Behold nature and its wonders! Tobias Lunchbreath understands that true happiness lies in the Oreo-fueled cycle of life.
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The rise of Customer-Driven innovation
Crowdsourcing for innovation.
Numerous studies demonstrate that 70-80% of all new products fail. Lack of relevance, lack of differentiation, inappropriate pricing and muddled messaging all factor into a brand’s struggle when launching a new product.
However, the ultimate judgment of new products falls to consumers, who, ironically, are often absent from the development process. That development stage stands the greatest chance of generating transformative new ideas early on, before the brand has made a significant investment…
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Will you leave your passwords for your loved ones when you die?
Where do passwords go when you die?
I have pretty secure passwords, as much to keep would-be miscreants at bay as to keep my friends and family from finding out just how horrible a life I’m living. But according to a study, a full 11 percent of Brits plan to leave their passwords in their will.
There’s some sense to that, actually…
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Marchi Mobile’s futuristic RV is available in the present
The eleMMent
If you are in the market for a futuristic and slightly bizarre motor home it’s check out the eleMMent. You’ll be the envy of the trailer park when you pull up in this 500 horsepower, 40-foot long monstrosity, which features a fireplace, a pop-up sky lounge with fog machine, and paint that glows in the dark. (Pics)
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The car will be the next big boom in mobile technology
Cars are about to get connected to the internet like never before.
One of the great mobile devices we have is the car. And cars are about to get connected to the Internet like never before. Not only will it change how we drive, but it will change the economics of the car business as well.
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Banks demolish forclosed homes to ease housing market pressures
It has become cheaper for banks to demolish forclosed property than to continue to hold onto it.
The sight of excavators tearing down vacant buildings has become common in the foreclosure-ravaged city of Cleveland. The housing crisis hit this area early and hard. But the story behind the recent wave of demolitions is novel — and cities around the country are taking notice.
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Wireless subscribers outnumber people in the U.S.
There are more than 327 million wireless subscriptions in the U.S.
A new survey was released by CTIA yesterday with some interesting data on wireless subscribers in the U.S. The survey covers January 2011 through June 2011.
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Early Celtic ‘Stonehenge’ discovered in Germany’s Black Forest
A new cultural perspective of time.
A huge early Celtic calendar construction has been discovered in the royal tomb of Magdalenenberg, nearby Villingen-Schwenningen in Germany’s Black Forest. This discovery was made by researchers at the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum at Mainz in Germany when they evaluated old excavation plans. The order of the burials around the central royal tomb fits exactly with the sky constellations of the Northern hemisphere…
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Scientists find relatives of the Bubonic Plague still lurking the earth
Death around the bacterial corner.
Turns out the Black Death really was the granddaddy of them all. Scientists have mapped the genome of the bacteria that caused the bubonic plague and traced it to all modern incarnations of the disease.
Scientists recently pinpointed Yersinia pestis as the bacteria that killed 50 million people in the 14th century…
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Pedestrian signals from around the world
A real walk about.
This week Der Spiegel has an article commemorating the 50th anniversary of the introduction of pedestrian Don’t Walk/Walk signals to East Germany…
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Fewer people having babies amid weak economy
The U.S. birth rate has fallen sharply since hitting a high in 2007.
There is further evidence to add to the theory that the nation’s economic hard times have caused some families to delay having kids, according to a new report.
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As health premiums rise even the insured are spending less on care
More money is spent on health insurance but less money is spent on care.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers show more money is being spent on health insurance but less on care. Americans are spending more money on insurance premiums, and they’re spending less out of pocket on health services. The trend doesn’t reflect patients getting more health coverage for their insurance money, experts say. It reflects patients, even those with insurance, avoiding spending cash on health care they think can be put off.
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