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Automotive Technology
Tesla updates Model S and Model X options, makes premium features standard and increases base price
While all the focus is currently on the Model 3, Tesla updated the Model S and Model X design studio by making the ‘Premium Upgrades Package’ standard on the non-performance versions of both vehicles. The result is the base prices of the Model S and Model X have now...
Tesla Model 3 Performance edition livestream: Electrek’s First Look 4PM PT today
Tesla is giving us our first look at the Tesla Model 3 Performance edition today at 4:00 Pacific time/ 7PM Eastern. (That’s “Tesla time” so be prepared for some possible delays). The good news is that we are going to stream it on our Youtube Channel so subscribe now...
Filing may uncover plans for hybrid VW Beetle coming soon
Just a few months ago, we heard that Volkswagen was not planning to develop a successor to the current Beetle but a recent filing shows that it might have one last hurrah for 2019. A June filing by supplier Magneti Marelli shows an instrument cluster that appears...
Healthcare Technology
Information Blocking–The AHA Comments & PPR Responds
By ADRIAN GROPPER The focus on the CMS rules on information blocking continues on THCB. We’ve heard from Adrian Gropper & Deborah Peel at Patients Privacy Rights, and from e-Patient Dave at SPM and Michael Millenson. Now Adrian Gropper summarizes — and in an linked...
Weekender 7/20/18
Weekly News Recap A survey finds that both consumers and physicians recognize the benefits of virtual care, but few consumers have experienced it and few doctors offer it Tenet Healthcare considers selling its Conifer Health Solutions business for up to $2 billion...
Morning Headlines 7/20/18
What can health systems do to encourage physicians to embrace virtual care? A Deloitte physician survey finds that while both consumers and doctors recognize the benefits of virtual care, most consumers haven’t had a virtual visit and only 14 percent of doctors offer...
Consumer Products
Ready for the next Black Friday? Never before seen sales peaks in Latin America
Promotional events change traditional seasonality and strongly concentrate sales Promotional events are gaining more and more importance across the whole world – and Latin American tech markets are among those showing the strongest impact. These events are changing...
3 key requirements for an optimal online pricing tool
The secret to choosing an online pricing tool that delivers real value We are inundated with tech solutions for our daily lives that are fast, easy to use and help to reduce time spent on the mundane. Having used pricing tools for over 10 years, it has always been an...
Key insights within travel: Three current themes for exploration
With summer fast approaching – yes, it officially started on June 21st – Americans once again will be vacationing in record numbers. Recent forecasts estimate that over 246 million passengers will fly domestically between June and August (which averages to over 2.5...
Academic Technoloy
An Easy Way to Find Images for Google Slides Presentations
There are plenty of good places to find public domain and Creative Commons images to use in your Google Slides presentations. The Unsplash photos add-on even makes it possible to find public domain images without ever leaving the slides editor. But even with the...
ClassTag's Parent-Teacher Engagement Contest Will Award $10,000 for Classroom Supplies (Kind of)
ClassTag is a teacher-parent communication service that I've watched develop for a couple of years now. I like a lot of what it offers including the option to track how your students' parents respond to messages and adjust your messages accordingly. This month...
An Easy Way to Find 360 Videos to View in Google Cardboard
Google Expeditions offers lots of 360 content that your students can explore in Google Cardboard viewers. But Google Expeditions isn't the only source of 360 content that you can use in your Google Cardboard or other virtual reality headsets. There is a lot of 360...
Alternative Energy
Fury at Plans to Scrap UK Renewables Subsidies
Renewables and sustainability groups have reacted with fury to proposals by the UK government to scrap subsidies for green energy projects.
Tesla Autopilot Miles Skyrocketing (Cool Graphs)
The MIT Autonomous Vehicle Technology Study (MIT-AVT), which is studying human-AI interaction in driving, has collected masses of real-world driving data, and is using that data to glean all sorts of insights of interest to Tesla fans. In a previous post, we admired a...
This 26 Year Old Scored 6 Teslas In 18 Months — And How
Although driving a Tesla can be expensive and out of reach for some, there are a few innovative ways to help drive down the cost of Tesla ownership. Raymond De Padua owner of Tesluro, a Tesla rental company on Turo based out of Jacksonville, FL, has managed to do this...
Nuclear Energy
ANS Friday Nuclear Matinee: Growing Food with Nuclear
By James Jenden Please click to watch the video. “Energy to Feed the World: Nuclear Power vs Meat” We all know about Calories. Often, for people on a diet, Calories are the enemy. They’re a measure of how much energy is in food (and are a harsh reminder that you...
A Savannah Story
by Will Davis July 21 will bring with it another anniversary of the 1959 launching (shown above) of the only US-built nuclear powered commercial ship, the NS SAVANNAH. We’ve covered the ship fairly well here at ANS Nuclear Cafe over the years, so perhaps it’s time...
With immediate and profound changes, U.S. nuclear power can become an unexpected but welcome low carbon wedge
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon, University of San Diego, and Harvard recently published a useful call to action titled U.S. nuclear power: The vanishing low-carbon wedge . For pro-nuclear observers and debaters, their conclusion may seem quite depressing. It should...
Cloud Storage Technology
Free software | What businesses should consider
When it comes to free software, there is often a catch. As more legacy enterprise software companies jockey to become relevant in the cloud, the competitive environment is increasingly intense. To quickly expand cloud offers, these large vendors often buy smaller...
Supply chains | is the Blockchain the answer?
In February 2018, a Gartner analyst described the “irrational exuberance” of blockchain – a term synonymous with a 1996 Alan Greenspan speech which warned of an overvalued market. On the Gartner hype cycle, Blockchain has gone beyond the “Peak of Inflated...
AWS Summit New York 2018: Keynote Highlights
Despite heavy afternoon rains that caused downtime for portions of the Javits Center, an estimated 10,000 cloud computing practitioners descended upon New York City this week for AWS Summit. With access to a vendor exposition and breakout sessions focused on technical...