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“The final ingredient to favor the French market could be the Socialist government,” Jackson said in a research note on Monday. “Strange as it may seem, the outperformance of the CAC versus the DAX since early 2012 (the government was elected in early June), is perfectly in line with historical precedent.”
Why Socialism may make France’s stock market rally
Adopting a citywide approach to fitting solar panels and providing charging points for cars would enable suburban homes to provide most of the power for the city center as well as keeping the transport running, according to Hugh Byrd, professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Lincoln in England.
Could a solar suburbia power a modern metropolis? | MNN – Mother Nature Network
The technology, known as crossbar memory, can store data about 40 times as densely as the most compact memory available today. It is also faster and more energy efficient.
Denser, Faster Memory Challenges Both DRAM and Flash | MIT Technology Review
RBS’ analysts have revisited predictions made in 2011 that eurozone banks would have to shed €5.1tn of assets.
The good news is they have managed to get through almost half of that, or €2.9tn, since May 2012. The bad news being there remains another €3.2tn to go, including €661bn from the biggest banks
The long road to Eurozone bank deleveraging | FT Alphaville
Many traditional working-class jobs — from truck driving to administrative work to retail to tending bar — are being replaced by automated technology. The trend seems likely to accelerate. How do we ensure that the kids of tomorrow can do something useful? And how do we help today’s working class transition to the economy of the future?
Will Robots Take All Our Blue-Collar Jobs? – Bloomberg
Right now most smartphones have between 5- and 13-megapixel cameras, but did you know your phone might already be capable of housing a 55-megapixel shooter?
Smartphone cameras: What’s coming next (Smartphones Unlocked) | Smartphones – CNET Reviews
A novel type of wireless device sends and receives data without a battery or other conventional power source. Instead, the devices harvest the energy they need from the radio waves that are all around us from TV, radio, and Wi-Fi broadcasts.
These seemingly impossible devices could lead to a slew of new uses of computing, from better contactless payments to the spread of small, cheap sensors just about everywhere.
Devices Connect with Borrowed TV Signals, and Need No Power Source | MIT Technology Review
Using Facebook can reduce young adults’ sense of well-being and satisfaction with life, a study has found.
BBC News – Facebook use ‘makes people feel worse about themselves’
