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  • Birds with cameras take flight

    Birds with cameras take flight in ‘Winged Planet,’ tonight on the Discovery Channel By Justin Rubio, theverge.com The lat­est entry in the critically-acclaimed Plan­et series from the Dis­cov­ery Chan­nel and the BBC airs tonight at 8:00PM ET. “Winged Plan­et” — like “Blue Plan­et” and “Plan­et Earth” before it — is a nature doc­u­men­tary that uti­lizes……

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  • Clayton Christensen: “Disruptive Innovations Create Jobs, Efficiency Innovations Destroy Them

    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…

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  • Late Environmentalist Barry Commoner On How Biology-Based Tech Could Save The Planet

    Late Environmentalist Barry Commoner On How Biology-Based Tech Could Save The Planet By Rose Pastore, popsci.com From the archives: The “Paul Revere of ecology” sounded early warnings about the polluting effects of manmade products in 1972. Barry Com­mon­er, the scientist-activist who found­ed mod­ern ecol­o­gy and helped ban above-ground nuclear test­ing,… http://flpbd.it/rPUAD Related articles Must See…

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  • Daily Infographic: A Mesmerizing Map Of Water Currents On The Great Lakes

    Daily Infographic: A Mesmerizing Map Of Water Currents On The Great Lakes By Emily Elert, popsci.com Researchers at the Great Lakes Envi­ron­men­tal Research Lab­o­ra­to­ry bor­rowed some code from the design­ers who made this incred­i­ble wind map to cre­ate the world’s first beau­ti­ful water cur­rent map. The image above is just a snapshot—ch… http://flpbd.it/RccNm Related articles…

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  • TechAmerica Foundation Big Data Commission

    TechAmerica Foundation : TechAmerica Foundation Big Data Commission techamericafoundation.org TechAmerica Foundation Big Data Commission Data in the world is dou­bling every 18 months. Across gov­ern­ment every­one is talk­ing about the con­cept of Big Data, and how this new tech­nol­o­gy will trans­form the way Wash­ing­ton does busi­ne… http://flpbd.it/Q2zai Related articles “Big Data” Can Save Money and Lives…

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  • Giant Meditation Chamber Made from Shipping Pallets

    Giant Meditation Chamber Made from Shipping Pallets By Michael Colombo, makezine.com At the same time, the name of the piece, Forêt (trans­lat­ed to “For­est”) harkens to the mate­r­i­al ori­gins of the pal­lets them­selves. As the user sits in the mid­dle of the struc­ture, light pass­es through the slats much like the sun… http://flpbd.it/M7cNm Related articles…

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  • Google Search Mocks Romney

    Google Search Mocks Romneythedailybeast.com OOPSIE Team Obama got a good chuck­le Wednes­day when it was revealed that a Google Image search of the phrase “com­plete­ly wrong” yield­ed a series of pho­tos of GOP chal­lenger Mitt Rom­ney. A spokesper­son for the search giant says that ther… http://flpbd.it/r781Z

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  • Measuring debate performance on Twitter

    Measuring debate performance on Twitter – POLITICO.com Related articles Things Get Rough on Twitter Over Gun Debate (mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com) Social Media Strategy for Small Business 2013: A Totally Honest Look at Social Networks (amsterdamprinting.com) Shocking NASCAR Crash Video Raises A Serious Debate (businessinsider.com) Infographic: 2012 Service Desk Industry Round-Up (sunrisesoftware.co.uk) oLyfe Reveals Social Media Sentiment around…

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  • Stewart, O’Reilly Duke it Out – The Daily Beast

    Stewart, O’Reilly Duke it Out – The Daily Beast

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  • Survey Says GOP Women Are Prettier

    Survey Says GOP Women Are Prettier – The Daily Beast Related articles House GOP Strips LGBT, Native American Provisions In VAWA (addictinginfo.org) You: As House GOP leaves women unprotected from violence, citizens fight back (allvoices.com) The GOP’s sequester messaging muddle (politico.com) Americans aren’t buying what GOP is selling (maddowblog.msnbc.com) Poll: Obama approval hits 3-year high,…

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  • 7 Web Tools Every Start-Up Needs

    7 Web Tools Every Start-Up Needs | Inc.com Related articles Afghan president orders US forces out of key province – NBCNews.com (worldnews.nbcnews.com) Cuban leader Raul Castro says he will retire in 2018 – Reuters (reuters.com)

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  • How Big Data Is Improving Healthcare

    How Big Data Is Improving Healthcare Related articles Big Data To Become Powerful Driver Of IT Spending – Gartner (misco.co.uk) MIT Partners with hack/reduce to Bring Big Data to Healthcare (bostinno.com) New Report Shows How to Turn Big Data into Big Bucks (domo.com) Big Data Myths Persist (informationweek.com) Is Healthcare Big Data Ready For Prime…

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