Despite all of the hype surrounding constant advancements in Big Data, the current mindset guiding data architecture is outdated. The landscape has changed considerably in the recent past. The rapid pace of technological development has allowed businesses to capture and store vast amounts of data in far less time and at a much lower cost than ever before. Technology will soon reach the point at which Big Data analytics will become “as easy to use as Excel,” Alok Prasad, President, Cambridge Semantics. Along with the flood of other new technologies in innovative data science, the most exciting of which include advancements in direct consumer connections in real-time and the Internet of Things, it’s difficult not to get caught up in all the fuss. According Neil Jarvis, Chief Information Officer, Fujitsu Americas, “businesses are finding it increasingly easier to collect and store the vast quantity of 1s and 0s that their businesses and the world at large generate. Where companies often get stuck is figuring out how to use all that data – determining what’s relevant, what to discard and, most importantly, what can be used to drive and grow their business.”

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There’s a new space race afoot: As NASA steps to the side in terms of manned space travel, a slew of companies are now working to make space flight attainable—and perhaps even affordable—for everyday customers. As we enter the age when just about anybody (at least anybody with the right bank account) can fancy themselves an astronaut, I decided to call up the experts and grill them for their favorite facts and trivia about this brave new world.

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Percko undershirt creators want to be the best posture-fixing wearable out there.

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For all the hype over the idea that someday, somehow we humans will voyage to the stars — not at a measly fraction of the speed of light — but several “warp” factors beyond light speed, it’s a prospect few physicists take seriously. Even mention of “warp drive” is borderline taboo in certain academic circles.

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Riva Turbo X offers high quality sound, epic battery life and challenges established premium audio brands with a 7-transducer, 45W portable Bluetooth speaker system priced at $350.

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The freshest face in Blizzard’s cadre of hit games, Hearthstone, has been a darling of the esports scene.

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Chaos theory describes self-replicating herd behavior. Steve Jobs told us to “think different.” Most tax practitioners are overwhelmingly driven to self-replicating herd planning. Individuals with “black swan” tax events need “think different” planning.

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