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Mike Vardy, lifehack.org TED.com recently released their list of the 20 most-watched TED talks to date, and while they have quite a few of the ones listed that can serve to improve your life, there are several out there that are on the list at deserve some… http://flpbd.it/hr70D Top 20 TED Talks That Can Improve…
Am I a Cyborg Now? Achieving a Sixth Sense Through Tech Marek Majkowski, lifehacker.com Fascinated by a story of how a magnetic implant imparted a “sixth sense” in its host, engineer and enthusiastic geek Marek Majkowski was eager to test this supplemental sense without the invasive surgery. With the help of cheap… http://flpbd.it/CiKpC Related articles…
Roll Your Own DIY Security System This Weekend Adam Dachis, lifehacker.com Your home is a place you want to keep secure, but getting all the high-end security gadgets and services available to help you do that is a pricey endeavor. This weekend, roll your own DIY security system. It’s more fun and it’ll save y……
Kicking Off a Year of Open Source Everything Sam Muirhead, lifehacker.com Berlin filmmaker Sam Muirhead is attempting to live a completely open source life for one year. Here’s why. The phrase ‘Open Source’, to many people, means ‘software you don’t have to pay for’—but really it’s so much more than th… http://flpbd.it/xl5Kt Related articles The…
Fall Semester 2012 Alan Henry, lifehacker.com Your education doesn’t have to stop once you leave school—freedom from the classroom just means you have more control over what you learn and when you learn it. We’ve put together a curriculum of some of the best free online classes… http://flpbd.it/U1gpJ Related articles Plan Your Free Online Education…
I’m Caterina Fake, and This Is How I Work Tessa Miller, lifehacker.com The internet wouldn’t be the same without Caterina Fake. In 2004, she launched Flickr, one of the largest photo hosting and sharing sites. Later, she co-founded Hunch, which aims to personalize the web through recommendations and a… http://flpbd.it/Ixrmx Related articles The meaning of…
Why America Must Address Rising Healthcare Costs Infographic Related articles There are 6 types of healthcare consumers; Which ones would you like to target? (medcitynews.com) When Allergies Attack – Asthma & Allergies in America [INFOGRAPHIC] (epicahealth.com) Do You Have 20/20 Vision or…
How the U.S. Health-Care System Wastes $750 Billion Annually Brian Fung, theatlantic.com As we approach health-care system reform, a breakdown of our biggest losses Every year, the United States spends eight times as much money on unnecessary health-care costs as the Pentagon spent for each year of its operations in Iraq.…
Food Waste Is Overwhelming. Here Are Five Things People Are Doing About It April Fulton, npr.org The food world is buzzing today about the latest news on just how often we waste perfectly good food. And we admit, the statistics are pretty depressing. About 40 percent of food in the United States today goes uneaten.…
By FAST COMPANY STAFF, fastcompany.com When it comes to social media success, the long game is more valuable than the short game, according to Hill Holliday’s SVP of digital strategy, Mike Proulx. “Many brands and individuals mistakenly obsess about shortcut tactics to gain f… http://flpbd.it/NcEEF #The Rules Of Social Media:…
Washington, District Of Cycling Emily Badger, fastcompany.com Few modes of transportation are more basic than the humble bike. Heck, people have been straddling them for some 200 years, far longer than we’ve been moving about town in streetcars, subways, or our own cars. And so this seems a bit… http://flpbd.it/Nytg8 Related articles Top reasons to…
The Sensing Planet: Why The Internet Of Things Is The Biggest Next Big Thing fastcocreate.com Rob van Kranenburg outlines a brief history of the next big thing—the internet of things—and argues that U.S. industry and government should be taking a more active role in its evolution. About a decade ago, I would stand…
The Limits of Science—and Scientists | The Crux discovermagazine.com By Ananyo Bhattacharya, chief online editor of Nature magazine. “About what one can not speak, one must remain silent.” The last line of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus tends to resonate with scientists, sceptics,… http://flpbd.it/YNwwJ Related articles Final Trac Integrates with AccuTitle Software in Seamless Release Tracking Ordering…
Vinod Khosla: Machines will replace 80 percent of doctors By Liat Clark, wired.co.uk Science Machines will replace 80 percent of doctors in a healthcare future that will be driven by entrepreneurs, not medical professionals, according to Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla. Khosla, who wrote an article entit… http://flpbd.it/glxT9 Related articles Top Ten Healthcare Quotes for…
How the internet is changing the fine art marketplace By Nathan Hurst, wired.co.uk Technology Five years ago, Jen Bekman founded 20×200 on the belief that everyone should be able to collect art, and that the internet could help them do so. While neither the oldest nor the biggest place to buy prints online (art.com has……
How Obama Stole Romney’s RNC Thunder With Clever Social Media Gregory Ferenstein, techcrunch.com President Barack Obama managed to steal an impressive amount of Gov. Mitt Romney’s press coverage with a few, cheap social media tricks, including the most retweeted post of the convention. In comparison to the Republican National… http://flpbd.it/x1nqQ…
Reddit: Obama visit generates most activity ever by Donna Tam, cnet.com The president breaks all the rules, breaks a Reddit record, and draws at least 5.3 million views, news stats reveal. President Barack Obama broke all the campaigning rules when he held an unmoderated Q&A session on one of the… http://flpbd.it/NRaon Related articles How To…
Personal Genome Project – Homepage. Related articles Personal Genome Project Posts DNA Info Online (npr.org) Years to Regeneration and Antiaging via Stem Cells and Gene therapy per George Church (nextbigfuture.com) George Church, Harvard genetics professor, banters with Stephen Colbert (boston.com) Open-source science helps San Carlos father’s genetic quest (mercurynews.com) Do-it-yourself biotech: Ellen Jorgensen at TEDGlobal…
Google and Landsat Create Time-Lapse Videos Showing 40 Years of Environmental Destruction in the Amazon | 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…
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