Analysis, Breakthrough Thinking, Culture, Historical Perspectives, New Viewpoints

Concensus Cloud on Books Everyone Should Read

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What would you add or remove from this cloud?

Should Twilight be among the books that everyone should read? It is according to this infographic by David McCandless of great books (according to popular surveys):

Do Top 100 Books polls and charts agree on a set of classics? I scraped the results of over 15 notable book polls, readers surveys and top 100’s. Both popular and high-brow. They included all Pulitzer Prize winners, Desert Island Discs choices from recent years, Oprah’s Bookclub list, and, of course, The Guardian’s Top 100 Books of All Time…

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Architecture, Art, Latest Trend, New Viewpoints, Recycling

Rain Collecting Skyscraper Cuts Water Usage

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Rain is an under valued resource.

Gutters aren’t pretty. Most architects, given the choice, try to find a way to conceal them so they don’t turn an elegant roofline into a clunky mess. But when it comes to the ‘Capture the Rain’ skyscraper, gutters are perhaps the most important element of the structure, and they’ve been integrated in a way that makes them a design statement of their own accord.

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Alternative Transportation, bicycle, Science & Technology News

World’s First Bicycle Created by Printing it Out on a Computer

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The fully-working cycle, which is made of nylon, is the result of an extraordinary project and is as strong as steel and aluminium but weighs 65 per cent less.

This bicycle is the first in the world to be created simply by printing it out on a computer, using groundbreaking new technology.

 

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Big Problems, Breakthrough Thinking, Crazy Stuff, Culture, Current Events, Health & Fitness, Human Behavior, Latest News

Salt Panic: Chinese Fearing Japan Radiation Rush To Buy Salt

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The Salt Panic in China isn’t pretty.

Due to radiation fears from the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan, many Chinese citizens have rushed to buy salt under the belief that it will help fight the effects of radiation due to it’s iodine content…

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Analysis, Business, Money Talk, Science & Technology News

Potential Losers in the AT&T and T-Mobile Merger: Consumers

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The merger would leave just three major cellular carriers in the United States.

The proposed $39 billion  merger of AT&T and T-Mobile could save the companies a lot of money. For everyone else, it could cost a lot of money. No sooner did the two companies announce a $39 billion merger on Sunday than industry analysts began assessing the impact on the biggest potential losers in the deal: consumers.

 

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Alternative Transportation, Crazy Stuff, Science & Technology News

If the Shoe Fits… Chinese Footwear Company Makes Giant Electric Shoe Car

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Kang Shoe Company electric shoe car.

A footwear manufacturer in China has made an electric car out of a giant shoe.   A shoe shaped electric car is the newest promotional tool of the Kang Shoe Company, headquartered in Wenzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province.

 

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Big Problems, Economy, Latest Trend

18% of Homes in Florida Are Vacant

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The worst-hit county in Florida  is Collier — home of Naples — with a whopping 32% of homes empty.

It’s not always easy to feel sorry for sunny Florida. But it just got hit with another blow.  The Census Bureau revealed that 18% — or 1.6 million — of the Sunshine State’s homes are sitting vacant. That’s a rise of more than 63% over the past 10 years.

 

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