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Nemo outdoor gear: from a RISD design to the marketplace

March 8, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

NEMO Equipment: From a RISD ID Thesis to a Successful Outdoor Gear Company with a Design Difference
core77.com

In 2002 Cam Brensinger was a RISD industrial design student on a camping trip. An experienced outdoorsman, Brensinger spent a miserable night on that particular outing to Mount Washington, due to using poorly-designed gear. He came back down the…

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Compare Nemo Equipment Losi Tent (padlockkeygou10.wordpress.com)
Deals of Nemo Equipment 2011 Alti Storm 3-Person 4 Season Backpacking Tent (Orange) (drawlatchgou3.wordpress.com)
[?] Nemo Equipment HelioPressure Shower! (srysuw.wordpress.com)
[?] Nemo Equipment Meta 2-Person Ultralight Trekking Tent! (wmkmrx.wordpress.com)
Ryan Frayne’s Windcatcher Magnifies Human Breath, Enabling Super-Fast Inflation (core77.com)
Reviews of Nemo Equipment Morpho Air Supported Tent (digitallocksjio3.wordpress.com)

Etsy is creating small business crafty moneymakers

March 8, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Brooklyn-based tech company Etsy turning itsy bitsy New York microbusinesses into moneymakers
By Phyllis Furman / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, nydailynews.com

The mood was cheery as more than 50 New York City small business owners gathered at a party last week at the Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side.

“Our mission is to re-imagine commerce,” Chad …

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#SciAmBlogs Wednesday – GMO potato, cooperative genes, shark tourism, itsy bitsy spiders, magpie family, and more. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
101 Best Food Trucks in America….the Best Street Food Ever in the Country (katenews2day.com)
Sinister sound ! Kanye West reveals edgier new style at Governors Ball Festival – New York Daily News (1bedouin.wordpress.com)
Caffe Vita. Lower East Side. (itsjeffyoung.wordpress.com)

DIY grid it style cable organizer

March 5, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Make Your Own Pocket-Sized, Grid-It-Style Organizer for $2.50
Whitson Gordon, lifehacker.com

It’s no secret that we’re fans of products like the Grid-It for holding your cables, gadgets, and other knick-knacks. Reddit user MinimumEffort put together his own that fits right in your pocket for your most essential stuff.

Whitson Gordon

Make Your Own Pocket-Sized, Grid-It-Style Organizer for $2.50 http://flip.it/7bNvb http://flip.it/SnFz6

Anatomy of a 3D printed Turk’s head (instructables.com)
To grid, or not to grid, that is the question! (rpgcharacters.wordpress.com)
Top 10 Relaxing Projects to Soothe Your Overworked Mind (dschvart.wordpress.com)
Camp-Inspired Installations – The Off the Grid Exhibit Boasts Creative Alternatives to Outdoor Needs (TrendHunter.com) (trendhunter.com)
Get Social With Lifehacker and Your Favorite Writers (lifehacker.com)

Use written estimates to save on repairs

March 3, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Use Written Estimates to Shop Around and Save Money on Car Repairs
Alan Henry, lifehacker.com

If you take your car to the shop for regular maintenance or even a small repair, odds are the mechanic will come back to you with a laundry list of things they want to convince you to do before you leave. It’s a difficult situation, since your car…

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Useful Car Repair Tips For Your Automobile (cdltrainingschool.wordpress.com)

Add aux port to car stereo for $3

March 2, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Easily Add an Auxiliary Port to an Old Car Stereo for About $3
Thorin Klosowski, lifehacker.com

If you have one of those stereos that was released in that awkward time between CDs and MP3 players, then it might be missing the now-standard auxiliary port for easy playback. Redditor Esplodies found themselves in this exact situation, and cleve…

Easily Add an Auxiliary Port to an Old Car Stereo for About $3 http://flip.it/Wy9C2 http://flip.it/gWDlS

Biobot tabletop biodiesel producer

March 1, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

The Biobot 20 is a Tabletop Biodiesel Processor for Waste Cooking Oil
Morgana Matus, inhabitat.com

Now there is something better you can do with that viscous mess of cooking oil instead of sequestering it in a can or pouring it down the drain. The UK-based company Biobot offers the Biobot 20, a tabletop processor that converts household oil was…

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Boulder Fleets to Drive on Used Cooking Oil (sustainablebusiness.com)
Fryer Waste to Fueling Wheels (Biodiesel) (texasgreenfee.wordpress.com)
Organic coconut cooking oil (jimmyphotogallery.wordpress.com)
Alt.Transportation: Make biodiesel in 5 minutes (makezine.com)

Co working spaces and working beyond the cube

February 26, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Coworking Spaces From GRid70 To Grind Help Employees Work Beyond The Cube
By Greg Lindsay, fastcompany.com

AT&T, Zappos, and other companies are sharing office space with strangers— and not to save rent.

In 2011, when the electronics firm Plantronics redesigned its headquarters in Santa Cruz, Califo …

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The Science of Serendipity in the Workplace (zedie.wordpress.com)
Leadership Ensemble (bossofthelivingdead.wordpress.com)
“a Brand Is a C… (jasonwesterman.wordpress.com)

Technology Means The End Of Reviewers Fudging Numbers

February 25, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Dan Nosowitz, popsci.com

Tesla now logs data for all test drives taken by journalists. This could be a scarily exposed new world for “creative” reviewers, in which fudging numbers could be a thing of the past.

The Times published a scathing review of a test drive in th…

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Technology Means The End Of Reviewers Fudging Numbers

The big book of hacks | Popular Science

February 25, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Grand Opening of “Popular Science” Lounge (Photo credit: janet.powell)

popsci.com

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the big book of hacks | Popular Science

New Human Body Part Discovered (medicalminded.wordpress.com)

Radiator retrofit could save billions

February 25, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

How A Radiator Retrofit That Could Save The U.S. Billions Went From Bedroom To Boardroom
By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com

Columbia University helped grad student Marshall Cox turn a dorm room hack into a commercializable system that could slash carbon emissions by more than 6 million tons a year.

To shut him up, Cox, then a PhD student in electrical engineerin…

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Drone film makers

February 4, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Sustainable Design

See What You Can Do With Drone Filmmaking
fastcocreate.com

Filmmakers are increasingly turning to camera-equipped drones to film aerial shots. Here, a German expert gives us the 400-foot view of a new mode of moviemaking.

Berlin-based filmmaker Christopher …

RT @nealunger: Here’s why filmmakers are using UAVs for amazing aerial video shoots. Helicopters? Old school http://flip.it/DceZE (via @fastcocreate) http://flip.it/7eZrW

UAVs & adventure filmmaking (matadornetwork.com)
How Film Accelerator CineCoup Mashed Film and Tech To Create a New Moviemaking Model (fastcocreate.com)
Drone sales for agriculture outpaces all non-military markets (droneinsider.wordpress.com)

Solving unmet needs through startup companies

February 4, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

In Big Tech, Bet on Companies That Seek a ‘Better Way’
Sarah Mitroff, wired.com

Consumer internet companies are notorious for selling us something we don’t really need, whether it’s Foursquare telling us to check-in to the restaurants and shops we enter, or Facebook encouraging us to share every detail of our lives. But it’s…

In Big Tech, Bet on Companies That Seek a ‘Better Way’ http://flip.it/3kEUL http://flip.it/Hkv8t

Do we need Facebook or Foursquare? No. Bet on companies that seek a ‘better way’, by @sarahmitroff (nextlevelofnews.com)
Foursquare Is Generating Too Much Useless Noise (adage.com)
Foursquare Morale Hits A New Low And Employees Look For Ways Out (businessinsider.com)
Foursquare Plans to Sell Your Data to Advertisers (news.softpedia.com)

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