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Daily Infographic: How Facebook Photos Go Viral By Emily Elert, popsci.com George Takei—an actor some of you may recognize from the original Star Trek series, has a knack for posting viral photos on Facebook. Recently, the social media giant asked Stamen, a San Francisco design firm, to create a… http://flpbd.it/gbz2V Related articles 8 Steps to…
Giant 3-D Printing Factory Opens In New York City By Dave Mosher, popsci.com Shapeways, an online 3-D printing company, opened an enormous “Factory of the Future” in Queens, New York that could house 50 industrial printers and churn out millions of consumer-designed products a year. The world’s biggest 3-D printing… http://flpbd.it/vyKIx Related articles Man sends…
Daily Infographic: If Everyone Lived Like An American, How Many Earths Would We Need? By Emily Elert, popsci.com Hint: It’s a good thing not everyone lives like an American. You’re probably already aware that Americans consume a disproportional amount of the world’s stuff. You may even have bumped into some of the statistics: We make…
Interactive Fractal Tree of Life Zooms In On Earth’s Entire Evolutionary History By Rebecca Boyle, popsci.com A new interactive website shows a phylogenetic tree of everything, as zoomable as Google Earth. From protozoans to people, there is a lot of life on this planet, and it’s all connected to a common ancestor from which everything…
Hackert0wn: The World’s First Eco/Hacker Village? By Stett Holbrook, makezine.com Alpha One Labs co-founder Sean Auriti and a group of like-minded hackers have launched a campaign to build Hackert0wn, a Brooklyn hackerspace the likes of which the world has never seen. As planned, Hackert0wn will be an entire hacker… http://flpbd.it/8muih Related articles Twitter Account of…
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:…
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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Peter McFarlane Transforms Old Circuit Boards into Gorgeous, Poignant Fossil Art | 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…
Paul Testa Designs an Earth-Sheltered Home to Meet Passivehaus Standards in the UK Mark Boyer, inhabitat.com This month, Paul Testa Architecture obtained planning approval to build an earth-sheltered home in the United Kingdom. The Burrows is a highly sustainable single-family home that will be built into a hillside in South Yorkshire. Because… http://flpbd.it/xjzfJ Related articles…
LaunchPad Shipping Container Computer Labs Let South African Students Connect With Mentors Bridgette Meinhold, inhabitat.com Perkins+Will has partnered with Infinite Family, a U.S.-based non profit organization, to build shipping container computer labs in South Africa to help students connect with mentors. The firm completed their first LaunchPad… http://flpbd.it/hhYBw Related articles Twenty-eight containers transform orphange in…
Terreform Proposes Covering NYC With Vertical Gardens & Urban Farms to Become Self-Sufficient inhabitat.com In response to global urban population, Terreform, Inc.* has come up with an innovative way for New York City to deal with the issues that arise from this world wide problem. The plan, called New York City Steady State (NYCSS), calls…
Inside the Latest Office-Design Craze: Hot Desking Flash Steinbeiser, inc.com Inc.com staff As cloud computing and wireless Internet become ubiquitous, workers are cordless. Who needs a cube, much less an office? Just follow the leads of these cool companies. The cubicle’s days are numbered. A concept called “hot… http://flpbd.it/M8sTt Related articles 9 Sentences That Could…
Eat This Meal Rachel Swaby, wired.com Photo: Todd Tankersley Fueling your body is easy—if you can pull yourself away from fancy flavor combinations and the latest culinary trends. Just load your plate with foods that are proven to make you stronger and healthier, eat, an… http://flpbd.it/R32zo Related articles How to Plan Great Meals with Your…
ELIOOO is an Instruction Book That Shows You How to Turn IKEA Parts Into a Hydroponic Garden System | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Bridgette Meinhold INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Waterstudio’s Koen Olthuis on FLOAT! Photocredits: Architect Koen Olthuis – Waterstudio.NL and Pieter Kers FLOAT! is a beautiful volume that explores the world…
Leonardo Ulian’s mandalas meld spirituality and technology By Kimber Streams, theverge.com Artist Leonardo Ulian has created a series of symmetrical mandalas by soldering together colorful computer components. The result is a beautiful collection of organized circuitry, which Ulian says was intended to combine t… http://flpbd.it/SuRVn Related articles Mona Lisa in Paris a copy, tests confirm…
World’s Coolest Offices | 2012 inc.com http://flpbd.it/FJO5o Related articles Lights & Glamour: The Coolest Moving Trucks Ever! (auto-candy.com) Aston Martin no longer coolest make – Confused.com (confused.com) Ask HN: What is the coolest JS library out there? (news.ycombinator.com) The myth of the world’s coolest phone (bestbuymobile.com)
Researchers use silk and magnesium to create biodegradable circuits By Louis Goddard, theverge.com A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Tufts University has developed a process for building fully-functional circuit boards that dissolve in water, opening the way for new types of medical implant… http://flpbd.it/flvIs Related articles Biodegredable electronics biomats…
PadPivot NST Review: The Best Available iPad Stand Just Got Better Darrell Etherington, techcrunch.com I’ve seen a lot of iPad stands in my day. Comes with the territory. But only one has ever earned a regular place in my gadget bag and on my desk: A scrappy upstart from Kickstarter that made it to big…
The Year’s Best Infographics By Emily Elert, popsci.com The results are in from Information is Beautiful’s first annual award ceremony The design firm Information is Beautiful has announced winners of the inaugural Information Awards Inspired by Kantar competition. Prizes went to … http://flpbd.it/Zh0Nc Related articles The State of Application Security 2012 Infographic (veracode.com) Free Wi-Fi:…
Jessica Stillman, inc.com START IT UP Young entrepreneurs are combining cutting-edge technology with old school manufacturing techniques to forge a compelling business model. A 20-something business student with his eye on the self-employed life in the Bay Ar… http://flpbd.it/72PJy Meet the New Breed of Entrepreneur: Techie Artisans Related articles The Binary Options Experts Publish Training…
Food Makers, Today on Google Hangout On Air, 2pm Pacific (5pm Eastern) By Stett Holbrook, makezine.com All things food and beverage is the subject of today’s Google Hangout at 2pm PDT (5pm EDT), as MAKE debuts a new bimonthly Hangout on Air. Look for these hangouts to cover the wide world of food and drink…
Famous Writers’ Small Writing Sheds and Off-the-Grid Huts apartmenttherapy.com Roald Dahl’s writing hut, The Gipsy House When I hear the phrase “writing hut” or “backyard shed” my imagination practically squeals with delight. A small, intimate space furnished with the essentials. Low impact, high inspiration.… http://flpbd.it/VfRZ5 Related articles You Should Not Need A Cabin To Be…
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