Here’s where you’re most likely to die from air pollution John Metcalfe, grist.org Click to embiggen.Where on Earth are you most likely to die early from air pollution? NASA provides the answer with this mortally serious view of the planet, and it is: lots of places.Like tar stains on a healthy lung, the sickly yellow … Continue reading Places with the most lethal air quality
Turning Big Pharma Toward The Developing World, From The Inside BY MARZENA ZUKOWSKA, fastcoexist.com How three intrapreneurs at GlaxoSmithKline created a program to help diagnose disease in places without access to medicine, and how they convinced the company to support it. How many high-end research scientists does it take to make a dent in … … Continue reading Glaxo intrapreneurs convince big pharma to help developing world
Volkswagen and Apple come together in the iBeetle David Szondy, gizmag.com With the burgeoning Chinese car market seeing a large percentage of cars being snapped up by younger people, it’s no surprise Volkswagen chose the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show as the location for the world première of its iBeetle – a marriage of… Volkswagen and … Continue reading iBeetle: Apple meets Volkswagen
How crowds, not doctors or supercomputers, could diagnose rare diseases Ki Mae Heussner, gigaom.com When it comes to serious medical conditions, you probably want a doctor – or at least a medically trained supercomputer – delivering your diagnosis. But CrowdMed, a startup launched in public beta at TEDMED on Tuesday, is showi… How crowds, not … Continue reading CrowdMed: how crowds will diagnose rare diseases
How Airplane Toilets Flush core77.com While I’ve always suspected that this is what happens when you flush the toilet on a plane……but apparently it’s a little more complicated than that. Zodiac Aerospace (remember their “recline forward” airplane seats?) has their own Water and Wa… http://flip.it/TdgcK
The Companies and Countries Losing Their Data Our Editors, hbr.org With China hacking the US, the US hacking China, and LinkedIn and Facebook and credit card companies and Google and who knows who else all vomiting our data all over the web, I was intrigued when a new report on data loss ran across my … Continue reading Industries that lose the most data
Secret Lives of Wild Animals Captured by 1 Million Camera-Trap Images Brandon Keim, wired.com Thanks to motion-triggered digital camera traps, scientists have a powerful tool for studying reclusive animals in remote, inaccessible areas — and also for generating animated .gifs of gorillas scratching their stomachs. Brandon Keim Secret Lives of Wild Animals Captured by 1 … Continue reading Secret lives of animals captured by motion sensitive digicams
China now has up to 400 “cancer villages,” and the government only just admitted it Gwynn Guilford, qz.com China’s “growth at all costs” approach to development has meant industries can spew waste pretty much wherever they want. Drinking water sources? Sure. Farmland? Fine. That approach has poisoned entire towns, sending cancer rates… China now has … Continue reading China’s growth at all cost policies and cancer villages
Andrew Cunningham, arstechnica.com We all know how much of a grind the old 9-to-5 can be. You wake up early, spend the first hour of your morning stuck in traffic, and then you’re stuck doing the same boring old thing until it’s time to go home in the same traffic, go to bed, and w… … Continue reading World’s most industrious lazy man outsources all of his work to China
Japan’s quiet, clean demolition technique generates clean energy By Liat Clark, wired.co.uk Technology A Japanese construction company is using giant jacks and electricity-generating cranes to dismantle a high-rise tower in Tokyo, floor by floor. Taisei Corporation is using its Ecological Reproduction System (Tecorep… RT @WiredUK: Japan’s quiet, clean demolition technique generates clean energy http://flip.it/Q7td8 by … Continue reading Japan’s quiet, clean demolition technique generates clean energy
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How Google’s Designers Are Quietly Overhauling Search By Sarah Kessler, fastcodesign.com Google Search’s designers are treating what was once just an ugly list of links like a software application. On the same day that Larry Page became Google’s CEO for the second time, he ordered a redesign of all its products. Which came as a… … Continue reading Google designers tasked to revamp search experience
Sea Bass With Barbie Dolls Challenge Wal-Mart in China By Bloomberg News -, bloomberg.com Play Shelves stacked to the ceiling with low-price hot sauce, Barbie dolls, and noodles stand near tanks where shoppers can fish out live sea bass for dinner. Welcome to RT-Mart, China’s version of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) From Shang… RT @BloombergNews: … Continue reading Understanding culture: why Walmart has struggled in China
Ancient Chinese Cures Seen Helping Drugmaker Pipelines By Bloomberg News -, bloomberg.com The world’s biggest drugmakers are turning to ancient Chinese remedies to boost product pipelines. GlaxoSmithKline Plc is testing botanicals — compounds extracted from plants — for immune disorders, Sanofi plans to turn… RT @BloombergNews: The world’s biggest drugmakers are turning to ancient Chinese … Continue reading Struggling Big Pharma returns to Chinese ethno medicine for ideas
A taxonomy of Mitt Romney’s lies - Salon.com By Benjamin Wheelock, salon.com A close look at the most diverse and resilient species this side of the Galapagos “Jeep — now owned by the Italians — is thinking of moving all production to China.” “The president said he’d cut the deficit in half. Unfortunately, he… RT … Continue reading A taxonomy of Mitt’s fabrications
Amazing Photos Of Animals In The Wild, Snapped By Hidden Automatic Cameras BY EMILY BADGER, fastcoexist.com The Smithsonian’s Wild project uses advanced automated cameras to capture images of animals in their natural habitats as they go about their day. It’s a much better kind of specimen than a dead, stuffed animal. Bill McShea has traveled … Continue reading Game cams now capture real life behavior
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China’s DIY Culture By Clay Dillow, popsci.com Home Depot is closing its last seven big-box stores in China, citing a lack of a DIY ethos among the Chinese. But while sales may be flat, China’s maker culture still thrives. Have YOU ever built yourself a helicopter? Over the weekend, the Wal… http://flpbd.it/LeyW0 Related articles How … Continue reading China’s DIY Culture
In China More Than 30 Million People Live in Eco-Friendly Caves | 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 … Continue reading In China More Than 30 Million People Live in Eco-Friendly Caves
Grinders: the cult of the man machine Posted by Leo Benedictus, guardian.co.uk The people who are making cyborgs a thing of the present Many of us are already cyborgs. If you have a contraceptive coil fitted, or a pacemaker – arguably even if you wear contact lenses or have pierced ears – then you are … Continue reading Grinders: the cult of the man machine
Manufacturers, Suppliers, Exporters & Importers from the world's largest online B2B marketplace-Alibaba.com. As cited in the 4hour work week Related articles Alibaba boss Jack Ma to step down (bbc.co.uk) A couple of Americans in China take on Alibaba with social... and, er, customs data (pandodaily.com) Alibaba Billionaire Ma Steps Down as CEO Before Possible IPO (bloomberg.com) … Continue reading Alibaba.com: The world’s largest online B2B marketplace
Future Perfect » Everything's Rosy. Related articles Jan Chipchase: Smart Service Design Needs A New Language For Anonymity (fastcodesign.com) chipchase chitchat (wklondon.typepad.com) Learning how to listen (slideshare.net) Using Drone for Ethnographic Research? Not Yet. (w5blog.com) Ethnographic Practice in Industry (qrfrag.blogspot.com) Ethnography in the public eye; a few lessons along the way (blogs.lse.ac.uk) User experiences (ethnographymatters.net) … Continue reading Jan Chipchase: Future Perfect ethnographic design research
Amazon.com: Competitive Intelligence (CI). I'm looking for good books that I can recommend to others on searching online using major databases such as Lexis, Factiva, Ovid Related articles The Importance of Competitive Intelligence for B2B Companies Outlined in Latest White Paper (prweb.com) CI Radar Announces New Competitive Intelligence Tool (prweb.com) Comintelli Wins Major Competitive Intelligence … Continue reading Competitive Intelligence (CI) books
Less Is More: Yotel'sTiny Hotel Rooms : TreeHugger. Related articles Video Interlude: Futuristic Tiny Home Crams a House in a One-Bedroom Flat (curbed.com) Vegetarian scene well served in New York City (miamiherald.com) Arrived in Romania, My Yotel Experience (beth.typepad.com) Japanese Oktoberfest at Yotel (sarahknowsthings.com) Hotels of the Future: The Yotel New York (dapperngent.wordpress.com) Yo! Is … Continue reading Less Is More: Yotel’sTiny Hotel Rooms
The Transparent City - Brainiac. This writer in a recent article on mega cities in Metropolis describes the skyrise office as a "factory for making to do lists". Hilarious! Related articles The High Rise Slums of Venezuela (neatorama.com) Man climbs Chicago skyscraper with bionic leg - Houston Chronicle (chron.com) Talking … Continue reading The Transparent City: The Sky-rise office as a “to do list” factory
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