May 2013
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InVitro Meat: Building a $325,000 Burger →
A researcher in the Netherlands wants to show the world — including potential donors — that in-vitro meat is a reality.
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'Robo-doc' navigates on its own, frees doctors to... →
WALL-E, meet EVA: ‘Robo-doc’ navigates on its own, frees doctors to focus on the critically ill / UCLA Newsroom
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“Please, please, please DON’T use script fonts in ALL CAPS.
There may be...”
– Jacci Howard Bear, About.com Guide
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/finetypography/qt/script_caps.htm
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“It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of...”
– Lech Walesa, Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, 1983
23 | April | 2013 | On Higher Education
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“At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.”
– Lawrence Bossidy, former Chief Operating Office of GE
On Higher Education | Walter Wendler
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“Do not hire a man (or woman) who does your work for money, but him (or her) who...”
– Henry David Thoreau
On Higher Education | Walter Wendler
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Samsung Tests a Galaxy Note 10.1 Controlled by... →
One day, we may be able to check e-mail or call a friend without ever touching a screen or even speaking to a disembodied helper. Samsung is researching how to bring mind control to its mobile devices with the hope of developing ways for people with mobility impairments to connect to the world. The ultimate goal of the project, say researchers in the company’s Emerging Technology Lab, is to...
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April 2013
9 posts
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“Software skills,” he says. “This is probably the most important...”
– Jeffrey Bowman is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer based in the mountains of Hemsedal, Norway. Formerly of Studio Output and a lecturer at Shillington College, Bowman has worked for numerous clients around the globe with his edgy, youth-culture-driven style. And what does he know now...
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“Life becomes more interesting. Focusing all your time and energy on just one...”
– To Succeed in Work and Life, Be Mr. T | The Art of Manliness
“Patients with frequent tension-type headaches or migraines can get themselves...”
– Painkillers may be making a million headaches worse - Health News - NHS Choices
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“The key to unlocking the hidden structure of a chaotic system is in determining...”
– RealClearScience - What Is Chaos Theory?
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“If you can tease out the pattern’s underlying chaotic systems, you can effect a...”
– RealClearScience - What Is Chaos Theory?
March 2013
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Would you replace any of your body parts with a... →
If it was promised that you would run faster, be stronger, see farther, live longer…
Would you replace any of your body parts with a mechanical upgrade?
Which manufacturer would you trust to make it?
Apple, Google, Microsoft…?
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“the brain is not computable and no engineering can reproduce it.”
– Miguel Nicolelis
Leading Neuroscientist Says Kurzweil Singularity Prediction A “Bunch Of Hot Air” | Singularity Hub
“I make solutions that nobody wants to problems that don’t exist.”
– Alvin Lustig, Nine Pioneers
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How Social Media is Ruining Our Minds →
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EN - craftcamera →
Craft Camera is a simplified D.I.Y digital camera. It is established of a carboard case and an electronic system runned by Arduino. All the elements are Open Source, allowing users to master the use and the life expectancy, or to build it as Do It Yourself. The simplification of the device allows to privilege the spontaneity in the recording. Photos are stored in a memory card, and can be...
February 2013
12 posts
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Planetary Resources – The Asteroid Mining Company... →
“Planetary Resources’ mission is clear: apply commercial, innovative techniques to explore space. We will develop low-cost robotic spacecraft to explore the thousands of resource-rich asteroids within our reach. We will learn everything we can about them, then develop the most efficient capabilities to deliver these resources directly to both space-based and terrestrial customers....
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“…but if we are to lay claim to professional status, then we will have to...”
– http://www.eyemagazine.com/opinion/article/agenda2
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“Lewis Mumford wrote: ‘Why should we gratuitously assume, as we so constantly do,...”
– http://www.eyemagazine.com/opinion/article/agenda2
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Shutterstock Annual Design Trends 2013 (I really...
Shutterstock Annual Design Trends 2013
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Twitter Confirms Security Breach for 250,000 Users →
“…This week, we detected unusual access patterns that led to us identifying unauthorized access attempts to Twitter user data. We discovered one live attack and were able to shut it down in process moments later. However, our investigation has thus far indicated that the attackers may have had access to limited user information – usernames, email addresses, session tokens and...
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Facebook Is Said to Create Mobile... →
“Facebook Inc. (FB) is developing a smartphone application that will track the location of users, two people with knowledge of the matter said, bolstering efforts to benefit from growing use of social media on mobile computers. Enlarge image A Facebook Inc. logo in Tiskilwa, Illinois. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg The app, scheduled for release by mid-March, is designed to help users...
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Facebook Reportedly Working on App to Track User... →
“Speaking to Bloomberg, two sources claim Zuckerberg and company are working on a way to track your physical location via smartphone, sending you location-specific ads and even letting Facebook friends see your whereabouts. ” - Matt Clark, Mac|Life
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“Google is running a pilot project to see if these USB-based Yubico log-on...”
– Google Declares War on the Password | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
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“Once you’ve finished your design, …get someone else to look over...”
– How not to design! The 10 biggest mistakes that designers make | Industry insight | Creative Bloq
January 2013
21 posts
the shadow recruit: Right Girl, Wrong Dream →
shadowrecruit:
I think I found her today. I was getting out of my car when a woman who looked just like the girl from my dream approached me with a smile. She was the same height, had the same skin and hair as the girl on the balcony. I wished her a good afternoon, her smile widened and she suggested that I…
“Rio de Janeiro is mixing technology with tradition to provide tourists...”
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Rio De Janeiro Embeds QR Codes Into Sidewalks To Give Tourist Info
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“But since 2011 as mobile has increasingly become the access point to the web,...”
– How Long Till Facebook Clones Vine? No, Facebook Should Have Invented Vine | TechCrunch
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Setback For Student In Fight Against RFID Chips |... →
“Andrea Hernandez is a student at John Jay School, a magnet school in Texas whose students were recently required to begin wearing Smart ID badges with radio-frequency identification (RFID) locator chips in them.”
