Teen with cancer creates his own musical goodbye wishes

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Dashboard cams a key safety feature in Russia

Why Dashboard Cams Have Become a Crucial Safety Feature for Russian Motorists core77.com Here’s an interesting example of how cultural influences have led to the ubiquitous uptake of a product design. The country in question is Russia, and the product is the dashboard cam.The Internet is awash in well-captured car crash footage, and i… RT … Continue reading Dashboard cams a key safety feature in Russia

Apps for parking lot survival

Get In and Out of Parking Lots Instantly with a Few Simple Tricks Thorin Klosowski, lifehacker.com Parking during the holiday rush is never an enjoyable experience. But whether you’re stuck circling around the parking lot looking for a spot, trying to get out of the lot, or just trying to find your car, the combination … Continue reading Apps for parking lot survival

Tim Ferriss and the quest for instant permanence

Raiding the Medicine Cabinet to Become Superhuman Peter Rubin, wired.com If you’ve read Tim Ferriss’ books, you know he’ll do almost anything to himself in the name of self-improvement. And if you thought he took this too far in The 4-Hour Workweek and The 4-Hour Body, just wait until The … Raiding the Medicine Cabinet … Continue reading Tim Ferriss and the quest for instant permanence

Go pro 4 is best action cam

The Best Action Camera Brent Rose and Michael Hession, gizmodo.com It wasn’t so long ago that we rounded up the best action cameras and put them to the test. Just half a year later, and the biggies all have new versions out. They’re all better, but there’s only one best. Round Two: Fight!Testing MethodologyAs you… … Continue reading Go pro 4 is best action cam

Visualizing cancer: it’s gone viral

Cancer Rates Around The World [Infographic] By Emily Elert, popsci.com Global patterns reveal the myth of a “disease of affluence” Can­cer is often con­sid­ered a “dis­ease of afflu­ence”—a mal­a­dy that most­ly afflicts peo­ple in the world’s wealth­i­est coun­tries, often as a con­se­quence of… Cancer Rates Around The World [Infographic] http://flip.it/Pc75S http://flip.it/qUUIU Related articles Light-activated, acid-producing … Continue reading Visualizing cancer: it’s gone viral

GoPro camera used for stratospheric imaging

GoPro Camera Records Sky Divers and Surfers By NICK BILTON, nytimes.com There have been two major mile­stones in nar­cis­sis­tic pho­tog­ra­phy in the last cen­tu­ry. The first was the inven­tion of the self-timer, which Kodak began sell­ing dur­ing World War I. The sec­ond came a few years ago, as teenagers stood at… RT @nytimesbits: Disruptions: A … Continue reading GoPro camera used for stratospheric imaging

How to use Creative Commons visuals

How to Use Creative Commons Visuals on Your Site Nina Frazier, mashable.com Tracking down quality visuals to accompany stories and blog posts can be difficult. Luckily, there are more than 200 million free photos on the web that are available for almost anyone to use — as long as they follow the tenets of Creative … Continue reading How to use Creative Commons visuals

Tim Ferriss disrupts book publishing with bit torrent

Is BitTorrent The Future Of Book Publishing? Tim Ferriss Is Banking On It John Paul Titlow, readwrite.com If you walk into your local Barnes & Noble look­ing for a copy of Tim­o­thy Fer­riss’s new book, good luck. Even though he’s a New York Times best sell­ing author, the giant book retail­er refus­es to sell The … Continue reading Tim Ferriss disrupts book publishing with bit torrent