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A shrimp grows in Stoughton. Actually, it’s more like 1,500 pounds of them. Miles from the ocean, in a nondescript industrial park, Pacific white shrimp are frolicking in 82-degree purified Atlantic seawater and getting plump on special feed. It’s warm in the room that houses five big open tanks. That’s the way these babies like…
The Milan-based designer, Luca Agnelli, started out in furniture design where he learned to perfect the art of turning old heirlooms into contemporary products. Today, he creates his beautiful… Source: Vintage electric bikes from Italy out-hip even the coolest ride | Inhabitat – Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building
Joe quit his job in order to build a 100% solar van conversion. His new home is off-grid and sustainable. With solar power alone, he has all the luxuries of a normal home, and the freedom to… Source: Man quits his job to transform his van into an off-grid mobile home | Inhabitat – Green…
A new study of different countries’ slumber habits hints at how culture shapes bedtimes. Source: Society Is Messing With Your Sleep – The Atlantic
Source: Inside Noma’s Science Bunker, Their New Culinary Research Hub – Eater
The technology was once considered superfluous, until contemporary capitalism made it a necessity. Source: Why Refrigerators Were So Slow to Catch On in China – The Atlantic
The hidden value in the tech titan’s services segment is finally revealed. Source: Apple, Inc. Is On to Something With Its New Metric — The Motley Fool
Source: Apple hires former Nest technology chief Yoky Matsuoka | The Verge
The next hot job in Silicon Valley is something you’ve never heard of. Source: The next hot job in Silicon Valley is for poets – The Washington Post
By treating the birth and death of car models as a kind of “fossil record,” anthropologists have been able to chart the evolution of American automobiles for the first time. Source: How Data Mining Reveals the Hidden Evolution of American Automobiles
Microsoft has purchased ten million strands of synthetic DNA to advance cutting edge digital data storage technology. With the amount of digital data doubling nearly every two years, the tech industry is on a quest for a long-term solution to keep track. Source: 1000+ yr shelf life: Microsoft buys into synthetic DNA for data storage…
The master’s in data science with University of Illinois costs $20,000 Source: Edtech: Silicon Valley’s Coursera Just Launched A Big Data Degree — It’s Entirely Online | BusinessBecause
Hillary Clinton agrees, but doesn’t think he’s being realistic. Source: Bernie Sanders Calls for Clean Energy Reform “Not Tomorrow, but Yesterday” | Inverse
Source: Mesmerizing infographics stitched together from millions of selfies and snapshots — Quartz
These days, it’s not enough to come up with a great idea for a product or medicine. Understanding the steps necessary for gaining regulatory approval is crucial. Source: Regulatory science degrees help researchers think outside the lab – The Washington Post
Fitbit lowest heart rate Source: Fitbit: which states have the lowest heart rate?
Considering the constant fatalities and rampant pollution, there is no better word to characterize the car’s dominance than insane. Source: The Absurd Primacy of the Automobile in American Life – The Atlantic
Source: Google.org pledges $20 million to support disability technologies
The Apple Watch has already made a huge impact and appears poised to do much more in the world of medicine. Source: The Apple Watch is a smash hit — in this one field – Business Insider
Source: Using social data to see patients more clearly – PMLiVE
S. Lochlann Jain’s brilliant and powerful ethnography Malignant: How Cancer Becomes Us (2013) addresses not only how cancer has become a major disease, but also how it presents a metaphor and practice constituting American culture. Source: MAT
Leadership is changing. The future is collaborative leaders. Read through these 8 indicators to see if your leadership style will lead you into the future. Source: Traditional vs Collaborative Leaders Infographic – e-Learning Infographics
How a 19th-century nervous condition shaped the way modern Americans think about health and happiness Source: Neurasthenia: The Disease That Shaped American Ideas About Health and Happiness – The Atlantic
Apple’s latest event was a snoozer, but Mac fans should pay close attention. The company’s continued silence on updates for the MacBook Air and Pro says plenty about its attitude towards old-school computing. Source: Is Apple giving up on the Mac? | Digital Trends
Target has plans to launch a new digital health initiative next month online and in 500 of its 1,793 stores. Beyond knowing the stories will offer a new section for health devices, details on what, exactly, the launch will entail are scarce. One device that will be included is Quell, an FDA-cleared and smartphone-connected wearable…
Imagine you were lucky enough to be friends with people all over the world. Like, from the Sahara Desert, way over to rural Slovakia. From Timbuktu to Tokyo. Source: How one app is redefining global navigation with three simple words – Techly
Mr. Trump also favors phrases like “absolutely destroy” that alienate women, according to a company that evaluates language. Source: Measuring Trump’s Language: Bluster but Also Words That Appeal to Women – The New York Times
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