Archive for the ‘futurism’ category: Page 586
Mar 17, 2019
An Indian Billionaire Just Gave Shares Worth $7.5 Billion to Charity
Posted by Derick Lee in category: futurism
With the latest move, Premji, who turned a small maker of vegetable oil into a software behemoth, has donated $21 billion of his fortune to charity. Premji’s philanthropy may prompt the rich in a nation where ultra-high net worth population is expected to surge 39 percent by 2023 donate more to charity, and help pull millions out of poverty.
Azim Premji, the billionaire chairman of Indian conglomerate Wipro Ltd., will gift an extra $7.5 billion of the company’s shares to support philanthropic activities, making it the most generous donation in the nation’s history.
Mar 16, 2019
The first woman to fly commercial to space describes what it’s like to see Earth from 55 miles up
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: futurism, space
Mar 16, 2019
Pain Control in a Post-Opioid World — Prof. Peter McNaughton FMedSci — IdeaXme — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, biotech/medical, business, chemistry, futurism, genetics, health, innovation, life extension, neuroscience
Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit. Programming, Programmer, Funny quotes, photos, videos about software engineers wink hit like if you are a programmer :P.
Mar 15, 2019
Why history’s most famous scientists are usually a bit weird
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Obsessed with work, insensitive, socially detached, and neglectful of family and friends — these may not be the most endearing qualities in a person, but they are just a few of the common characteristics a researcher found when studying some of the world’s most famous and prolific inventors.
Mar 14, 2019
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Posted by Mary Jain in category: futurism
Mar 14, 2019
Firefighters are warning that lives could be at risk in New York’s $25 billion megadevelopment
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
- New York City firefighters are worried they don’t have enough capacity to serve Hudson Yards, a $25 billion, 18-million-square-foot megadevelopment that opens Friday.
- By 2024, when the development is scheduled to be complete, it could have more than 125,000 daily residents, visitors, and office workers.
- Unless the city builds a new fire station in the neighborhood, these lives could be at stake, the president of New York’s firefighters union told Business Insider.
New York’s largest private real-estate development, the 18-million-square-foot Hudson Yards, can expect a flood of locals, tourists, and office workers at its grand opening on Friday.
For the first time, members of the public will be able to climb aboard Vessel, a 150-foot-tall honeycomb-shaped art installation in the public square; dine at the complex’s high-end restaurants, including Momofuku and D&D London; and browse its luxury retail stores.
Mar 14, 2019
Sound by the Pound: Surprising Discovery Hints Sonic Waves Carry Mass
Posted by Victoria Generao in category: futurism
Some sounds might possess a tiny but measurable amount of negative gravitational mass.
- By Jonathan O’Callaghan on March 11, 2019