Daily Infographic: How Facebook Photos Go Viral By Emily Elert, popsci.com George Takei—an actor some of you may recognize from the original Star Trek series, has a knack for posting viral photos on Facebook. Recently, the social media giant asked Stamen, a San Francisco design firm, to create a… http://flpbd.it/gbz2V Related articles 8 Steps to…
Giant 3-D Printing Factory Opens In New York City By Dave Mosher, popsci.com Shapeways, an online 3-D printing company, opened an enormous “Factory of the Future” in Queens, New York that could house 50 industrial printers and churn out millions of consumer-designed products a year. The world’s biggest 3-D printing… http://flpbd.it/vyKIx Related articles Man sends…
Daily Infographic: If Everyone Lived Like An American, How Many Earths Would We Need? By Emily Elert, popsci.com Hint: It’s a good thing not everyone lives like an American. You’re probably already aware that Americans consume a disproportional amount of the world’s stuff. You may even have bumped into some of the statistics: We make…
Interactive Fractal Tree of Life Zooms In On Earth’s Entire Evolutionary History By Rebecca Boyle, popsci.com A new interactive website shows a phylogenetic tree of everything, as zoomable as Google Earth. From protozoans to people, there is a lot of life on this planet, and it’s all connected to a common ancestor from which everything…
Hackert0wn: The World’s First Eco/Hacker Village? By Stett Holbrook, makezine.com Alpha One Labs co-founder Sean Auriti and a group of like-minded hackers have launched a campaign to build Hackert0wn, a Brooklyn hackerspace the likes of which the world has never seen. As planned, Hackert0wn will be an entire hacker… http://flpbd.it/8muih Related articles Twitter Account of…
Natural Keyboard Brings the Outdoors Right to Your Desk Anita Li, mashable.com Hunching over a desk all day at work may make you yearn for the great outdoors. Artist Robbie Tilton aims to remedy that by creating a computer keyboard made from organic materials. Laser cut from an Apple wireless keyboard… http://flpbd.it/EgyTk Related articles Hands-on:…
gizmodo.com There’s an ocean of apps out there. Whether you just got your iPhone and are feeling adrift or you’re a salty old dog seeing what you might’ve missed, here are the absolutely essential apps. Social Twitter: Twitter thankfully… http://flpbd.it/cdICD The Best iPhone Apps Related articles The Best Alternatives for Almost Every Pre-Loaded iPhone…
Monya Baker, nature.com An artist’s conception of epigenetic cloning Jonathan Keats The man in the bowtie says he can transform you into anyone you want. At the Modernism Gallery in San Francisco, conceptual artist Jonathan Keats is applying his… http://flpbd.it/5U85D Epigenetics inspires philosophical experiments Related articles Life experiences put their stamp on the next generation:…
Panasonic Lumix LX7 Review: A Lovely Point-and-Shoot For Control Freaks Brent Rose, gizmodo.com Anyone in the market for a top point-and-shoot camera is probably deciding between Canon’s S100 and Sony’s RX100. But Panasonic is back in the game with the Lumix LX7, a sequel to one of the top shooters of 2010, the wildly popular…
Igloo Made From 300 Refrigerators Springs Up in Germany | 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 an early…
Infographic: Womens’ health connections By Madhumita Venkataramanan, wired.co.uk Magazine This article was taken from the October 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired’s articles in print before they’re posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing… http://flpbd.it/b1HK1 Related articles Heart Health Infographics – This Chart Gives…
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…