How AssuredSale plans to disrupt the UK housing market

The UK housing market wouldn’t normally receive too much attention here on The Next Web. But when an entrepreneur with a desire to disrupt the way houses are bought and sold across the country builds the technology to help make his vision happen, it’s certainly worth a look. So without any further ado, here’s the man who’s seeking to change the property market in England and Wales. Meet Tim Price Tim Price lives in Manchester, England....

11 min · 2191 words · Julie Vargas

How atomic time-travel could reveal the mysteries of dark matter and more

Physicists from the University of Colorado have created an atomic clock so precise it can measure gravitational time dilation over distances as small as one millimeter. This record-breaking measurement could have implications reaching as far as redefining exactly how long a second is or discovering where all the dark matter in our universe is hiding. Up front:Einstein figured out that time functions differently depending on how close to a “gravity well” the observer is....

4 min · 733 words · Morgan Barnett

How Augmented Reality glasses could transform engineering [Video]

Remember the great Augmented Reality guide to changing printer ink that webrought yourecently? Well, a new partnership between German AR specialistsMetaioand video headwear manufacturerVuzixhighlights how the technology could become far more than a gimmick for businesses that rely on precision engineering. Metaio and Vuzix are to work together on a non-exclusive basis to target Head Mounted Display (HMD) solutions to businesses in areas such as marketing and advertising; assembly; maintenance; on-site and on the factory floor problem solving; training and education, and entertainment....

2 min · 256 words · Jose Gibson

How augmented reality revs up the excitement at auto shows

Last week we rounded of5 iPad appsspecifically designed or tweaked to suit Apple’s newest Tablet. Junaio (for the iPad 2) and Total Immersion’s AR Magic Mirror, both featured within our roundup, showed us what the augmented reality experience can achieve with more real estate. On the iPad 2, or any large sized tablet such as the XOOM or Playbook, users are able to capture a wider scope of points of interest (POIs) and AR elements, bringing users more interaction on the screen....

2 min · 334 words · Jonathan Sanchez

How automation could turn capitalism into socialism

There can be no doubt that automation is the future of work. There’s plenty of debate as to what extent AI will displace workers in the near and far future, but the general consensus is that blue collar work is an endangered species. It’s only a matter of time before robots can perform skilled human labor better and cheaper than we can. What happens then? Companies will embrace automation The past is prescient here....

6 min · 1142 words · Vincent Romero
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