The battle between the “thinkers” and the “do-ers” takes shape
Capitalism has improved the lives of billions of people — something that’s easy to forget at a time of great economic uncertainty. But it has left out billions more. They have great needs, but they can’t express those needs in ways that matter to markets. So […]
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Gates Issues Call For “Creative Capitalism”
Sound Art By Kim Kuchul
The work of Kim Kichul is something that delves very deep in to both the scientific world as well as the spiritual world. It is one of the most amazing works of abstract art which Kim puts in the form of a definite science and uses to try and find a spiritual metaphor to the […]
Gadget Vending Machines
Best Buy’s Gadget Vending Machine
Check out this Best Buy vending machine spotted in the Dallas/Forth Worth airport, keeping flyers in gadgets and sucking up money like a black hole in a square box.
Ripple Series Tables
Artist and engineer Lee Rowland see things a bit differently from you and me. Using sophisticated 3D milling processes and a variety of materials such as polished aluminum, clear polyester resin and a dash of aerospace engineering, he’s created the Ripple Series, tables that appear to stop time in its rippling tracks.
The Train Capsule
Here’s a train with only one car, and room for only a dozen or so passengers. It seats folks in a series of individual, side-facing capsules, as well as a small room for four at either end of the train.
Apple “iThink” Concept
Consider this a concept that that might have been and may still be, should Steve Jobs get a bit too enamored with The Matrix. It could be the next hot Apple item, leaving the iPod and iPhone in the dust. Designer Paul Micarelli came up with it.
Shipping Costs Put a Crimp in Globalization
Shipping costs continue to climb
The world economy has become so integrated that shoppers find relatively few T-shirts and sneakers in Wal-Mart and Target carrying a “Made in the U.S.A.” label. But globalization may be losing some of the inexorable economic power it had for much of the past quarter-century, even as it faces fresh challenges […]
Sleep-Deprived People ‘Dying a Slow Death’
Shakespeare once called sleep the “balm of hurt minds”. Bodies, too, apparently.
People with the severe form of apnea, which interferes with sleep, are several times more likely to die from any cause than are folks without the disorder, researchers report in the latest edition of the journal Sleep.
The findings in the 18-year study confirm […]
