je.st

Home › reinventing

Tag: reinventing

Reinventing Play With Augmented Reality Toys

2013-09-13 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld

Augmented reality and other interactive technologies are changing what it means to play, read and interact. "For decades we have aspired to the holodeck as featured in Star Trek, whereby we can fully immerse ourselves in simulated surroundings," said toy consultant Steven Reece. This new breed of toys offers a kind of magic that kids -- and adults -- crave.

Tags: play toys reality augmented

Please Join Us: Forbes Inaugural Reinventing America Summit, Chicago, March 2014

2013-09-05 22:50:53| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

For the past eighteen months, FORBES has introduced readers to stories of heartland innovation and civic transformation as part of our ongoing " Reinventing America " series.

Tags: join march america chicago

Reinventing Farming For A Changing Climate

2013-05-24 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: Scientists say climate change could increase pests and weeds, lengthen growing seasons and turn dry soil to dust. Farmers are already on the offensive, adopting no-till cropping methods to conserve water and experimenting with different seeds. And scientists are using a technique called gene silencing to develop new cropswithout tinkering with the plants' DNA.

Tags: changing climate farming reinventing

VIDEO: Reinventing the New York payphone

2013-03-26 04:00:14| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

With mobile phones part of everyday life, the city of New York holds a competition to reinvent the payphone and ensure it will remain relevant in the future.

Tags: video york reinventing payphone