Tech Article 10/23

Keys, cash, passports: Six everyday objects that are about disappear

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• Karim Rashid says the future will include digital tattoos, LCD bodysuits, and electromagnetic furniture'
• How to replace the now with the future:

1. Keys and money- fingerprints
2. Bottled water- Bobble Bottled water, helps recycling
3.  Passports and eyeglasses- voice chips and digital chips
4. Parking meters- lease everything
5. Buttons and Pockets- one piece jumpsuits
6. Furniture- electromagnetic furniture

Tech Article 10/15

Etsy, Look Out.. Here Comes Amazon Handmade! Check it out here.

• Amazon Handmade has a strong resemblance to etsy.
• Etsy took a hit and went down 14% in stock
• Ebay went down as well with a 6% hit in stock
• Amazon Handmade sells from 60 countries
• Sells 80,000 products
• 30% are personalized

Tech 10-9

‘But Dials’ Straining 911 Emergency Systems

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• Google did a survey that a large percentage of 911 calls in San Francisco were accidental
• 30% were butt dials
• Places a strain on the people who have to call the people back
• The people often do not answer afterwards
• Survey shows it has taken about fourteen minutes to frantically get a response while not knowing if it was accidental or not
• They consider this the "pain part" of their day
• This increased the risk of actual 911 callers