March 2010
43 posts
“Serendipity is not randomness. It is unexpected relevance.”
– Serendipity is unexpected relevance « BuzzMachine
New RFID Tag Could Mean the End of Bar Codes →
Lines at the grocery store might become as obsolete as milkmen, if a new tag that seeks to replace bar codes becomes commonplace.
Researchers from Sunchon National University in…
I Can't Wait for NoSQL to Die →
They don’t teach you this in college, but the fundamental theorem of the software industry is the idea that everything needs to be rewritten all the time. As a corollary, web startup engineers…
(Video) Craigslist Founder Believes The Web Needs... →
In a recent interview, Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, said that he thinks that the lack of a trust network on the web will be a big problem the Internet will have to face in the coming…
Complexity without conscious design →
There was a terrific documentary on the BBC last night, and happily it’s also on YouTube for anyone to enjoy: The Secret Life of Chaos. I particularly enjoyed the last ten minutes or so. It…
Ayodhyatra’s Moss Tables Bring a Bit of Life to... →
If your living room needs a little touch of plant life and you’ve got anything but a green thumb, then these moss tables just may be the thing for you. From home furniture company …
Venn Diagramming the World of Drugs →
If you were to design a Venn diagram with circles depicting people with an interest in drugs and people with an interest in Venn diagrams, its sweet spot would represent a group of people who would…
Researchers Transmit 10mbps Broadband Data Through... →
Gadget geeks, prepare to get wired in a whole new way — researchers at Korea University in Seoul recently discovered a way to transmit data directly through the human body at broadband…
The money graph →
A new Pew study on the economics of news does not give comfort to news sites planning pay schemes. It also does not give me comfort that we’re wasting precious time futzing over walls when we…
Readot Can Transform Two Dimensional Images Into... →
Readot is an innovative device concept that transforms text or images into a tactile representation for visually impaired people by featuring a series of pins that are raised and…
Dark Pools →
*Imagine the fun of unregulated, globalized, collapsing finance-empires that are too big to fail and also don’t officially exist.
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A Futures Market For Betting On Movies →
Cantor Futures Exchange is opening an online futures market site that will allow the general public and movie studios to place bets and trade on the box office revenues of movies.
Bottled Wind Could Be as Constant as Coal →
Wind power has made incredible inroads into the U.S. energy system thanks to big, efficient machines standing hundreds of feet tall. But the future of wind power may be underground.
In the…
“So, are rabbits poised to become the next American diet staple?”
– Backyard Bunnies Are the New Urban Chickens - GOOD Blog - GOOD
Get nervous →
Gavin Heaton has some good ideas about what works and doesn’t in social media. This one definitely resonates for me.
Nervous – Does your content make you nervous? Do you get a small thrill when…
“After that, we’ll go behind-the-scenes with Adelstein and his yakuza...”
– Meet Jake Adelstein, a Jewish reporter who thinks like a Japanese gangster - Boing Boing
QUOTE: The competitor to be feared is one who... →
The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.
—Henry Ford
The Secret Lives Of Objects: StickyBits Turn... →
Every place and object in the world has a secret past: who lived there, who passed by, who touched it. The secret lives of objects are filled with such details. If only you could make them talk….
How Dubai survives without a postal service →
You may have trouble sending a letter to the United Arab Emirates if you don’t have a post office box. That’s because Dubai has no street addresses, no zip codes or area codes, and no postal…
MIT Team Makes Wireless Network in Afghanistan Out... →
At Inhabitat, we’ve seen a ton of cool things made of garbage, but never a whole wireless network – until now, that is. That’s right, members of MIT’s Bits and Atoms lab taught locals…
IBM Developing Chips That Carry Information Using... →
At the moment, electrical signals transfer information between computer chips using copper wires–a process that sucks up a lot of energy. But now researchers from IBM have developed a…
Hydroponics Are Hot →
Olympic medals are not the only thing that come out of Vancouver, Canada; it is also a hotbed of hydroponic creativity. TreeHugger contributor Sami Grover has suggested that equipment…
Agro E.Sustentable Wind Generator Features... →
The Agro E.Sustentable concept wind generator aims to ease and optimize the installation and transportation procedure, making it convenient and time-saving for the agricultural workers. The…
Bioluminescent Lamp Made From Living, Glowing... →
It may sound like something cooked up in Frankenstein’s lab, but Joris Laarman has created an incredible living lamp made out of (get this) bioluminescent, living, glowing hamster…
“I Bought a CD, not a Licensing Agreement”
– I Bought a CD, not a Licensing Agreement - Everything Random
Backpack Hydroelectric Plant Gives You 500 Watts... →
A human-portable hydroelectric generator that weighs about 30 pounds and generates 500 watts of power may soon be a new option for off-grid power.
Developed by Bourne Energy of Mailbu,…
“the newly discovered wasp species, a member of the Hymenoptera family, is able...”
– Newly Discovered Wasp Species Enslaves Spiders : TreeHugger
“The tracking survey asks one simple question: How likely are you to recommend...”
– Lessons Learned: Net Promoter Score: an operational tool to measure customer satisfaction
Falcon Concept Car Features Great Power with Jet... →
Falcon is a futuristic car concept that elegantly combines two different platforms into an innovative and highly functional racing car with unique aesthetics. From the front, the falcon is a…
Nev 01 Nike Expedition Extreme Sports Vehicle Can... →
The compact and optimized Nev ’01 expedition vehicle concept has been designed to take part as an all terrain extreme sports vehicle, such as climbing, snowboarding and surfing on the Nike’s…
“In this definition, Bushpunk is a response to a world that is trying to achieve...”
– Humblefacture: Complexity Through Design, Not Energy
“I like the idea of learning on the taxi to the airport that my Tumi bag is, in...”
– Tumi and the case of the talking suitcase :: Grant McCracken
“One way to track culture is to track cuisine.
And one way to track cuisine is...”
– By their lettuce, you shall know them :: Grant McCracken
“Last week, on the post on Significant Objects, I contemplated a commercial world...”
– Buy this product; we have writers standing by :: Grant McCracken
“It’s all part of a home experiment he is conducting in a form of year-round,...”
– Aquaponics, a Gardening System Using Fish and Circulating Water - NYTimes.com
“So the company last year launched a program called Digg Ads (it kicked off with...”
– How Digg Found a Way to Make Money – GigaOM
“The DESERTEC Concept provides an answer that will allow most people in the world...”
– Using Deserts To Power The World - PSFK
“It presented input fields to people as blanks within sentences (Mad Libs-style,...”
– LukeW | “Mad Libs” Style Form Increases Conversion 25-40%
“Programming is not all about passion.
Passion is the antithesis of good...”
– The case against passion | Stochastic Geometry
“The former giant of global business had breathed its last breath. This was the...”
– FuturistSpeaker.com – The personal blog of Futurist Thomas Frey » Blog Archive » The Day that Google Died
“However, having established that there really is a stealthy U.S. drone operating...”
– Mysteries Surround Afghanistan’s Stealth Drone (Updated) | Danger Room | Wired.com
“Mathematics is like unicorn anatomy. You imagine this thing, and it doesn’t...”
– The Philosophy of Punk Rock Mathematics – Technoccult interviews Tom Henderson | Technoccult