Year: 2012

Impact Lab > 2012
Art, Breakthrough Thinking, Crazy Stuff, Entertainment, facebook, Humor, New Viewpoints

Up Close Social Shower Curtain

Surprise! I’m in the shower but still a  social menace.

If you’re the kind of person who’s always on Facebook, what could possibly be funnier than a shower curtain that looks like a Facebook Page? A lot of things! But still, this Facebook shower curtain even has a little window for you to pose as your profile pic. What better way to celebrate your addiction? It’ll be hilarious to all those people who are in your bathroom with you while you shower! Or the person who asks to awkwardly photograph you in the shower so you can post it to Facebook. It’s an antiquated profile design, but that’s part of the joke, right? Right?!

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Business, Globalism, Latest Trend

Skilled professionals leaving China in record numbers

Lee Yangang and his wife, Wang Lu, emigrated to Sydney, Australia, from Beijing.

Chen Kuo, at 30 years old, had what many Chinese dream of: her own apartment and a well-paying job at a multinational corporation. But Ms. Chen, in mid-October, boarded a midnight flight for Australia to begin a new life with no sure prospects.

 

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Animals, Health & Fitness, Science & Technology News, Weather

Hurricane Sandy deals blow to medical research, wiping out NYU lab mice

Researchers at NYU worry the mice they use to study human disease may have perished in the flooding caused by Superstorm Sandy.

It has been reported that the New York University Hospital has lost thousands of laboratory mice to Hurricane Sandy  This will setback research that could take years to correct, according to scientists.

 

 

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Analysis, Health & Fitness

Cancer comes in more shades than just pink: Studies

We have even more reason to understand breast cancer as multiple diseases.

Every year we go though a full month of pink, pink and more pink, all in the name of “breast cancer awareness.” What once was a health-related cause has become the feel-virtuous-and-buy-stuff season wedged between back-to-school and holiday gift giving.

 

 

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Analysis, Business, Science & Technology News

If you are looking for a new startup idea, try farming

Sustainable farming, which often ties into organic growing, has been reaping profits.

Last week, in an auditorium at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, startup companies sought out investors to help take their ideas to the next level. This wasn’t a tech conference. Venture capitalists were here to check out sustainable farming.

 

 

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Business, Science & Technology News

Apple stores start selling $199 Philips Hue custom LED light kits

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The Apple Store sells more smart devices for the home other that the Nest learning thermostats.  The retail chain will soon begin selling Philips’ ‘Hue’ LED light bulb kits, which let you control the color of light in your rooms from your smart device.

 

 

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