Tag Archives: Transport & Travel
10 Careers For the Not-So-Distant Future
Daily Galaxy has an interesting round up of hot careers for the future. Not too boring, and not too far fetched. All of the occupations jibe with trends we’ve been watching come down the line. 2012 is the year these jobs are predicted for, which is approaching fast. Give your boss notice now, and start brushing up on simulation engineering, robotics and space hospitality.
MSNBC’s 10 Careers for the future list:
•Organic food producers, retailers
•Computational biologists
•Parallel programmers
•Data technologists
•Simulation engineers
•Boomer companions, caretakers
•Genetic counseling
•Brain analysts
•Space tour guide
•Robot builders, tenders
[MSNBC via Daily Galaxy]
Chrysler To Offer In Car Wi-Fi
Chrysler has announced they’ll offer cars with the option of built in Wi-Fi starting in 2009. This will be a first, but as usual, innovation is not cheap. The device itself will set you back $500, with monthly payments of $30 to follow. Although this might be helpful occasionally, is it really worth it? When most modern phones can access the net, and even act as a gps system, paying for car Wi-Fi seems redundant. It’s like going backwards, and installing a car phone, instead of using a completely mobile device.
[via men.style]
Virgin Launch Spaceship
PSFK is in the Mojave Desert watching the unveiling of Virgin Galactic’s mothership – an open architecture spaceship that they hope will fuel innovation in space. More to come.
Beijing Taxi Cards
What with the Olympics and everything, Beijing is also currently host to tourists from all over the world trying to navigate their way around a city whose street signs are sometimes nowhere to be found. With this in mind comes Beijing Taxi Cards, a booklet of 55 cards along with a map of the city that not only fit in the palm of your hand but can also be clipped onto your belt loop or key ring. The cards display the most popular attractions in Beijing along with directions written in Chinese and a phonetic pronunciation of the place in English. When hailing a taxi visitors can either attempt to pronounce the location or simply hand over the card. In a city with 70,000 taxi drivers where few speak English, this little booklet is a step in the right (or atleast a little less confusing) direction.