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  • Only vegetarians will be allowed to go to Mars

    Only vegetarians will be allowed to go to Mars By Jess Zimmerman, grist.org If you want to be in the first wave of Mars colonists, your best bet is to buddy up to Elon Musk — cofounder of Pay­Pal, CEO of Tesla Motors, and all-around smartest guy in the room regard­less of the room. He…

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  • Apple is moving into the wind energy business

    Apple is moving into the wind energy business By Sarah Miller, grist.org If you are sick of Apple rul­ing at every­thing, you can stop read­ing now. But if you’d like to hear about how they’re work­ing to har­ness one of nature’s clean­est, most plen­ti­ful resources, con­tin­ue. Because Apple is now branch­ing out fro… RT @grist:…

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  • Whole Foods CEO John Mackey perceptions about climate

    Whole Foods CEO John Mackey knows what’s best for you, and fighting climate change ain’t it By Philip Bump, grist.org You’d think that by now John Mack­ey would have learned to shut up. The Whole Foods CEO and cofounder would no doubt be incensed at my say­ing so, of course, since — in clas­sic hyper-entitled,…

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  • The 14 fossil-fuel projects poised to mess up the climate

    The 14 fossil-fuel projects poised to f*ck up the climate By David Roberts, grist.org In a just­ly famous Rolling Stone piece, Bill McK­ibben pop­u­lar­ized the notion of “Glob­al Warm­ing’s Ter­ri­fy­ing New Math.” We have a “car­bon budget,” between now and 2050, of rough­ly 565 giga­tons of car­bon diox­ide. If we emit mo… RT @grist: Most…

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  • Gost Barefoots get medieval

    Gost Barefoots get medieval with chainmail barefoot shoes C.C. Weiss, gizmag.com At times, the barefoot shoe movement has played out like an all-out unleashing of designers’ unbridled creativity. We’ve seen foam feet, ruggedized socks, foot condoms, half shoes and every other type of foot-suit imaginable. Now we add one that g… Gost Barefoots get medieval…

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  • Hitcase and ChestR Mount let the iPhone see some action

    Hitcase and ChestR Mount let the iPhone see some action Ben Coxworth, gizmag.com With rugged, mount-equipped iPhone cases such as the Optrix XD, it’s now possible to use your phone as an actioncam. Most of these cases, however, aren’t designed to be mounted on the user’s chest – a viewpoint that often offers some of…

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  • Review: Masimo iSpO2 Pulse Oximeter

    Review: Masimo iSpO2 Pulse Oximeter Will Shanklin, gizmag.com If someone asked you what you can do with an iPhone, you could say playing games, listening to music, watching videos and even making phone calls. One thing that you probably wouldn’t mention is checking your blood oxygen saturation. But you can n… Review: Masimo iSpO2 Pulse…

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  • Sauna Box turns an old shipping container into a self-contained steam room

    Sauna Box turns an old shipping container into a self-contained steam room – Images gizmag.com Sauna Box turns an old shipping container into a self-contained steam room – Images http://flip.it/YoSlL http://flip.it/SxMah Related articles Sauna Box turns an old shipping container into a self-contained steam room (gizmag.com) Curbed Maps: Homes With Hot Tubs And Saunas Keep…

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  • Qmountz jumps into the iPhone-to-actioncam market

    Qmountz jumps into the iPhone-to-actioncam market Adam Williams, gizmag.com iPhone users looking to turn their device into an actioncam have been spoiled for choice as of late, and Qmountz by Maptaq is the latest protective case and mount package to join the fray. .. Continue Reading Qmountz jumps into the… http://flip.it/hgBZv Related articles Qmountz jumps…

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  • Pentax launches MX-1 enthusiast-level compact

    Pentax launches MX-1 enthusiast-level compact Paul Ridden, gizmag.com The days when the handy pocket snapper was the weapon of choice for grabbing a quick photo or two have all-but gone, thanks largely to the increasingly capable cameras on the ubiquitous smartphone. Manufacturers looking to tempt folks into buying … Pentax launches MX-1 enthusiast-level compact http://flip.it/7pfLg…

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  • Honda presents its new Urban SUV Concept

    Honda presents its new Urban SUV Concept Ben Coxworth, gizmag.com Honda’s CR-V compact SUV is going to be getting a baby brother. The automaker had previously provided some teaser images of the vehicle, but officially unveiled it yesterday at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit… Conti… Honda presents its new Urban SUV…

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  • Bonobos prefer to share food with strangers

    Bonobos prefer to share food with strangers Karl Bates-Duke, futurity.org DUKE (US) — For bonobos, building a social network and making new friends are as valuable as food, say researchers. If you opened a pack of gum while standing in line somewhere, would you give a piece to the coworker standing on one side of……

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  • Slow metabolism gives leukemia staying power

    Slow metabolism gives leukemia staying power Leslie Orr-Rochester, futurity.org U. ROCHESTER (US) — A super slow metabolism may be one reason acute myeloid leukemia is so hard to cure.The slower metabolism protects leukemia cells in many important ways and allows them to survive better, but researchers have found an… Slow metabolism gives leukemia staying power…

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  • Flexi-legged Shelter

    Flexi-legged Shelter can be built from disaster scrap James Holloway, gizmag.com With its modestly named Shelter, architecture firm Carter Williamson has thrown its hat into the disaster response emergency housing ring. Here, the emphasis appears to be on flexibility, Shelter having been designed for easy transportation and ra… Flexi-legged Shelter can be built from disaster…

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  • AbleNook portable dwelling

    AbleNook portable dwelling assembles in two hours Bridget Borgobello, gizmag.com A few years back, young architects Sean Verdecia and Jason Ross put their heads together to come up with a cheap, flexible and mobile emergency housing system that would provide families with dignity and privacy during a natural disaster. The… AbleNook portable dwelling assembles in…

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  • A hands-on demo with Node

    A hands-on demo with Node, the ultimate sensor device (video) — Tech News and Analysis By Janko Roettgers, gigaom.com Summary: It’s a color sensor, a weather station, a gas leak detector, a thermometer for everything around you, and so much more: Check out Node, the ultimate sensor device. RT @gigaom: A hands-on demo with Node,…

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  • Zuvo Water’s Stratus cleans your H2O with WiFi filters, cloud-connected app

    Zuvo Water’s Stratus cleans your H2O with WiFi filters, cloud-connected app Nicole Lee, engadget.com Few of us are for­tu­nate enough to enjoy clean munic­i­pal tap water — the rest have to make do with clunky bacteria-riddled fil­ters and waste­ful bot­tled H2O. Enter Zuvo Water, which has hopped on Indiegogo to fund its elab­o­rate and… RT…

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  • Swann Platinum-HD security system packs four 1080p cameras

    Swann Platinum-HD security system packs four 1080p cameras, 2TB DVR for $1,600 Zach Honig, engadget.com We don’t fol­low the sur­veil­lance space as close­ly as we do, say, smart­phones or tablets, but this four-camera HD sys­tem from Swann Secu­ri­ty does in fact seem to be the first 1080p-capa­ble con­sumer prod­uct of its kind, so we’re here…

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  • Getting started with Pinterest for business

    Guest Blogger, smartblogs.com There’s no doubt that Pinterest is generating considerable amounts of referral traffic for businesses. Many people were using Pinterest for business by finding ways around the settings meant for personal users, but now Pinterest is officially open… Getting started with Pinterest for business Related articles Getting Visual with Pinterest Marketing Strategy –…

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  • NewHive Lets You Hack Together Any Media Into A Website Collage

    NewHive Lets You Hack Together Any Media Into A Website Collage. 10M Views Let It Raise Funding Josh Constine, techcrunch.com Insta­gram for web­sites? Not exact­ly. NewHive is more like a cross between MS Paint, Pho­to­shop, and Tum­blr. But NewHive’s not just a col­lage site-making tool. It has a com­mu­ni­ty that’s logged 10 mil­lion views of…

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  • Mazda’s Newest Race Cars Are Powered By Chicken Guts

    Mazda’s Newest Race Cars Are Powered By Chicken Guts Joann Muller, forbes.com When the gru­el­ing 2013 Rolex 24 endurance race kicks off at Day­tona Inter­na­tion­al Speed­way on Jan. 26, the field will include three Mazda6 race cars pow­ered by an unusu­al type of renew­able fuel. The ultra-clean, syn­thet­ic diesel fuel… RT @Forbes: Mazda’s newest race…

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  • 40 Things To Say Before You Die

    40 Things To Say Before You Die Jessica Hagy, forbes.com Before you’re sprawled on your deathbed, there are some things you real­ly have to say. They’re not com­pli­cat­ed. They’re not poet­ry. They’re just short sen­tences with big mean­ing. I hope they get you talk­ing. 40 “I… RT @Forbes: 40 things to say before you die…

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  • How One Designer Went From Designing Remote Controls To Cook Stoves

    How One Designer Went From Designing Remote Controls To Cook Stoves BY RACHAEL CHONG, fastcoexist.com Heather Fleming’s Catapult Designs does innovative product design—but for the developing world. Editor’s Note This is the lat­est pro­file in Catchafire’s Gen­eros­i­ty Series, a multi-month cel­e­bra­tion and inves­ti­ga­tion of bold… RT @FastCoExist: How One Designer Went From Designing Remote Controls…

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  • Visualizing The Returns Of Education

    Visualizing The Returns Of Education BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com The winner of an infographic design contest compares and contrasts the different costs and benefits of public and private education in countries around the world. At a time of inflation-busting tuition fees, reduced gov­ern­ment sup­port, and… RT @anya1anya: amazing infographic on the returns to education via…

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  • PVC Plastic Is Why You’re Fat

    PVC Plastic Is Why You’re Fat BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com Add another chemical to the list of things that are invading our bodies and making us gain weight. If you’re look­ing to blame some­thing for your weight issues, there is no short­age of scape­goats: Genet­i­cal­ly mod­i­fied food, BPA, diet sod… RT @FastCoExist: PVC Plastic Is…

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  • The American Society of Pharmacognosy

      pharmacognosy.us News & Announcements Jan­u­ary 3rd, 2013 “On New Year’s Eve of 2012, the US Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion (FDA) announced its approval of cro­fele­mer (Fulyzaq™, Salix Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, Ltd., Raleigh, North Car­oli­na) — mark­ing the sec­… http://flip.it/CYKFs The American Society of Pharmacognosy Related articles Salix Wins FDA Approval of Dragon’s Blood Drug for Diarrhea…

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