Business Card Reader
Business Card Reader automatically extract and store into their proper fields reading the picture using ABBYY’s text recognition technology –it help you to store name, title, company, address, city, phone, mobile, email, and web address. The card reader enters the data into the iPhone or iPod touch address book, you need to just take a new picture of a business card, or you can upload that as well, the apps start scanning the business card, and within seconds you get the address book field to edit the scanned information if there are errors. Once you’ve done it adds the new contact into your address book.
Obama Urges Student to Study Engineering not Finance
After six years of decline the enrollment in computer science is on the rise and even President Barack Obama is urging students to stay away deliberately finance in favor of engineering.
Obama’s advice was broadcast on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno “We need young people, instead of — a smart kid coming out of school, instead of wanting to be an investment banker, we need them to decide if they want to be an engineer, they want to be a scientist, they want to be a doctor or a teacher,” the president said. see the video;
However Obama didn’t specifically quote computer science in his remark on Leno’s show, but the message was clear. He would rather see students pursue “things that actually contribute to making things and making people’s lives better — that’s going to put our economy on solid footing.”
Kickstarter-Funds Creative Project
kickstarter is a new way to fund ideas and endeavors which patronize its users such as aspiring artists, musicians and inventors—even if all they have to spare are a few bucks for the cause. Its inspiring project for motivating and supporting new creators and budding talents.
kickstarter providing an opportunity to grow grooming artist as a professionals, among the artists the New York Times profiles is Earl Scioneaux III, who used Kickstart to finance his first album:
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“Mr. Scioneaux, who ultimately raised $4,100, offered a range of rewards to his supporters: for a $15 payment, patrons received an advance copy of the album; for $30, they got a personal music lesson as well. A payment of $50 or more got both of those, and a seat at Mr. Scioneaux’s dinner table for a bowl of his homemade gumbo and a chance to listen to some of his studio recordings. “I didn’t expect people to be all over that one,” he said, “but it sold out almost immediately.”
If you’re doing a creative project and want to raise fund go to kickstarter site and get an invite to fund your project.
Biometric-based vending machine from Hitachi
Hitachi
has developed a prototype biometric-based vending machine that doesn’t
need cash anymore, Just your finger will be enough.
The conventional vending machine combined its proprietary finger vein biometric authentication system which enable the registered users to buy beverages, the price are deducted from a chosen credit card. Hitachi also integrated a digital signage system for the marketplace, the buyers will get to see personalized ads or other information on the LCD screen.
Source: crunchgear.com
Balanced Fund Reveals Carbon Footprint
The Green Century Balanced Fund become the first mutual fund in the country to reveal its own carbon footprint. The company announced the results of carbon footprint analysis performed through leading environmental data. Based on measuring the tons of carbon emissions per million dollars of revenue of the companies held by the Balanced Fund, and the companies included in the S&P 500 Index, the carbon intensity of the Balanced Fund is outperforming the index with two-thirds less than that of the S&P 500® Index which is 66 percent lesser.
Sub-Prime Carbon Assets
Al Gore told earlier to Wall Street to Drop ‘Subprime Carbon Assets’
and he has encouraged people to give their investments a closer look
and warned many may be exposed to ’sub-prime carbon assets.’ Green
Century believes that companies with lower carbon intensities will
likely be best positioned to maintain financial competitiveness in a
carbon constrained economy.”
Carbon Footprint Report (pdf file)
More News at Greencentury.com
