Category: Systems Science

Flykly smart wheel makes any bike electric and web enabled

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

FlyKly’s Smart Wheel lets any bike go electric and get connected
Devindra Hardawar, venturebeat.com

Tick­ets On Sale Now

For­get those clunky elec­tric bike con­ver­sion kits — Fly­K­ly’s new Smart Wheel is a sim­ple (and stealthy) way to add some juice to your exist­ing bike.

The New York City start­up, orig­i­nal­ly known for its cheap…

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Littlbug camp stove

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

This Camp Stove Collapses Thinner Than the Bark Used as Kindling
Andrew Liszewski, gizmodo.com

When you’re heading out into nature with nothing but a backpack, the long hike ahead of you is going to be far more enjoyable if you pack as light and minimally as possible. But that doesn’t mean you have to completely rough it. A hot meal at the …

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DIY high tech compost bin

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Is this the magic compost bin of your dreams?
Holly Richmond, grist.org

We know: $70 is A LOT of money to spend on something to hold your apple cores. Especially when a plastic bucket works just fine. (For that price, it should also make you dinner … and wash the dishes afterwards.) But the CompoKeeper promises to be …

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New Yorkers exposed to more pesticides than rural residents

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Sustainable Design, Systems Science

New Yorkers exposed to more pesticides than rural residents
John Upton, grist.org

ShutterstockNew Yorkers can eat all the organics that they want — but that won’t be enough to protect them from the Big Apple’s stubborn pesticide problem.Despite living in a dense city with only tiny patches of agriculture (much of it organic,…

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Go sun portable solar oven

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

GoSun: Portable solar oven cooks food in as little as 10 minutes – Images
gizmag.com

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Nest builds social, data driven CO detector

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Like The Evolution Of Apple’s iPod And iPhone, Nest Is Building One Product At A Time
Aaron Tilley, forbes.com

Today Nest offi­cial­ly unveiled the fol­low up to its pop­u­lar learn­ing ther­mo­stat with a smoke and car­bon monox­ide detec­tor called the “Nest Pro­tect.”

Get­ting a look at it in per­son, co-founder and VP of engi­neer­ing Matt Rogers sho…

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Build your own tropospheric gas detector

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Tropospheric Gas Detector
Jake Spurlock, makezine.com

Make: Projects

Build a Tro­pos­pher­ic Gas Detec­tor with two gas sen­sors. By using the MQ-2 and MQ-6 togeth­er, you can obtain accu­rate ground-level air pol­lu­tion data.

By

Cat­e­go­ry: Arduino

Time Required: 15 min­utes

Dif­fi­cul­t…

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Mobile pop up shops transform unused, industrial wastelands

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Mobile Pop-Up Shop Kit Transforms Vacant Storefronts Into Instant Community Hubs
inhabitat.com

An eclec­tic team of archi­tects, design­ers, urban plan­ners and film­mak­ers are giv­ing new life to vacant store­fronts on the Lower East Side with their ready-made kit of fur­nish­ings stored in a …

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Freeze your clothes

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Stop Wasting Water Washing Dirty Jeans…Freeze Them!
ecouterre.com

Photo by dun­char­ris

Turn those blue jeans green—or at least main­tain their deep indi­go hue—by putting them on ice, lit­er­al­ly. Employed by denim enthu­si­asts to pre­vent pre­ma­ture fad­ing, the …

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Anthropological perspectives on why dieting is a waste of time

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Daniel Lieberman: ‘Dieting is a disaster for everyone’
Interview by Ian Tucker, theguardian.com

Harvard’s professor of human evolutionary biology explains why obesity is the major 21st-century problem – and why we are ill-equipped to deal with it

Daniel Lieberman is a professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard and has published…

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The efficiency of your city, ranked and rated

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

How Efficient Is Your City? America’s 34 Largest Towns Get Ranked
thinkprogress.org

CREDIT: National Geographic / Gregory KushmerekEven the U.S. cities that have gone the furthest in building energy efficiency still have a lot of ground they could cover, according to a new report. Boston, Massachusetts — the report’s highest-scor…

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The duck chalet

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

The Duck Chalet
Kent Griswold, tinyhouseblog.com

My husband, Jeff, and I wanted to share our latest summer side-project that is now for sale – the Duck Chalet! It stemmed from our love for small, intuitively designed, and cost effective dwellings.We are both green home designers and builders her…

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