Everyone knows that Steve Wozniak co-found Apple with Steve Jobs and that other guy everyone forgets about, and that he loves Segway polo. What you may not know is that Woz is a Foursquare guru…
Your next business may be hiding in plain sight
Centennial Woods and cut a deal with WYDOT to reclaim the wood from snow fences across Wyoming and replace it at no cost to the state.
Steve Baker: I’m a huge fan of Bev Doolittle. She is often called a “camouflage artist” because her distinctive use of context, design and pattern help viewers discover images and meanings which seem hidden only until they become obvious and then, bam, they’re right in front of you.
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Four Fundamental Myths Derailing Academic Change
Futurist Thomas Frey: When we think about Benjamin Franklin, we instantly think of the author, scientist, inventor, diplomat who signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence and has his face on the one-hundred dollar bill. Ben Franklin was a truly remarkable person, yet he had less than two years of formal education.
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Star Wars-like planet orbiting two suns discovered
The planet named Kepler-16b, will have an extraordinary double sunset at the end of each day.
Astronomers discover a real-life Tatooine. A spectacle made popular by the “Star Wars” saga — a planet with two suns — has now been confirmed in space for the first time, astronomers revealed.
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Your Own Dome – build your own geodesic dome or sphere
Featured invention at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase 2011
If you thought geodesic domes were too complicated to have any utility for ordinary uses, you should look again. Your Own Domes are durable and cost-effective geodesic domes and spheres. (Pics)
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Chocolate is as good for you as exercise
Chocolate is as good as exercise.
Scientists found that small amounts of dark chocolate may improve health in a similar way to exercise.
Scientists take first step towards creating ‘Inorganic Life’
Something totally new.
Scientists at the University of Glasgow say they have taken their first tentative steps towards creating ‘life’ from inorganic chemicals potentially defining the new area of ‘inorganic biology’.
Professor Lee Cronin, Gardiner Chair of Chemistry in the College of Science and Engineering, and his team have demonstrated a new way of making inorganic-chemical-cells or iCHELLs…
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Netflix’s price hike to cost the company one million customers
How have you changed your Netflix account?
Apparently people weren’t messing around when they were complaining about Netflix’s recent price hikes: Netflix says the company expects to lose one million customers because of the pricing change. One million!
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Escaped pet birds are teaching wild birds to speak English
Polly is gonna talk about the cracker.
Across parts of Australia, reports have been pouring in of strange voices chattering high in the treetops — mysterious, non-sensical conversations in English. But while this phenomenon is certainly quite odd, its explanation isn’t paranormal. It turns out that escaped pet birds, namely parrots and cockatoos, have begun teaching their wild bird counterparts a bit of the language they picked up from their time in captivity — and, according to witnesses, that includes more than a few explicatives…
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Mortgage default warnings surge setting stage for new foreclosure wave
The increase in the number of foreclosure actions could be the beginning of a new trend.
Banks are stepping up their actions against homeowners who have fallen behind on their mortgage payments and setting the stage for a fresh wave of foreclosures.
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Evolta robot will attempt Hawaii’s Ironman Triathlon
Panasonic’s ”Evolta” swim robot.
A tiny Japanese robot is set for a new challenge after scaling the cliff walls of the Grand Canyon and driving the Le Mans racetrack for 24 hours. The robot is set to encounter Hawaii’s grueling Ironman Triathlon course. (Pics)
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Apple withdraws app in France amid pressure from social activists
Apple Inc. has removed from its French online store an application called “Jew or Not Jew” that says it allows users to identify whether a politician or celebrity is Jewish, amid pressure from French social activists.
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