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  • Citiesense iPhone air quality monitoring

    CitiSense is a Portable Air Pollution Monitoring Device that Sends Data to Your Smart Phone | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Jill Fehrenbacher 5 Tips to Make Your Home Safe, Green & Healthy from Zem Joaquin TweetShare on TumblrEmail You’ve all heard the tired mantras about changing your lightbulbs and recycling…

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  • An energy model for Boston from European cities

    Germany definitely has the right idea: convert ugly old buildings to biofuel factories and kick start the green economy. But we’re still in the mode of “drill baby drill.” An energy model for Boston – Boston.com. Related articles Renewable distributed electricity generation to triple by 2017 (eco-business.com) Germany: Full speed ahead on renewables (summitcountyvoice.com) Germany’s…

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  • Nokia works to understand developing markets thru ethnographic research

    Great article on the fact that Nokia is investing heavily in a do or die fashion in understanding the anthropology of how people actually use mobile devices in the developing world, and using this to develop a line of low power mobile devices. Nokia Sets Sights on Developing World – Technology Review. Related articles Nokia’s…

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  • EvoFIT: Evolutionary science and anthropometrics applied to criminal facial recognition software

    For a long time the process of identifying suspects in criminal cases was a rather frighteningly imprecise one of line ups relying on human’s often variable ability to remember specific facial features. Now, using evolutionary and anthropometric sciences, this article shows how new software can allow identification using a gradual process of increased recognition more…

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  • Make Me Sustainable :: Your Guide to a Sustainable Tomorrow

    Make Me Sustainable :: Your Guide to a Sustainable Tomorrow. Related articles Restaurant insurance holders are ‘making sustainable changes’ (premierlinedirect.co.uk) Fashion Industry Makes Sustainability Statement (sustainablebusiness.com) RIVERSIDE: UCR recognized for sustainability efforts (pe.com) Nin Castle: Making a Sustainable Statement (theurbn.com) Coclico Shoes: Where Chic, Summery, and Sustainable Design Come Together (fabsugar.com) How do we make…

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