Plair: A Dongle For Streaming Videos From Your Phone To TVThere’s no great way to watch a YouTube clip with other people. You know what I mean. Someone has this hilarious video that you just have to see. So you awkwardly crowd around a computer, neck strained, anxious to know when you’re supposed to laugh.... Continue Reading →
Future of Hospitals online forecasting game
http://youtu.be/oiK0AfaGFw8 My Institute for the Future colleague Bradley Kreit and collaborators have launched a new online forecasting game you can play today and tomorrow about the future of hospitals. From a press release: The Future of the Hospital, created and produced by Institute for the Future (IFTF) with the sponsorship of the California Health Care... Continue Reading →
A Tale of Two RooftopsAs a series we’ve covered a number of urban farms, it’s a subject that’s near and dear to our hearts as urbanites. Farms in the city, and particularly rooftop farms seem to be an obvious way to make positive change in our food systems. For that reason we wanted to see... Continue Reading →
A Tale of Two Rooftops
Mars Rover Curiosity Finds Martian 'Flower' and Snake-Like Rock New photos of Mars from NASA's Curiosity rover have sparked a buzz of discussion over an odd formation that some have dubbed a "flower" embedded in a Martian rock. The rover has also found a snake-like rock formation winding across the Red Planet's surface. The... Continue Reading →
Mars Rover Curiosity Finds Martian ‘Flower’ and Snake-Like Rock
Amateur astronomers find 15 new possible earth-like planets Volunteers from the Planet hunters.org website, part of the Oxford University-led Zooniverse project, have discovered 15 new plants – missed by professional astronomers – orbiting in the zones of other stars where it is considered life may be possible.Added to the 19 similar planets already discovered in so-called... Continue Reading →
Amateur astronomers find 15 new possible earth-like planets
A Solar-Powered Alternative To InsecticidesOrganic farmers have a wealth of alternatives to synthetic insecticides--biological pest control, row covers, and even natural insecticides. A company called AgriSolar has a different alternative: a solar-powered system that attracts, disorients, and ultimately kills insects.The system is incredibly effective, if AgriSolar is to be believed. The company claims that it can kill... Continue Reading →
A Solar-Powered Alternative To Insecticides
Temperature ‘Below’ Absolute Zero AchievedA temperature ‘below’ absolute zero has been achieved by physicists at the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching.“On the absolute temperature scale, which is used by physicists and is also called the Kelvin scale, it is not possible to go below zero – at... Continue Reading →
Temperature ‘Below’ Absolute Zero Achieved
Mad Catz has announced the first accessories in its GameSmart line — a selection of Bluetooth products certified to work across a wide range of mobile devices as well as computers or consoles. The company's Rat M and Mous 9 gaming mice, Freq M headset, and Ctrl gamepad have all been adapted to work with... Continue Reading →
Mad Catz takes on mobile gaming with new Bluetooth 4.0 mice and gamepad
Food MythBusters -- Do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world? Read more: http://thegic.org/video/food-mythbusters-do-we-really-need-industrial-agriculture-to-feed#ixzz2HDU5ED4I The biggest players in the food industry—from pesticide pushers to fertilizer makers to food processors and manufacturers—spend billions of dollars every year not selling food, but selling the idea that we need their products to feed the world. But,... Continue Reading →
Food MythBusters — Do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world?
Lexus Releases Sneak Preview of its New Driverless Vehicle Read more: Lexus Unveils Luxurious New Driverless Vehicle | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Google no longer has a monopoly on driverless vehicles. Lexus has unveiled a sneak preview of its luxury LS model equipped with proprietary Intelligent Transport Systems technology, including an on-board... Continue Reading →
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