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Mystery of Chris McCandless’s Death Solved | News from the Field outsideonline.com In a blog post for The New Yorker, Jon Krakauer has verified the cause of death of one of the most vivid characters in Outside lore. In 1993, Krakauer published an article on the death of Chris McCandless, a strong-willed… http://flip.it/lA5zL Related articles…
Must-See Video: 3-Sweep is the Fastest Way to Get 3D from 2D That You’ve Ever Seen core77.com It’s not often I’m sitting in front of the computer with my mouth hanging open, but the video below is literally jaw-dropping. Researchers Tao Chen, Zhe Zhu, Ariel Shamir, Shi-Min Hu and Daniel Cohen-Or have developed software called…
Apple’s iPhone 5s, the A7 Chip, and That 64-Bit Question John Paczkowski, allthingsd.com When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5s on Tuesday, the company touted as one of its tentpole features the 64-bit desktop-class processing power of its new custom-made A7 chip. “The A7 is up to twice as fast as the previous-generation system at… http://flip.it/XmXFA…
Visualized: Canon 35mm CMOS sensor captures fireflies in HD (video) Melissa Grey, engadget.com Canon impressed us back in March when it unveiled its 35mm full frame CMOS sensor, which is capable of recording footage in extremely low-light situations. This time around, the company set its sights on the Yaeyama-hime fireflies on… http://flip.it/Ymdt6
10 Countries to Traverse by Foot admin, bootsnall.com Gracing many a traveler’s bucket list, the lofty aspiration of crossing a country on foot is a tempting challenge for the adventurous. Whether strolling the mere 0.2 square miles of Rome’s Vatican City, officially the world’s smallest country, or… http://flip.it/KHf2Y
Monique Valcour, hbr.org Imagine crafting a sustainable career for yourself. Year after year, you perform work that makes full use of your skills and challenges you to develop new ones. Your work not only interests you, it gives you a sense of meaning. You enjoy… http://flip.it/7ZDqj Craft a Sustainable Career
Why Everybody’s Going Freelance BY DRAKE BAER, fastcompany.com Whether they’re getting forced out of their jobs or freeing themselves from their organizations, 17 million Americans are going solo. Here’s what that means for the future of work. More Americans are declaring their independence: as in the … http://flip.it/MIZgf
jgrover, mnn.com “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” The Greek physician Hippocrates may have been way ahead of his time in extolling the health-giving virtues of a sensible diet. In an age of obesity and food deserts, examining the… http://flip.it/2A3OB Doctors prescribe fruits and vegetables instead of pills
jmotavalli, mnn.com Last week, gas prices dropped a bit, to an average of $3.59 a gallon. Any drop in fuel costs always leads to hand-wringing about what it will mean for electric car sales. But this isn’t one of those stories. From where I’m sitting, $3.59 a gallon … http://flip.it/yB9uu 5 cheap, reliable and fuel-efficient…
mnnadmin, mnn.com An international poll pulls the covers off some interesting cultural differences about people’s sleep and bedroom habits, including who changes the sheets most often, and who likes to sleep naked. In the survey, about 1,500 people ages 25 to 55 in… http://flip.it/RcTzP Who sleeps naked? Global sleep survey offers surprises
Frameless Geodesic Dome rigsomelight.com What is it? It’s a frameless geodesic dome designed to be easy to fabricate and build. It is 18 feet wide at the widest point and about 13 feet tall. It feels very spacious for it’s 209 square foo … http://flip.it/WSm4Q Related articles Tiny frameless geodesic home costs only $2100 (boingboing.net)
Get Rich Quick by Tearing Up Your Lawn by Tim Layton, popularmechanics.com DIY Central moonlightbulb/Flickr If you live in Los Angeles, you might be able to earn a few extra bucks and leave behind the dreaded job of mowing the lawn in one fell swoop. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) h……
The 10 Best Apps for DIYers By David Agrell, popularmechanics.com Home How-To For today’s do-it-yourselfer, a well-designed smartphone app can be as essential as a hammer and a box of nails. We tested dozens of apps created to help you find lumber, get organized, match paint colors, and more, and settled on th… http://flip.it/DifsV
Breaking Bad Fact vs Fiction: Walter White’s Secret Formula By William Herkewitz, popularmechanics.com Technology Does the chemistry behind Breaking Bad’s incredibly pure blue crystal methamphetamine measure up? We are watching the final weeks of TV’s most popular meth cook. The AMC series Breaking Bad has chronicled the…
Microbe Transplants Treat Some Diseases That Drugs Can’t Fix by Rob Stein, npr.org Microbe Transplants Treat Some Diseases That Drugs Can’t Fix NPR Health Billie Iverson may be getting up there, but for an 86-year-old, she’s still plenty active. “I take trips, and I go do my own shopping, and I take myself to the…
Thrive with Less Christina Nellemann, tinyhouseblog.com Can you not only live, but thrive, with less? A group of six college students from Michigan decided to take some time out of what they felt were lives of excess to live more minimally. They filmed the lifestyle experiment last year and made it int… http://flip.it/uGijv Related articles…
Camping can help regulate sleep patterns, study finds cbc.ca A week of camping in the great outdoors might be just what’s needed for people who want to regulate their sleep cycles, according to a new study. http://flip.it/3FZog Related articles Camping can help regulate sleep patterns, study finds (cbc.ca)
How to: Turn Your Car Into a Camper Annie Agnone, nationalgeographic.com Earlier this year, I was awarded a National Geographic Young Explorers Grant to spend four months driving around the United States documenting nocturnal culture with my partner and collaborator, Kevin Weidner (who helped me… http://flip.it/ESrpN
bbc.com Boston was once America’s most thriving tech hub, but Silicon Valley’s ascendancy tarnished its reputation. A rash of new start-ups may signal a resurgence. http://flip.it/UQaM2 Boston: Restoring its tech cred?
Growing shoes and furniture: A design-led biomaterial revolution by Liat Clark, wired.co.uk Aug 18, 2013 5:00 pm UTC, arstechnica.com The natural world has, over millions of years, evolved countless ways to ensure its survival. The industrial revolution, in contrast, has given us just a couple hundred years to play catc … http://flip.it/P6gTH
Nothing but the Soylent: We’re trying 1 full week of the meal substitute Lee Hutchinson, arstechnica.com Five days worth of Soylent. God help me.Lee HutchinsonAn unassuming USPS box arrived in my mailbox this afternoon, but the label had a word in it that I’d been hoping to see: “SOYLENT.” Unpacking, I laid the contents on…
How the cloud is rescuing the $300 billion freelance industry from itself Rich Pearson, venturebeat.com Tickets On Sale Now Rich Pearson is Chief Marketing Officer of Elance. The way that businesses recruit and manage workers is undergoing a dramatic transformation. A volatile economy and an increasingly… http://flip.it/gfsrb Related articles Elance unveils Private Talent Cloud to…
Sequoia’s Sir Michael Moritz: The ‘data factory’ is the next Industrial Revolution Jolie O’Dell, venturebeat.com Early Bird Tickets on Sale SAN FRANCISCO — Computation power, applications, device and services costs, and storage are experiencing a dramatic upheaval not unlike the Industrial Revolution of centuries past. All that adds … http://flip.it/T6dGj Related articles Sequoia’s Sir Michael…
Don’t You Wish You Were In One of These Beautiful Natural Pools? Eric Limer, gizmodo.com You’d be crazy not to love stark, modern design like the stunning Tangga House, but the natural look can be beautiful too. Take these awesome man-made pond pools from Water House for example. You can’t tell me you don’t want…
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