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  • Why You Need to Discover Your Inner Artisan

    Why You Need to Discover Your Inner Artisan Jessica Stillman, inc.com START IT UP Thought the “artisanal everything” movement was over? Think again. Instead, it’s extending to include a greater variety of workers, argues a handful of experts. Sev­er­al months ago we chart­ed the rise of a new type of… http://flpbd.it/2AsqI Related articles Artisans (studiofotograficoiris.wordpress.com)…

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  • Biohackers And DIY Cyborgs

    Biohackers And DIY Cyborgs Clone Silicon Valley Innovation By Neal Ungerleider, fastcompany.com A new breed of hobbyists, scientists, and entrepreneurs are working on echolocation implants, brain-controlled software programs, and even cybernetic rats. Their experiments will change the future of tech. In base­ments, garages, start­up spaces… http://flpbd.it/mU8hs Related articles Biohacking: You Can Do It, Too (ecology.com)…

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  • The New MakerBot Replicator

    The New MakerBot Replicator Might Just Change Your World Chris Anderson, wired.com Maker­Bot cofounder Bre Pet­tis says his new 3-D print­er, the sleek Repli­ca­tor 2 (shown at right), has a design that’s “Darth Vader dri­ving KITT while being air­lift­ed by a Nighthawk spy plane.” Photo: Joe Pugliese Take the… http://flpbd.it/5aNso Related articles 3-D Printers at…

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  • Why the world needs a renaissance of small farming

    Why the world needs a renaissance of small farming Colin Tudge, guardian.co.uk The greed for profit is ruining agriculture – and the world – but the trend for local shops and farmers’ markets offers real hope British farmers can’t produce pigs as cheaply as the Poles, or cattle feed as cheaply as the Brazilians, or…

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  • Olympus Announces Two Mirrorless PENs

    Olympus Announces Two Mirrorless PENs And A High-End Compact Charlie Sorrel, cultofmac.com Olym­pus joins the Pho­tok­i­na news bukake-fest with two new PEN cam­eras and a smart com­pact. Olympus is entering Photokina week with three new cameras: the E-PM2 and E-PL5 for its PEN Micro Four Thirds lineup, and the X-Z2 as a flagship comp… http://flpbd.it/Wl1a7…

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  • China’s DIY Culture

    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…

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  • Canon PowerShot G15

    Canon PowerShot G15 features f/1.8-2.8 lens and DSLR-like controls, we go hands-on (video) Zach Honig, engadget.com Not com­plete­ly sold on Canon’s large sensor-packing Pow­er­Shot G1 X? The com­pa­ny’s lat­est jumbo com­pact offers a com­pa­ra­ble smooth focus effect, thanks to its super-wide f/1.8-2.8, 28-140mm opti­cal zoom lens, with image sta­bi­liza­tion… http://flpbd.it/wAQD4 Related articles Product snapshot: Canon…

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  • Olympus Stylus XZ-2 is a digital compact stuck in a mirrorless camera body

    Olympus Stylus XZ-2 is a digital compact stuck in a mirrorless camera’s body, we go hands-on Zach Honig, engadget.com Look­ing to boost your com­pact capa­bil­i­ties, but don’t want to deal with the has­sle of swap­ping lens­es? You might take inter­est with the Sty­lus XZ-2 — Olym­pus’ most pow­er­ful point-and-shoot model. Admit­ted­ly, we’re hav­ing a bit…

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  • Best-Paying and Worst-Paying Master’s Degrees

    Best-Paying and Worst-Paying Master’s Degrees | Monster. Related articles Are Master’s Degrees Still Worth It (keptup.typepad.com) Purdue Cal offers new online tech master’s degree (nwitimes.com) Embrace Your Midlife Crisis [Infographic] (thetechscoop.net)

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  • What to Consider in Deciding Whether to Rent or Buy

    What to Consider in Deciding Whether to Rent or Buy Richard Florida is Co-Founder and Editor at Large at The Atlantic Cities. He’s also a Senior Editor at The Atlantic, Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, and Global Research Professor at New York University. He is…

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  • How’s Your Cholesterol? The Crowd Wants To Know

    How’s Your Cholesterol? The Crowd Wants To Know Eliza Barclay, npr.org Our impulse to share inti­mate details about our lives with­in our social net­works (and even some­times with com­plete strangers) seems to know few bounds. Now devices loaded with health apps let us mon­i­tor and share our sleep pat­terns, stre… http://flpbd.it/Yqlsu Related articles Childhood Obesity…

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  • The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives

    Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives [Hardcover] Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, amazon.com Har­vard pro­fes­sor and health care pol­i­cy spe­cial­ist Chris­takis (Death Fore­told: Prophe­cy and Prog­no­sis in Med­ical Care) became inter­est­ed in social con­nec­tiv­i­ty when observ­ing that the mor­tal­i­ty rate of spous­es spike after … http://flpbd.it/0isRt Related articles Gastrophysics: Some…

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