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THE NEST PROTECT
One of the greatest things about living in this day and age is all of the cool tech stuff that comes out just about every day. And today, iPod creator Tony Fadell’s company Nest announced one of those products that seems way overdue – The Nest Protect; a $129 smoke and carbon monoxide detector straight from the living room of The Jetsons.
The sleek and stylish Protect not only sounds an alarm when there’s danger, it also speaks to you in a voice from a digital woman who could very well be Siri’s sister. And to silence the alarm you can leave the ladder in the garage and simply wave at it to stop the noise. The device launches next month along with an iPhone app which can control the Protect and receive alerts. Time to pull out that Christmas wish list.
This 3D Printed Bike Tells You Where to Go
Maybe it has been the influence of the current hipster scene: the hype among urban biking. Apparently urban biking requires entirely different bikes than suburban biking does and therefore a Bike Design Project started where five design studio’s across five cities had to come up with a perfect urban bike. The winning bike will be manufactured for a limited run of 100 bikes and will be in stores next year. Industry, a Portland-based studio came up with a very interesting bike: one that uses bluetooth and handlebars that tell you when to stop or turn.
Maybe it has been the influence of the current hipster scene: the hype among urban biking. Apparently urban biking requires entirely different bikes than suburban biking does and therefore a Bike Design Project started where five design studio’s across five cities had to come up with a perfect urban bike. The winning bike will be manufactured for a limited run of 100 bikes and will be in stores next year. Industry, a Portland-based studio came up with a very interesting bike: one that uses bluetooth and handlebars that tell you when to stop or turn.
Industry worked together with Ti Cycles to create a bike with a 3D printed titanium frame. The bike is called Solid and can connect to a smartphone app: My Bike. This app alarms a user when a light needs replacement and if something gets wrong with one’s brakes. There is also software called Discover My City, which has a series of routes through Portland’s most trendy neighborhoods, with suggestions about where to eat and shop.
Nevertheless, the idea with cycling is that you need to focus on the road and not on your smartphone. This bike therefore uses integrated feedback on handlebars. Those handlebars tell a user when to turn, as they will buzz when a turn appears. As you’re getting closer, they will buzz more frequently. And then there’s the possibility to control your light via built-in sensors and change gears by pressing an electronic button. Yes, a bike for superman.
Although the bicycle looks highly interesting and can be seen as a piece of art for the designing world, we don’t know if we would like our bike to have an automatic buzz when we’re approaching a turn. On the other side: it could add some extra safety to traffic in general. Whether you like the bike or not, you have to admit the Portland-based studio brings the concept of urban biking to a whole new level.
Online Degrees - A Smart Choice For Students
According to the statistical information by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2013, the average weekly income of high school graduates without a college bachelor’s degree was 651 dollars whereas those with a bachelor’s degree earn 1108 dollars on an average. With the career opportunity growing day by day this difference will become more and more and the benefits of having higher degrees can never be compromised.
He Did it on Dartmouth College; Not all Students Can.
With an effort to keep a pace with the growing job opportunities, more and more professionals are turning to online degrees and consider it a convenient and better alternative to the traditional classroom learning. A recent survey has found that the average increase of online students since the year 2003 has been more than 568, 000 and this is a remarkable figure. The growth is due to the fact that online education offers a convenience to the guys who are not able to attend the traditional class room education. Following are the other benefits received by pursuing an online degree-
• You get a better flexibility for scheduling your classes and exams
• You save time and money through virtual classrooms and online correspondence
• Freedom for students to form their own routines and manage their workflow
A number of professional universities have understood the benefits of the online degrees and have started offering online courses and degrees in nearly each and every field. With the growing pace and hectic work life more and more students and professionals are finding online degrees and programs as a smarter choice. In the coming future, the course offerings are sure to increase and accredited universities and programs are also sure to grow in number. The growth of technology and new faster means of telecommunication are also going to support the development of online ducation.
10 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About The Universe
We live in a big big world. While the earth is big, measuring over 7,900 miles in diameter, it’s nothing compared to the universe itself. Our Sun is just an average star, just one of billions in the Milky Way Galaxy, and there are countless galaxies in the known universe. Sound crazy? That’s just one of the mind blowing facts about our universe that will make you realize just how special and unique the world we live in truly is.
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is HUGE
The Great Red Spot found on the planet Jupiter is a persistent anti-cyclonic storm, located just south of Jupiter’s equator. Storms of this nature have an average life of at least 150 years but the Great Red Spot of Jupiter is anything but average. Not only is it three times the size of planet Earth, but it was reportedly in existence way back in 1665 as observed by astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli. Talk about a massive storm!
Earth Shares It’s Orbit Around the Sun
When you look up in the night’s sky, you’ll no doubt see what you might think is Earth’s one and only Moon. While there are a number of celestial bodies that the Earth shares the Solar system with, there’s one you may not know about: Cruithne. Say what? Believe it or not, Cruithne was discovered in 1986 is a co-orbital object with the Earth, mean that it shares a similar orbit with it around the Sun. While it is too small to be a planet, it is considered a minor planet.
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