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  • Sebastian Junger: people’s hunger for simplicity and experience

    Sebastian Junger – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Very interesting author who is trained as an anthropologist and has a theory that people’s lives are too complex and thus they crave the simplicity of natural disasters and tragic events such as war which creats bonds and a sense of grounding. Related articles Sebastian Junger launches medical…

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  • MAYA Design Innovation Boot Camps tap into anthropological insights

    Each year, 11% of consumer electronics are returned to stores, but only 5% of those are defective. The other 95% are returned because of poor design. Maya boot camps apply the techniques of usability and anthropology to change the odds. Inside MAYA Design’s Innovation Boot Camps | Fast Company. Related articles Apple acquires eighteen user interface…

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  • LEMUR: Musical Robots

    LEMUR: Purveyors of Fine Musical Robots Since 2000. Related articles Lemurs Are the Most Endangered Mammals on the Planet, And This Adorable Baby Is Their Future (blogs.smithsonianmag.com) Lemurs on the Loose in North Miami Beach (nbcmiami.com) Lemurs on Loose in South Florida (wctv.tv) Lemurs run amok in North Miami Beach; scratch toddler (miamiherald.com) Robot Freeze…

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  • Madagascar Institute: Brooklyn DIY lab

    The Madagascar Institute is an art combine in Brooklyn that specializes in large- scale sculptures and rides, live performances, and guerilla art events. Madagascar Institute | Fear is Never Boring. Related articles Madagascar Hissing Cockroach Makes It To Late-Night (blogpestcontrol.com) Join Madagascar 3′s Wild Circus (costumediscounters.com) The White Stuff: Mining Giant Rio Tinto Unearths Unrest in Madagascar…

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  • Life science based art

    Revealing creative nature – The Boston Globe . Related articles Time To Get Away? Plan the Perfect Escape at The Boston Globe Travel Show on February 8-10, 2013 (prweb.com)

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  • TechShop: America’s 1st Nationwide Open-Access Public Workshop

    TechShop is America’s 1st Nationwide Open-Access Public Workshop — What Do You Want To Make at TechShop?. Related articles The white iPhone: Does size matter? (reviews.cnet.com) RhinoFabLabs Help Rhino Users Fabricate (cadinsider.typepad.com) RhinoFabLabs Help Rhino Users Fabricate (worldcadaccess.typepad.com) Did you know where McKelvey built the prototype card reader for Jack Dorsey? TechShop, San Francisco (nextlevelofnews.com)…

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  • The Accidental Guerrilla by David Kilcullen

    Book Review – ‘The Accidental Guerrilla,’ by David Kilcullen – NYTimes.com. Anthropologist David Kilcullen is a former officer in the Australian Army, a strategist and a scholar. He is also an expert on counterinsurgency, or how to combat a rebellion, and one of the few brave souls who had the ear of people in the…

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  • Digital Anthropology becomes a science

    Using new online data sources and massive scale intelligence on social activities, this article argues that anthropology is being reinvented as a hard science. Digital Anthropology becomes a Science – broadstuff. Related articles What role does “digital” have within Anthropology? – Part I (chi.anthropology.msu.edu)

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  • Songza: like Pandora but with a dose of cultural insight

    I’ve been enjoying Songza recently which is like Pandora but driven by social intelligence Songza – Listen to Music Curated by Music Experts.

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  • Applied anthropology careers in business

    How can an anthropology degree be used in business? Check out these links. Careers in Anthropology. Related articles Careers in Anthropology (iamatheist.wordpress.com) Anthropology Blogs 2013 (anthropologyrevolution.com) Anthropologists Are Lowest Paid & Least Respected Scientists In the United States (anthropology.net)

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  • Icewall One: pod shaped living quarters that can survive anything

    These things look indestructible. Icewall One – Designers of the Igloo Satellite Cabin, PolyPod Snowcamper and other polar field equipment . Related articles Will Apple kill off the iPod Classic? (reviews.cnet.com) Line 6 Pod HD Pro? or Avid Eleven Rack? (gearslutz.com) Halley VI research station, Antarctica – review (guardian.co.uk)

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  • Check out Home Exchange to stay with the locals when traveling

    HomeExchange.com. This got great reviews in the Boston Globe. Save on hotels and rentals while traveling and  see the world from an anthro perspective. Related articles Time To Get Away? Plan the Perfect Escape at The Boston Globe Travel Show on February 8-10, 2013 (prweb.com) How to save money while seeing the world (getrichslowly.org) Home…

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