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  • How Many Techies Does It Take to Reelect a President

    How Many Techies Does It Take to Reelect a President? T4O Launches “Innovator Series” Videos for Obama. Kara Swisher, allthingsd.com A large group of tech lumi­nar­ies — includ­ing LinkedIn’s Reid Hoff­man, Path’s Dave Morin, JLab’s Judy Estrin, Drop­box’s Drew Hous­ton, Craigslist’s Craig New­mark and Box’s Aaron Levie — are part of the launch of a…

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  • Natural Keyboard Brings the Outdoors Right to Your Desk

    Natural Keyboard Brings the Outdoors Right to Your Desk Anita Li, mashable.com Hunch­ing over a desk all day at work may make you yearn for the great out­doors. Artist Rob­bie Tilton aims to rem­e­dy that by cre­at­ing a com­put­er key­board made from organ­ic mate­ri­als. Laser cut from an Apple wire­less key­board… http://flpbd.it/EgyTk Related articles Hands-on:…

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  • The Best iPhone Apps

      gizmodo.com There’s an ocean of apps out there. Whether you just got your iPhone and are feel­ing adrift or you’re a salty old dog see­ing what you might’ve missed, here are the absolute­ly essen­tial apps. Social Twit­ter: Twit­ter thank­ful­ly… http://flpbd.it/cdICD The Best iPhone Apps Related articles The Best Alternatives for Almost Every Pre-Loaded iPhone…

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  • Health 2.0: Here Come The BigCos

    Health 2.0: Here Come The BigCos! Richard MacManus, readwriteweb.com I’m at the Health 2.0 Con­fer­ence in San Fran­cis­co – and it reminds me a lot of the Web 2.0 Con­fer­ences of 2006-07. The sec­ond com­ing of the Web, coined “Web 2.0” by Tim O’Reil­ly and his com­pa­ny, was enter­ing its peak around 2006. If I……

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  • Health 2.0 Challenge #1: Getting Doctors Off Fax

    Health 2.0 Challenge #1: Getting Doctors Off Fax Machines Richard MacManus, readwriteweb.com Today at the DC to VC: Health IT Start­up Show­case, a col­lab­o­ra­tion between Mor­gen­thaler Ven­tures and the Health 2.0 Con­fer­ence, I saw first­hand how health IT star­tups are tack­ling big, real-world prob­lems. Com­ing from a world where… http://flpbd.it/hw3nH Related articles Video: My interview…

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  • An Epidemic of Absence

    Book review: An Epidemic of Absence takes on the worms you’re missing Diana Gitig, arstechnica.com An Epi­dem­ic of Absence: A New Way of Under­stand­ing Aller­gies and Autoim­mune Dis­eases could be co-marketed with the Thomas Rock­well’s chil­dren’s clas­sic How to Eat Fried Worms. It begins with the author, Moi­ses… http://flpbd.it/sV12A Related articles ‘Everything hurts’: inside the…

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  • Epigenetics inspires philosophical experiments

    Monya Baker, nature.com An artist’s con­cep­tion of epi­ge­net­ic cloning Jonathan Keats The man in the bowtie says he can trans­form you into any­one you want. At the Mod­ernism Gallery in San Fran­cis­co, con­cep­tu­al artist Jonathan Keats is apply­ing his… http://flpbd.it/5U85D Epigenetics inspires philosophical experiments Related articles Life experiences put their stamp on the next generation:…

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  • Panasonic Lumix LX7 Review

    Panasonic Lumix LX7 Review: A Lovely Point-and-Shoot For Control Freaks Brent Rose, gizmodo.com Any­one in the mar­ket for a top point-and-shoot cam­era is prob­a­bly decid­ing between Canon’s S100 and Sony’s RX100. But Pana­son­ic is back in the game with the Lumix LX7, a sequel to one of the top shoot­ers of 2010, the wild­ly pop­u­lar…

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  • Igloo Made From 300 Refrigerators

    Igloo Made From 300 Refrigerators Springs Up in Germany | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Andrew Michler INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough INHABITAT: What inspired you to write ‘Cradle to Cradle‘ (the book) and launch the Cradle to Cradle system? William McDonough: From an early…

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  • Ford C-MAX Energi Plug-In Hybrid Rocks The Fuel Efficiency

    Ford C-MAX Energi Plug-In Hybrid Rocks The Fuel Efficiency Nino Marchetti, earthtechling.com Ford, already putting up some very impres­sive offi­cial Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency fuel effi­cien­cy num­bers with both its 2013 Fusion Hybrid and C-Max Hybrid, now has anoth­er feath­er to add to the cap in its effort to knock Toy­ota … http://flpbd.it/xhEMj Related articles 2012…

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  • Dirty White Gold: a Film That Exposes Cotton Farming’s Dark Side

    Fund “Dirty White Gold,” a Film That Exposes Cotton Farming’s Dark Side ecouterre.com Photo by Shut­ter­stock Jour­nal­ist Leah Bor­romeo’s documentary-in-the-making, “The Cot­ton Film: Dirty White Gold,” fol­lows the life of cot­ton from seed to store, trac­ing who it touch­es and how their live are effect­ed. The incred­i­ble… http://flpbd.it/5ti7j

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  • Infographic: Women’s health connections

    Infographic: Womens’ health connections By Madhumita Venkataramanan, wired.co.uk Magazine This arti­cle was taken from the Octo­ber 2012 issue of Wired mag­a­zine. Be the first to read Wired’s arti­cles in print before they’re post­ed online, and get your hands on loads of addi­tion­al con­tent by sub­scrib­ing… http://flpbd.it/b1HK1 Related articles Heart Health Infographics – This Chart Gives…

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  • Birds with cameras take flight

    Birds with cameras take flight in ‘Winged Planet,’ tonight on the Discovery Channel By Justin Rubio, theverge.com The lat­est entry in the critically-acclaimed Plan­et series from the Dis­cov­ery Chan­nel and the BBC airs tonight at 8:00PM ET. “Winged Plan­et” — like “Blue Plan­et” and “Plan­et Earth” before it — is a nature doc­u­men­tary that uti­lizes……

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  • Clayton Christensen: “Disruptive Innovations Create Jobs, Efficiency Innovations Destroy Them

    Clayton Christensen: “Disruptive Innovations Create Jobs, Efficiency Innovations Destroy Them” Rip Empson, techcrunch.com If you get the oppor­tu­ni­ty to hear Clay­ton Chris­tensen hold court, seize it. Chris­tensen is a Har­vard Busi­ness School pro­fes­sor and renowned author and inno­va­tion expert, per­haps best known for his book “The Inno­va­tor’s Dilemma,” wh… http://flpbd.it/vxutu Related articles Turning openness into…

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  • Late Environmentalist Barry Commoner On How Biology-Based Tech Could Save The Planet

    Late Environmentalist Barry Commoner On How Biology-Based Tech Could Save The Planet By Rose Pastore, popsci.com From the archives: The “Paul Revere of ecology” sounded early warnings about the polluting effects of manmade products in 1972. Barry Com­mon­er, the scientist-activist who found­ed mod­ern ecol­o­gy and helped ban above-ground nuclear test­ing,… http://flpbd.it/rPUAD Related articles Must See…

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  • Daily Infographic: A Mesmerizing Map Of Water Currents On The Great Lakes

    Daily Infographic: A Mesmerizing Map Of Water Currents On The Great Lakes By Emily Elert, popsci.com Researchers at the Great Lakes Envi­ron­men­tal Research Lab­o­ra­to­ry bor­rowed some code from the design­ers who made this incred­i­ble wind map to cre­ate the world’s first beau­ti­ful water cur­rent map. The image above is just a snapshot—ch… http://flpbd.it/RccNm Related articles…

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  • TechAmerica Foundation Big Data Commission

    TechAmerica Foundation : TechAmerica Foundation Big Data Commission techamericafoundation.org TechAmerica Foundation Big Data Commission Data in the world is dou­bling every 18 months. Across gov­ern­ment every­one is talk­ing about the con­cept of Big Data, and how this new tech­nol­o­gy will trans­form the way Wash­ing­ton does busi­ne… http://flpbd.it/Q2zai Related articles “Big Data” Can Save Money and Lives…

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  • Giant Meditation Chamber Made from Shipping Pallets

    Giant Meditation Chamber Made from Shipping Pallets By Michael Colombo, makezine.com At the same time, the name of the piece, Forêt (trans­lat­ed to “For­est”) harkens to the mate­r­i­al ori­gins of the pal­lets them­selves. As the user sits in the mid­dle of the struc­ture, light pass­es through the slats much like the sun… http://flpbd.it/M7cNm Related articles…

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  • Google Search Mocks Romney

    Google Search Mocks Romneythedailybeast.com OOPSIE Team Obama got a good chuck­le Wednes­day when it was revealed that a Google Image search of the phrase “com­plete­ly wrong” yield­ed a series of pho­tos of GOP chal­lenger Mitt Rom­ney. A spokesper­son for the search giant says that ther… http://flpbd.it/r781Z

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  • Measuring debate performance on Twitter

    Measuring debate performance on Twitter – POLITICO.com Related articles Things Get Rough on Twitter Over Gun Debate (mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com) Social Media Strategy for Small Business 2013: A Totally Honest Look at Social Networks (amsterdamprinting.com) Shocking NASCAR Crash Video Raises A Serious Debate (businessinsider.com) Infographic: 2012 Service Desk Industry Round-Up (sunrisesoftware.co.uk) oLyfe Reveals Social Media Sentiment around…

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  • Stewart, O’Reilly Duke it Out – The Daily Beast

    Stewart, O’Reilly Duke it Out – The Daily Beast

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  • Survey Says GOP Women Are Prettier

    Survey Says GOP Women Are Prettier – The Daily Beast Related articles House GOP Strips LGBT, Native American Provisions In VAWA (addictinginfo.org) You: As House GOP leaves women unprotected from violence, citizens fight back (allvoices.com) The GOP’s sequester messaging muddle (politico.com) Americans aren’t buying what GOP is selling (maddowblog.msnbc.com) Poll: Obama approval hits 3-year high,…

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  • 7 Web Tools Every Start-Up Needs

    7 Web Tools Every Start-Up Needs | Inc.com Related articles Afghan president orders US forces out of key province – NBCNews.com (worldnews.nbcnews.com) Cuban leader Raul Castro says he will retire in 2018 – Reuters (reuters.com)

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  • How Big Data Is Improving Healthcare

    How Big Data Is Improving Healthcare Related articles Big Data To Become Powerful Driver Of IT Spending – Gartner (misco.co.uk) MIT Partners with hack/reduce to Bring Big Data to Healthcare (bostinno.com) New Report Shows How to Turn Big Data into Big Bucks (domo.com) Big Data Myths Persist (informationweek.com) Is Healthcare Big Data Ready For Prime…

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  • Fake Reviews Shadow Brands Selling Online

    Fake Reviews Shadow Brands Selling Online Related articles Reality Check: 10-15% Of Brands’ Social Media Fans, Likes And Reviews Will Be Fake By 2014, Says Gartner (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) (techmeme.com) Facebook cracking down on fake ‘Likes’ (cnn.com) Operation Unlike Is A Go: Page Fan Counts Are Dropping Because Facebook Is Deleting Fake Accounts (techcrunch.com) Facebook deleting…

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  • Fast Exercises To Find Your Purpose And Passion For Work

    Fast Exercises To Find Your Purpose And Passion For Work | Fast Company Related articles 5 Easy Steps To Make Your Job Descriptions Go Viral (mashable.com) Job Hunting? (RED) and 180+ Others Are Hiring (mashable.com) Why Most Employees Wish They Had A Different Job (forbes.com)

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  • What Teddy Bears, Picture Frames, And Condoms Have In Common

    What Teddy Bears, Picture Frames, And Condoms Have In Common | Fast Company What Teddy Bears, Picture Frames, And Condoms Have In Common Related articles What does a Mantis and a Teddy Bear have in common? (motleynews.net) Interactive Talking Teddy Bears – The Teddy Sitter is a Clever Way to Keep Your Kids Occupied (TrendHunter.com)…

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