Facebook’s insights on human behavior can give them new ways to cash in on our data—and remake our view of society.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, has said in public that if Facebook were a country its 900 million members would make it the third largest country in the world.
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Just add a few drops of magic and BAM! Flying monkeys
Quote of the Day: “My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father.” – Wendy Liebman
Instructables has a very clever project for 3D printers. Replacing your old car parts with a newly printed one. Obviously this won’t yet work for ALL car parts, but it will certainly come in handy for some…
“Our problems are not caused by a shortage of scientists and engineers.”
Recently, Slate published an article on science and technology education in the U.S. The title: “America Needs More Scientist and Engineers.”
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Omaha, Nebraska
Bob Grinnell, the owner of the building where a former furniture factory once occupied in North Downtown Omaha, Nebraska explains to Eric Markowitz of Inc.com, how this factory, The Mastercraft, takes its name from the furniture brand that had originally inhabited the space. The furniture company opened in 1941 and manufactured furniture for the better part of the 20th century. But 10 years ago, the furniture business failed and investors in Iowa bought the company. The building was abandoned.
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As colleges try to deliver more education at the same price, schools will move into the crowded and distractable world of the Web.
Last year, the University of Phoenix enlisted renowned Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen to record a lecture. The university reserved a harbor-view room for Christensen and populated it with young people, so that the camera operators could record their reactions.
Before he began to speak, Christensen noticed that the audience appeared unusually engaged and attractive.
Continue reading… “Biggest challenge for colleges isn’t price, it’s students’ attention”
The list includes: .tattoo, .ketchup, and .mormon.
The list of new generic top-level domain names that have been applied for and can then be owned has been revealed by ICANN. There are 1,930 new domain names –with tech titans like Amazon, Apple, and Google in the mix–and they’re going to change how the Internet works.
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Tensator Virtual Assistant at Dulles Airport
What comes to mind when you thing of the “display of the future”? Is it the hyper-neon displays of Blade Runner or the holograms from Star Wars? The world of digital display always seems to wiggle its way into the bleeding-edge technology of science fiction, but it’s not unwarranted.(Videos)
Canada is the best place among the world’s biggest economies to be a woman, a global poll of experts showed on Wednesday. Policies that promote gender equality, safeguards against violence and exploitation and access to healthcare are what put Canada on top.
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Digital goods have costs.
IT professionals are finding real problems with the idea that storing and distributing digital goods is a trivial, simple matter, adds nothing to their cost, and can be effectively done by amateurs.
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Prosthetics of the future may draw their power from juices in the brain.
These days, the most advanced robotic prosthetics take their commands from the brain. And pretty soon, they may be drawing their power from juices in the brain. Cerebrospinal fluid, that is. Electrical engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a novel platinum-coated fuel cell that runs off the glucose found in bodily fluids. Their specific aim is to implant the fuel cells in liquid pockets of the brain and use them to run low powered components in a neural prosthetic. They described a prototype this week in the journal PLoS One.
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Geopark: Stavanger, Norway
When an entire school building is covered with astroturf it is a lot more fun. Or when an abandoned oil rig is turned into a playground. Architects and educators are finding new ways to engage kids in learning, and the results are out of this world. (Pics)
Continue reading… “8 amazing schools, playgrounds and libraries of the future”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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