the Yahoo! network.  The combination of Tumblr+Yahoo! could grow Yahoo!’s audience by 50% to more than a billion monthly visitors, and could grow traffic by approximately 20%.

In terms of working together, Tumblr can deploy Yahoo!’s personalization technology and search infrastructure to help its users discover creators, bloggers, and content they’ll love.  In turn, Tumblr brings 50 billion blog posts (and 75 million more arriving each day) to Yahoo!’s media network and search experiences.  The two companies will also work together to create advertising opportunities that are seamless and enhance user experience.

As I’ve said before, companies are all about people.  Getting to know the Tumblr team has been really amazing.  I’ve long held the view that in all things art and design, you can feel the spirit and demeanor of those who create them.  That’s why it was no surprise to me that David Karp is one of the nicest, most empathetic people I’ve ever met.  He’s also one of the most perceptive, capable entrepreneurs I’ve worked with.  His respect for Tumblr’s community of creators is awesome, and I’m absolutely delighted to have him and his entire team join Yahoo!.   

Both Tumblr and Yahoo! share a vision to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas by focusing on users, design — and building experiences that delight and inspire the world every day.

http://yahoo.tumblr.com/

WIREDInsider: STAPLES RELEASES 3D PRINTER »

wiredinsider:

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Image via Cubify

Now the masses can head over to their local Staples store and pick up a 3D printer – if they have $1300 to spare.

The Cube by 3D Systems prints in 16 different colors and up to 5.5” in length, width, and height. Twenty-five free 3D files are included with each…

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