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3d printed cars on the way

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

The 3D-Printed Urbee 2 Hybrid Car is Light, Strong, and Nearing Production
Morgana Matus, inhabitat.com

Nothing says “Welcome to the Future” like a 3D-printed runabout vehicle with a hybrid engine, three wheels, speeds of up to 110 mph, and capacity to carry up to 1,200 lbs. The Urbee 2 is the result of Jim Kor’s dream for a modern, sustainable vehi…

RT @inhabitat: The Urbee 2 is a 3D-printed car with a hybrid engine, three wheels, and capacity to carry up to 1,200 lbs http://flip.it/pTh0S http://flip.it/I3CCT

Worlds First 3D Printed Car Urbee (motorlust.org)
Report: Homeland Security Is Worried Limiting 3D-Printed Guns ‘May Be Impossible’ (huffingtonpost.com)
INTERVIEW: Inhabitat Talks to botObjects Founders About ProDesk3D, The World’s First Full-Color 3D Printer (inhabitat.com)

Adventurous Couple Meanders Down the Pan-American Highway in a Solar-Powered 1967 VW Van

February 8, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Sustainable Design

English: The Panamericana in Peru, near Pacasmayo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Beth Buczynski, inhabitat.com

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Adventurous Couple Meanders Down the Pan-American Highway in a Solar-Powered 1967 VW Van

The Beauty that is Arenal, Costa Rica (truelovesjoy.wordpress.com)
This Hot Pink VW Camper Van Is Blowing My Mind, Man (jalopnik.com)
Vw Golf Jetta Shift Knob With Boot Mk4 1999-2005 (golfjettashiftsed2.wordpress.com)
3D scanning with the Smithsonian’s laser cowboys (video) (engadget.com)

With $1 Trillion at Stake, Enterprise Technology Gets Its Star Turn :

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

Big Tech: With $1 Trillion at Stake, Enterprise Technology Gets Its Star Turn
Michael V. Copeland, wired.com

Every 10 to 15 years the enterprise market goes through an upheaval where the next generation of technology replaces the old. We’re in the early stages of one of those big displacements right now, where huge companies are brought to …

Michael …

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So What If Chief Marketing Officers Outspend CIOs On Enterprise Tech? (readwrite.com)
Cisco’s John Chambers Has Found A New $14 Trillion Market (CSCO) (businessinsider.com)
Arming the Enterprise (stevetodd.typepad.com)

Technology Ranks World’s Most-Trusted Industry

January 23, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy

Technology Ranks World’s Most-Trusted Industry in 2013
Zoe Fox, mashable.com

The technology industry has been ranked most-trusted for the second consecutive year, ahead of the automotive, and food and beverage industries, according to the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer.”As an industry, I think tech companies pre-anticipate a…

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Technology Ranks World’s Most-Trusted Industry in 2013 (mashable.com)
Technology Ranks #1 As World’s Most Trusted Industry (powertolearn.typepad.com)
Video: Edelman’s Debate On ‘Trust’ At Churchill Club (siliconvalleywatcher.com)
Richard Edelman At Churchill Club On Building Trust (siliconvalleywatcher.com)
Finance Least-Trusted Industry for Third Year in Edelman Survey – Bloomberg (bloomberg.com)
2013 Edelman Trust Barometer Finds a Crisis in Leadership (edelman.com)
In Tech We Trust (edelman.com)

Cricket Trailer Showcases Space-Age Design

January 17, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

NASA Architect’s Cricket Trailer Showcases Space-Age Design | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
dim says:, inhabitat.com

The Cricket Trailer, designed by NASA Architect Garrett Finney, is a mini mobile home inspired by the tight but efficient quarters of the NASA space station. Finney, who helped design the “habitation module” where the astronauts eat and…

RT @inhabitat: A NASA architect designed this sweet trailer – a mini mobile home inspired by a space station http://flip.it/0xreI http://flip.it/FEJbO

The ‘Mad Men’ Writers Are Working on a Show About NASA in the ’60s (motherboard.vice.com)
Ambitious Startups Could Signal The Coming Of A Second Space Age (techcrunch.com)
Architectural Craziness: Old Belgian Bakery Now Boasts Space-Age Bathroom Pod (curbed.com)

The Government Open-Data Program

January 17, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

The Government Open-Data Program At The Root Of Energy-Efficiency Startups
BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com

The Green Button program has forced utilities to standardize the way they present their energy use numbers to their customers. In turn, that data has caused an explosion of apps and services to help you save energy—and money.

It’s only a…

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UK postcodes will not be open data, government decides (information-age.com)
Do you want Open historical weather data? (cleanweb.org.uk)

Diesel Tells You How Many Days Are Left In Your Life

January 17, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Network Science

Diesel Tells You How Many Days Are Left In Your Life
Joe Berkowitz, fastcocreate.com

The brand expands on its “Time to Be Brave” philosophy by calculating roughly how much time each of its fans has in which to be brave.If you knew the extent of your projected longevity, it would probably change the way you lived your life. In the…

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Audi Will Bring Diesel-Powered A4 Sedan to the United States (dailytech.com)
Audi Will Bring Diesel-Powered A4 Sedan to the United States (elonmusktesla.wordpress.com)

NASA shows that earth looks like one big disco ball at night

December 14, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management, Sustainable Design, Systems Science

Satellite images of Earth, city lights at night
Posted By: Bryan Chan, latimes.com

Photography

NASA has released images of Earth at night from the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership satellite that is orbiting 512 miles above the Earth’s surface. The agency stitched some of these images together to create a…

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This gorgeous video shows what Earth looked like throughout 2012 (geek.com)
NASA | Earth from Orbit 2012 (energment.wordpress.com)
NASA Releases Beautiful Compilation of 2012 Satellite Imagery (petapixel.com)
Evidence Oceans Flowed on ‘Snowball Earth’ (news.discovery.com)

Fenix ReadySet: Energy storage, redesigned

November 26, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Fenix ReadySet | Popular Science
popsci.com

Energy storage, redesigned.

The ReadySet portable base station can draw and store energy from a number of sources: A 15-watt solar panel charges its battery in seven hours. Next year, Fenix will release a kinetic generator, which can hel…

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Intelligent plug-and-play energy system charges by sun, wind, hydro, or bicycle (treehugger.com)
Bill Gates Provides Boost To Renewable Energy Storage Company Aquion Energy (cleantechnica.com)
Storing Renewable Energy: Key To An All-Renewables Future (earthtechling.com)
Hss For Sale Fenix RC10 Rechargeable Flashlight For Sale Online Blades Harder Than They Drill Better Balanced End (tarpcosttro2.wordpress.com)
Energy Storage Study Predicts Boom Through 2022 (theenergycollective.com)
Energy Storage Breakthrough: Large And Powerful Redox Flow Battery Developed (cleantechnica.com)
Smart Grid Technology The energy storage breakthrough we’ve been waiting for? (hazima.wordpress.com)

Arduino: How To Smell Pollutants

November 26, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Systems Science

English: Arduino Serial board (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

by liseman, instructables.com

This Instructable explains how to use a gas sensor with your Arduino.

This lets your Arduino smell (and hence you program responses to) overall gas levels for a variety of nasties, including ethanol, methane, formaldehyde, and a bunch o…

http://flpbd.it/EypGF

How To Smell Pollutants

Arduino ADK LED Lighting (instructables.com)
Shrunk down an Arduino to the size of a finger-tip! (electronics-lab.com)
Arduino controlled Pocket Etch A Sketch Random Walk Simulation (instructables.com)

The Fab Academy is a six-month long digital fabrication program

November 25, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Providence, RI Fab Academy Now Accepting Applications for 2013
By Brian Jepson, makezine.com

The Fab Academy is a six-month long digital fabrication program directed by MIT’s Neil Gershenfeld, and based on his rapid prototyping course How to Make (Almost) Anything. The Fab Academy started as an MIT outreach program, an…

http://flpbd.it/dNjyn

Congratulations, Your iPhone Has Been Unlocked (makezine.com)
NASA To Use Google And MIT Backed Satellite For Finding New Planets (ubergizmo.com)
Printing Custom Lego-Compatible Beams (makezine.com)

Quotes from Steve Jobs

November 12, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

12 Inspiring Quotes from Steve Jobs That Enrich your Day
Zoe B, lifehack.org

Steve Jobs was not just a visionary genius, but a man with an incredible passion for innovation, and a man who changed the world as we knew it. His lust for life was so huge that he used to look at his reflection in the mirror each mornin…

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Trailer for iSteve Starring Justin Long as Steve Jobs (shoppingblog.com)
A New And Incredibly Fitting Memorial For Steve Jobs (macgasm.net)
Steve Jobs Created Next Two iPhones Before Passing Away (newsy.com)

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