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  • The cities of the future will be grown, not built

    The cities of the future will be grown, not built By Ian Steadman, wired.co.uk Technology The cities of the future will have waste-to-energy plants, not shop­ping malls or church­es, at their cen­tre, accord­ing to urban design­er Mitchell Joachim of Ter­reform ONE. Speak­ing at DLD Cities in Lon­don, he said “cities hav… http://flpbd.it/39qUZ Related articles How…

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  • Brian Eno on music that thinks for itself

    Brian Eno on music that thinks for itself (Wired UK) By Ian Steadman, wired.co.uk Culture When you think about it, record­ed music is some­thing of a his­tor­i­cal odd­i­ty. Imag­ine telling a vis­i­tor from 1650 that we like to lis­ten to the exact same per­for­mances, over and over again, with­out any vari­a­tion — they mi… http://flpbd.it/QzmsI…

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  • Researchers use silk and magnesium to create biodegradable circuits

    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…

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  • PadPivot NST Review: The Best Available iPad Stand

    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…

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  • Don’t Buy A DSLR

    Don’t Buy A DSLR By Dan Nosowitz, popsci.com Just getting into photography? Great! When you’re looking for a camera, keep on walking past those DSLRs—as of now, their moment is over. You want to get more into pho­tog­ra­phy. You’ve got some­where between a few and sev­er­al hun­dred dol­l… http://flpbd.it/lDNTs Related articles A question about DSLRs…

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  • The Year’s Best Infographics

    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:…

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  • Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?

    Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? Stephen Marche, theatlantic.com Yvette Vick­ers, a for­mer Play­boy play­mate and B-movie star, best known for her role in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, would have been 83 last August, but nobody knows exact­ly how old she was when she died. Accord­ing to the Los… http://flpbd.it/kxQ26 Related articles STUDY: Can…

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  • Meet the New Breed of Entrepreneur: Techie Artisans

    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…

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  • Food Makers, Today on Google Hangout

    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…

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  • Famous Writers; Small Writing Sheds and Off-the-Grid Huts

    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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  • Colossal | A blog about art and visual ingenuity

    Colossal | A blog about art and visual ingenuity. By Christopher on, thisiscolossal.com Accord­ing to the Nation­al Ocean­ic and Atmos­pher­ic Admin­is­tra­tion less than five per­cent of the world’s oceans have been explored, mean­ing that 95% of what lies deep under­wa­ter on Earth has yet to be seen by human eyes. One per­son wh… http://flpbd.it/rkX3u Related…

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  • Awesome Oru Origami Kayak

    Awesome Oru Origami Kayak Folds Into its Own Compact Carrying Case | 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…

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