Sustainable Communities for the 21st Century

Bad News for ‘Unlimited Data’ Mobile Users to start 2017!

Bad News for ‘Unlimited Data’ Mobile Users Mobile users on “unlimited” data plans got a double dose of bad news this week. Verizon will be kicking the heaviest data users off the plan, while AT&T’s remaining unlimited users face a price hike according to The Consumerist https://consumerist.com/2017/01/09/verizon-kicking-another-round-of-data-hogs-off-grandfathered-unlimited-plans/ Cellphone…

Welcome to 2017: a Brave New World! Scientists encode, retrieve 10,000 gigabytes stored on DNA molecules

                              © National Human Genome Research Institute / Reuters Researchers at the University of Washington and Microsoft are developing one of the first complete storage systems to house digital data in DNA. The news comes as the digital universe is expected to hit 44 trillion gigabytes by 2020. “Life has produced this fantastic molecule called DNA that efficiently stores all…

No Consent Needed: New York City Installing Advanced Facial Recognition/License Plate Surveillance System

As an Orwellian fan since I was knee high to a grasshopper, the implications of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recently revealed legislation are undeterred by any form of “privacy” if one chooses to cross into New York City. The ending of the Security vs. Privacy debate that many Futurists, including myself, have discussed and researched in the recent past is now here – Privacy has lost,…

Philadelphia Will Soon Open Its First “Pay What You Can” Restaurant

Philadelphia will soon open its first “pay what you can” restaurant. The EAT (Everyone At the Table) Café is a nonprofit created by a collaborative consisting of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, the Center for Hospitality and Sport Management at Drexel University, Vetri Community Partnership, and the greater West Philadelphia community. Philadelphia is currently plagued by food insecurity,…

BOSS Facial Recognition Planned By Department of Homeland Security at Junior Hockey Game

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Kite™ Patch is a small, powerful patch that allows humans to go virtually undetected by…

Marriage and Family: The 21st Century Approach Textbook: Just Released!

I am excited and ecstatic to let all of you know that after three years of blood, sweat, and tears…

Health Care Confusion: Affordable Care Act Exchanges Open on October 1st, 2013

The Affordable Care Actis misnamed, in that it will to do little to make health care more…

American's Looming Retirement Crisis

The latest studies in 2013 just released by the Department of Health show that more than half of…

More talks are heating up regarding alternatives due to Greece’s economy and the euro continuing to struggle since 2011. Individual Greek citizens are increasingly taking matters into their own hands, creating informal underground barter markets and even…

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Source: World Net Daily: Government confiscates half of citizens’ pensions.

Being distracted by the news a possible U.S. military attack on Syria dominates news internationally, the government of Poland announced a decision to confiscate half of the…

According to research conducted by Gen Y research and consulting firm Millennial Branding and Beyond.com, 87 percent of companies pay between $15,000 and $25,000 to replace each millennial employee they lose.

The study, “The Cost of Millennial Retention,”…

Moving away from cash towards electronic payments suits festival goers worried about petty-theft and the need to withdraw wads of cash before a big weekend. The technologies also have obvious attractions for events organizers, who have traditionally…

A Big “Yes” To Yesware: Insanely Easy Email Tracking.

Sustainable Communities are all about utilizing and leveraging technology for improving peoples lives. In saying this, Yesware integrates into Gmail, which is one of the most popular free (depending on…

A Pending Bankruptcy of Large U.S. Cities May Bring Urban Revival

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/cities-bankruptcy-after-detroit/2013/08/06/id/519081

Think Motown…