Category: Systems Science

Nature-Deficit Disorder

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

Nature-Deficit Disorder - NYTimes.com. Related articles Confronting Nature-Deficit Disorder (bigbearblue.wordpress.com)

Rubbee turns any bike into an electric one in seconds

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Rubbee turns any bike into an electric one in seconds | Crave - CNET. Related articles Rubbee Turns Any Bike into an Electric Bike (technabob.com) Rubbee turns any bike electric (gizmag.com) Turn Any Bike Into An Electric Bike, No Installation Necessary (popsci.com) Ride Easier With The Rubbee Easy Electric Bike Conversion Gadget On Kickstarter (techcrunch.com)

You GREW a House?! (Yes… and so can you!)

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science UX Research, Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

You GREW a House?! (Yes... and so can you!) | Mushroom Tiny House. Related articles "A tiny house mostly made of mushrooms" (transitiontotiny.wordpress.com) Mushroom House: The Tiny Home Stuffed With Mushrooms (creativecloseup.com) Mushroom Tiny House (ecovative.wordpress.com)

Architect Michael Green Calls Wood “The Most Technologically Advanced Building Material In The World.”

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science UX Research, Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

TreeHugger. Related articles Michael Green and the case for wooden skyscrapers [Video] (mnn.com) INDEX Award winner: Rasperry Pi (treehugger.com) Scaffolding and shipping containers used to build temporary restaurant (treehugger.com)

New tool shows you how much money you can save by switching to an electric car

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

New tool shows you how much money you can save by switching to an electric car | Grist. Related articles Texas must lift ban on Tesla electric vehicles (dailytrojan.com) An Aussie Firm May Have Just Perfected The Electric Car (gizmodo.com.au) Several Benefits of Electric Cars (greenliving4live.com)

Nourishmat takes some of the guesswork out of gardening

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science UX Research, Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

Nourishmat takes some of the guesswork out of gardening. Related articles The Nourishmat Starts Your Gardening Adventure with Ease! (geardiary.com) Nourishmat: Growing Your Own Food Just Got Super Easy (design-milk.com) Innovative Garden System Lets You Grow Wherever You Go (livescience.com) Gardening by numbers: Nourishmat offers big yields, minimal guesswork (mnn.com) How Does Your Garden Grow? … Continue reading Nourishmat takes some of the guesswork out of gardening

Mushroom Tiny House: The part-grown portable home

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science UX Research, Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

Mushroom Tiny House: The part-grown portable home. Related articles Mushroom House: The Tiny Home Stuffed With Mushrooms (creativecloseup.com) Chinese Man Lives in Portable House He Carries on his Back Like a Snail (inhabitat.com)

Which US states are hot for solar power (map)?

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Design UX, Sustainable Design, Systems Science

Which US states are hot for solar power (map)? — Tech News and Analysis. Related articles Germany's Solar Power (barefeetinthesand.com) Age Old Perovskite Mineral Offers Promise of Dirt Cheap Solar Power (inhabitat.com) Hempstead Town adds solar power to four more facilities (newsday.com) Germany broke world solar power generation record in July with 5.1 TWh, leaving … Continue reading Which US states are hot for solar power (map)?

Flotspotting: Martina Fugazzotto’s Brooklyn Backyard Farm

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science UX Research, Systems Science

Flotspotting: Martina Fugazzotto's Brooklyn Backyard Farm - Core77. Related articles Flotspotting and a Brotherly Prank: What a Difference 90 Degrees Makes, in Both Retail and Retaliation (core77.com) Flotspotting: Politely Subversive Design by Benjamin Kicic (core77.com)

What a grocery store without bees looks like | MNN – Mother Nature Network

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Design UX, Systems Science

What a grocery store without bees looks like | MNN - Mother Nature Network. Related articles BeeGAP grow bees (deadbees.wordpress.com)

Ikea Develops a Smart Flat-Pack Shelter for Disaster Refugees | Wired Design | Wired.com

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

Ikea Develops a Smart Flat-Pack Shelter for Disaster Refugees | Wired Design | Wired.com. Related articles Ikea develops a smart flat-pack shelter for refugees (wired.co.uk) The Latest from Ikea: Refugee Shelters (dailyfinance.com)

An egg that monitors air quality goes online

by timbatchelder, posted in Systems Science

(via An egg that monitors air quality goes online... | TimBatchelder.Related articlesAir quality alert issued for Chicago area (suntimes.com)

With Tech From Space, Ministry Of Supply Is Rethinking the Dress Shirt

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Information Visualization, Systems Science

(via With Tech From Space, Ministry Of Supply Is... | TimBatchelder. Related articles With Tech From Space, Ministry Of Supply Is Rethinking the Dress Shirt (timbatchelder.com) I Wore These Socks For A Week And They Don't Smell (forbes.com) Coffee-Infused Socks Don't Smell (huffingtonpost.com)

America’s wicked deadly heat wave

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Sustainable Design, Systems Science

America’s wicked, deadly heat wave last week John Metcalfe, grist.org Take a gander at this map of the United States lit up like the burning face of the sun. It shows how hot America got from July 10-19, with maximum temperatures shown in appropriately incendiary shades:NOAAReleased on Friday by NOAA, the map shows … http://flip.it/f5okV

Does your child have nature deficit disorder

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

Does Your Child Have Nature Deficit Disorder? inhabitots.com Remem­ber the good old days, when your mom told you to go out­side to play all day and just to be sure to come home when the street­lights came on? Yeah, me nei­ther (nor do most of my friends). But m … http://flip.it/3vnE2

Electrolyte electric bike

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

One-armed bandit: Electrolyte integrates bicycle electrics in lefty fork C.C. Weiss, gizmag.com We’ve looked at a surplus of electric bicycle designs over the years, and while we’d be hard-pressed to call any particular design “usual” in this diverse category, a common feature shared by many is a frame-integrated battery pack. German… http://flip.it/OApO1

Incredible water proof spray

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

Incredible Spray That Makes Anything Totally Waterproof is (Finally!) Available Kristine Lofgren, inhabitat.com Say goodbye to water damaged phones and soggy shoes – Rust-Oleum just launched NeverWet, an amazing product that can waterproof nearly any surface or object. The ultra-hydrophobic spray coating was developed by Ross Nanotechnology, and it repels… http://flip.it/sCufA

Honda FIT EV lease bargain

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Metadata Masterdata, Sustainable Design, Systems Science

(via Honda Fit EV lease drops to $259 with no down payment, unlimited miles) Related articles Get Ready to Throw a Fit: Honda Debuting 2015 Fit in the Motor City [2014 Detroit Auto Show] (caranddriver.com)

How a room fan can slash your cooling costs

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

Best Room Fan | The Wirecutter. Related articles Smart Ways to Slash Your Summer Bills (powersaverstn.wordpress.com)

Most households don’t wear their clothes

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Digital Health, Systems Science

Average Woman Owns 22 Garments She Never Wears But Refuses to Junk ecouterre.com Photo by cohdra A wardrobe full of clothes but noth­ing to wear? You’re in good com­pa­ny. The aver­age British woman has 22 unworn items in her clos­et that she refus­es to throw or give away, accord­ … http://flip.it/AoUGo Related articles Ecouterre talks … Continue reading Most households don’t wear their clothes

Student uses fruit flies to study benefits of organic foods

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

16-Year-Old Student Uses Fruit Flies to Investigate Benefits of Organic Produce Morgana Matus, inhabitat.com Anyone who has ever taken a course in biology or left produce out on the counter for a little too long will recognize the noble fruit fly. Easy to breed, feed and observe, they are the subject of choice for many … Continue reading Student uses fruit flies to study benefits of organic foods

Why food is the next big thing in business

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

The Next Big Thing in Business: Food Steve Tobak, inc.com LAST WORD If you’re looking for a business, industry, or career to sink your teeth into, look no further than your next meal. 10 reasons the food industry is booming. You’d never know the econ­o­my is in a slump from the state of the food… … Continue reading Why food is the next big thing in business

Unilever sees financial benefits of sustainability practices

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

Unilever’s Aggressive Sustainability Practices Have Paid Off BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com New numbers released by the corporate giant show the incredibly cost-saving benefits of pursuing cleaner policies. Mega-corporation Unilever, owner of every­thing from Ben and Jerry’s ice cream to Dove soap, announced that it has man­aged to mak… Unilever’s Aggressive Sustainability Practices Have Paid Off … Continue reading Unilever sees financial benefits of sustainability practices

Building a 22 foot bee tower in Buffalo

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science UX Research, Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

Students Build A 22-Foot-Tall Home For Local Bees By Sammy Medina, fastcodesign.com The Elevator B tower is part of a larger effort to regenerate a historic district in Buffalo. It’s not a good time to be a bee. In the last sev­er­al years, unprece­dent­ed num­bers of hon­ey­bees have been killed off, and no one is … Continue reading Building a 22 foot bee tower in Buffalo

If you want to be happier, live near a park

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Systems Science

Want To Be Happy? Live Near A Park BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com New research finds that the effect of green space on personal well-being is more than you might guess. As urban plan­ners debate the mer­its of, say, a new shop­ping cen­ter ver­sus main­tain­ing the local park, they might con­sid­er this: over… Want To Be … Continue reading If you want to be happier, live near a park

How to feed the world with insects

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Systems AI, Digital Health, Systems Science

A Grand Plan For Feeding The World With Insects BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com We need more protein for the developing world, but we really don’t need to be raising more livestock. The solution might be buzzing around your head right now. How do you feed 9 and half bil­lion peo­ple with­out destroy­ing the plan­et? Accord­… … Continue reading How to feed the world with insects