Tech companies produce fascinating data on the government shutdown Christina Farr, venturebeat.com Tickets On Sale Now Tech startups have taken advantage of the data scientists and engineers on their staff to produce some interesting studies on the impact of the government shutdown. On its blog, fancy car-sharing service Uber… http://flip.it/16kq1 Related articles Zipcar, Getaround, Uber: … Continue reading Tech companies visualize government shut down
NYC is Preparing Shipping Container Homes for Future Hurricanes and Disasters Haywood Udume, inhabitat.com After the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy, New York City is getting prepped for the future with a plan to build disaster shelters out of shipping containers. Rather than makeshift dwel … RT @inhabitat: NYC is Preparing Shipping Container Homes for … Continue reading NYC prepping shipping container homes for disaster relief
Where No Cars Go says:, inhabitat.com Emerging from the Jay Street stop of the R train, visitors encounter a wall of orange, red and white containers behind white fencing that holds up a banner to welcome visitors. Passing through an alley between two double stacks of… Brooklyn’s New DeKalb Market is Made from 22 Salvaged … Continue reading Brooklyn’s New DeKalb Market is Made from 22 Salvaged Shipping Containers – Exclusive Photos! DeKalb Container Market
Being More Human | Next | Output Kathleen Holt, oregonhumanities.org Being More Human Intel’s resident futurist on how the steampunk culture offers clues to building a better tomorrow Easter weekend 2011, I was at the bar of the Doubletree Hotel at Sea-Tac Airport watching a parade of sorts: a… Being More Human | Next | … Continue reading Why steam punk is a usability testing tool for new technologies
inhabitat.com Starting in April, sixty shipping container shops will open their doors on the former shipping industry pier under the unified name “Incubox”. For the first two years of operation (basically until the entire pier makeover is complete)… http://flip.it/hF0GX Pier 57 “Incubox” Shipping Container Mall Set to Open Next April in NYC Youngwoo Pier57
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Shipping Container-Inspired Homebox is a Tiny, Movable 3-Story Vertical Home Bridgette Meinhold, inhabitat.com Han Slawik based his Homebox on the shipping container model for its transport capabilities, universal dimensions and usefulness. But at the same time, wear, repair and maintenance of steel materials is costly, not to mention… http://flpbd.it/cSdov Related articles Starbucks Opens Drive-Thru Made … Continue reading Shipping Container-Inspired Homebox
Cool company. Based in Netherlands this place designs houses from shipping containers (something which is increasingly being done in a DIY manner). This means the house is ISO standards compliant, modular and practically bomb proof. Plus for the growing numbers of the world's poor and resource limited populations, these are recyclable and low cost housing. … Continue reading Tempohousing: container housing products
Home | CLEAR Speeds You Through Airport Security. This is an interesting contest and example of social networking and innovation. CLear will offer 500k to anyone who can come up with a way to speed people thru airport security a little bit faster. It can be a process or a technology... Related articles If Forced … Continue reading CLEAR Speeds You Through Airport Security and uses Cloud Contest for Innovation
Traffic » Home. This interesting book looks at traffic from a usability/behavioral perspective. For example it notes that speed bumps were proven worthless because drivers speed up between them to make up time! Related articles Tube Traffic Secrets: Review Examines Jeff Johnson's YouTube Traffic Training Course (prweb.com) Annoying Traffic Cameras Are No Match for Subversive … Continue reading Traffic: usability and social science of traffic
Scanner psych - The Boston Globe. Shows how the airport security system is flawed due to human cognitive limits on recognizing items over and over and shows how gaming can improve this. Related articles If Forced To Toss Your Makeup at Airport Security, Would You... (bellasugar.com) After Years of Work and … Continue reading Scanner anthro: the cognitive limits of airport security
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