Investors will soon have a new way to bet on the technology behind bitcoin. A new exchange-traded fund tracking blockchain companies by RealityShares is set to start trading on Nasdaq on Wednesday January 17, a person familiar with the matter told Business Insider. An exchange-traded fund that bets on companies with blockchain technology is set to start trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on Wednesday January 17, according to a person familiar with the matter.Exchange operator Nasdaq and Reality Shares, an ETF issuer and index provider, unveiled an index in November designed to capture the growth of blockchain technology. The new The Reality Shares Nasdaq Blockchain Economy ETF by Reality Shares will be based on that index and is anticipated to start trading Wednesday, a source told Business Insider.“The Index is designed to measure the returns of companies that are committing material resources to developing, researching, … [Read more...] about There will soon be a new way to bet on the technology behind bitcoin
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Govt ‘needs plan’ to cope with age of technology
The government needs to know how to adapt to the age of technology and innovation, former deputy prime minister and foreign minister Surakiart Sathirathai told an international conference Wednesday. Citing the economic integration brought about by the the Regional Comprehensive Economic Cooperation pact, the free-trade agreement of the Asia-Pacific, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as well as anti-globalisation trends such as Brexit and the "America First" policy among recent changes, Mr Surakiart said Thailand needs to set strategies to adapt to the changes."We should look at the strategies pursued by other countries as well as our own, but for that we would need good funding. We have to have good knowledge, we have to have research into a strategy," he said."We need to be able to form strategies in the right direction for the government and private sector to proceed. That's not happening in a sufficient way at the moment," he added.Mr Surakiart, now chairman of the Asian … [Read more...] about Govt ‘needs plan’ to cope with age of technology
Wall Street just freaked out about a potential hiccup to a revolutionary gene editing technology — but it’s not as bad as it seems
Companies that develop medications using the revolutionary gene-editing technology CRISPR took a hit on Monday after a study found some concerns about an immune response to the technology. CRISPR Therapeutics dropped sharply on Monday before rebounding, ending the day down 2.6%. Intellia Therapeutics and Editas Medicine both fell by about 11%. Executives at CRISPR Therapeutics told Business Insider that the concern of an immune response wasn’t a surprise, and they don’t see it being a big problem. A revolutionary gene-editing technology is making its way into humans for the first time in 2018. CRISPR-Cas9 is a gene-editing tool that allows researchers to go into a cell, find a particular gene, and make a change to it. Cas9, the protein that does the cutting, is found in Streptoccus and Staphylococcus bacteria, both of which humans are exposed to throughout their life. That has people worried … [Read more...] about Wall Street just freaked out about a potential hiccup to a revolutionary gene editing technology — but it’s not as bad as it seems
How new lightbulb technology is helping LED appeal to the masses
The antique-style lamps that are fast becoming a design necessity for retro bars, hip restaurants and chic homes from New York to London are helping to save the Earth — and keep people buying.The old-fashioned bulbs, which look like the inefficient incandescent technology patented by Thomas Edison in 1878, could encourage people to change their lightbulbs more than once a decade, even as the world moves to greener lamps.By rearranging LED chips onto a strip inside the bulb instead of in a clump, bulb makers found they can satisfy the innate human desire for warmer, natural light, which the first generation of LED bulbs failed to offer. “People are looking for that sparkle and the cosy and warm effect that you see in incandescent bulbs,” said Kristof Vermeersch, head of global product management of LED spots at Philips Lighting NV. Shifting fashions in lighting could help drive sales of LED bulbs … [Read more...] about How new lightbulb technology is helping LED appeal to the masses
Samsung is showing off TVs with a new technology called QLED — and it could be a gamechanger
OLED displays have dominated the TV space over the past few years because of their ability to display pure blacks at incredibly high – and eye-pleasing – contrast ratios, but they are difficult and costly to manufacture. Companies have also explored quantum dots displays, which still use a backlight but have chemical properties that allow them to display an ultra-wide gamut of colours, the one you’d want for high dynamic range (HDR) content. Samsung is therefore trying to build QLED panels, which will use quantum dots for displaying colours but eliminate the backlight to sport OLED’s perfect blacks. The Korean giant is showcasing prototype TVs at CES that, like last year, use quantum dots and some smart engineering to get close to QLED results, but aren’t quite there yet. Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays have been repeatedly touted over the past few … [Read more...] about Samsung is showing off TVs with a new technology called QLED — and it could be a gamechanger