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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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  • Sure big data is great, but so is intuition

    http://flip.it/pT0UG Related articles Margaret M Radio to Discuss Imagination Versus Intuition (prweb.com) Big Data and Small Business: How Intuit Leverages Data For Strategic Value Add – Smallbiztechnology.com (bizsugar.com) Information Access and Analytics are Vital in Subjective World of Big Data (arnoldit.com) Jvion is Using Big Data to Deliver Big ICD-10 Insights (prweb.com) A Stream of…

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  • In What Order Should Quilts, Down Comforters, Blankets & Sheets Be Placed

    (via In What Order Should Quilts, Down Comforters, Blankets & Sheets Be Placed? | eHow.com) Related articles Tips for Purchasing a Down Comforter (decorating.answers.com) 12 Geeky Quilts and Blankets – From Arcade Gamer Blankets to Cosmic Trekkie Covers (TrendHunter.com) (trendhunter.com) Where to Buy Bedding for a Long Twin Bed (decorating.answers.com)

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  • TASER’s New Police Glasses-Cam

    (via TASER’s New Police Glasses-Cam Lets Citizens See What Cops See | Fast Company) Related articles Onlooker films man being tasered outside Buckingham Palace (telegraph.co.uk) Police chase ends in cornfield with use of Taser (rapidcityjournal.com)

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  • A Shocking Death, a Financial Lesson

    (via A Shocking Death, a Financial Lesson and Help for Others – NYTimes.com) Related articles Avoid Hydrophobia: Swim Lessons for Kids (pediatrics.answers.com) What Parents Need to Know Before Starting Swim Lessons for Toddlers (pediatrics.answers.com) Giving to the Extreme (projectwhitespace.com)

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  • CES 2013 Shocker: Lowe’s Iris Home Automation Has Legs

    (via CES 2013 Shocker: Lowe’s Iris Home Automation Has Legs – CE Pro Article from CE Pro) Related articles SendGrid At CES 2013 (sendgrid.com) What We Learned at CES and What Brands Have to Know – Day 2 Recap (slideshare.net) CES 2013 Shocker: Lowe’s Iris Home Automation Has Legs (cepro.com) XShot Camera and iPhone Accessories…

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  • Detroit Auto Show Day 2: Honda’s Urban SUV

    (via Detroit Auto Show Day 2: Honda’s Urban SUV, Leaf Price Drop, Verizon-Via Cargo Van · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader) Related articles Detroit Auto Show Day 2: Honda’s Urban SUV, Leaf Price Drop, Verizon-Via Cargo Van (environmentalleader.com) First Look: Honda Urban SUV Concept (automobilemag.com) Electrified vehicles charge the Detroit auto show…

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  • QS Conference 2012 – Ariel Berwaldt – To sleep- perchance to REM

    QS Conference 2012 – Ariel Berwaldt – To sleep- perchance to REM (Source: http://player.vimeo.com/) Related articles REM sleep and suicidal ideation (psychologytoday.com) The Dangers of REM Behavior Disorder (everydayhealth.com) Sleep Wellness Centers of New York (liheart.org) Alcohol intake disrupts normal sleep – Times of India (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) 8 Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Your Health (psychcentral.com)…

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  • Brooklyn’s New DeKalb Market is Made from 22 Salvaged Shipping Containers – Exclusive Photos! DeKalb Container Market

    Where No Cars Go says:, inhabitat.com Emerg­ing from the Jay Street stop of the R train, vis­i­tors encounter a wall of orange, red and white con­tain­ers behind white fenc­ing that holds up a ban­ner to wel­come vis­i­tors. Pass­ing through an alley between two dou­ble stacks of… Brooklyn’s New DeKalb Market is Made from 22 Salvaged…

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  • Kickstarter’s New Greenpoint, Brooklyn Headquarters Will Boast a Green Roof and Glass-Lined Courtyard Kickstarter Greenpoint

    inhabitat.com   It makes sense that Kick­starter chose the pen­cil fac­to­ry as the home of its new head­quar­ters con­sid­er­ing the build­ing’s his­to­ry and the fact that pen­cils were con­sid­ered an inno­v­a­tive, life-improving prod­uct (at least when they… Kickstarter’s New Greenpoint, Brooklyn Headquarters Will Boast a Green Roof and Glass-Lined Courtyard Kickstarter Greenpoint Related articles Kickstarter’s…

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  • Panasonic launches home energy fuel cell

    Inhabitat http://flip.it/abwDn http://flip.it/aeqTB Related articles Panasonic trims Ene-Farm fuel cell size and price (phys.org) Panasonic CEO Attacks Sprawl in Bid for Profit (bloomberg.com) Panasonic Launches More Efficient Ene-Farm Home Fuel Cell (bfreenews.com) Panasonic reduces size and price of “Ene-Farm” home fuel cell (gizmag.com) Panasonic Enhances Appalachian State University’s Kidd Brewer Stadium (prweb.com) Hard choice for…

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  • 9 Ways You’re Ruining Your Online Reputation

    Steve Tobak, inc.com LAST WORD Everything you do on the Internet is like a tattoo you get late at night that can never, ever be erased. We all behave like idiots at times. It’s been that way since the dawn of civ­i­liza­tion. The one sav­ing grace has always been… RT @AsurionCareers: “Everything you do on…

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  • 5 Customers You Should Fire

    Steve Cody, inc.com THE CLIMBER In 18 years of running my own business, I’ve found it’s important to know when to turn the tables and fire a client. Here are those five times. You may know Inc.com as I do: It’s a ver­i­ta­ble trea­sure trove of best prac­tices wh… RT @Inc: Ever fired a customer?…

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  • Lynda.com Deal Solidifies Online Education Boom

    Eric Markowitz, inc.com Inc.com staff Jan 16, 2013 Lynda.com, a 17-year-old online library of training videos, just raised $103 million, underscoring the massive online education boom. Forty years ago, the Unit­ed States gov­ern­ment spent $16 bil­lion on work­forc… RT @Inc: Need proof that the online education boom is real? @Lynda just raised $103 million. http://flip.it/mXA94…

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