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vikingposts: The truth of everything.

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:31:33 -0400

The truth of everything.

"We promise not to screw it up."

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:24:50 -0400

“We promise not to screw it up.”

- Marissa Mayer, Yahoo CEO, announcing the company’s agreement to acquire Tumblr. On Tumblr, of course. Tumblr. + Yahoo! = !!

FJP: We’re wary, but let’s hope so.

(via futurejournalismproject)

What a refreshing quote from Melissa

theweekmagazine: marissamayr: The great workplace dilemmas of...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:22:04 -0400

theweekmagazine:

marissamayr:

The great workplace dilemmas of our time…

Ha.

thisistheverge: Square introduces $299 stand aimed at replacing...

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:06:50 -0400

thisistheverge:

Square introduces $299 stand aimed at replacing cash registers

With my sunglasses on, I’m Jack Nicholson. Without them, I’m...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:25:42 -0400

With my sunglasses on, I’m Jack Nicholson. Without them, I’m fat and 60. —Jack Nicholson

He’s the best.

noraleah: lemondifficult:bidenette: Le boom.

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:24:42 -0400

noraleah:

lemondifficult:bidenette:

Le boom.

springwise: Search tool offers medical information personalized...

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:54:42 -0400

springwise:

Search tool offers medical information personalized to each user

The internet is increasingly home to reams of information that patients can use to self-diagnose before they contact a health professional, but this wealth of data may either be poorly-researched or may not even be relevant to them. We’ve already seen Cureus try to tackle the first of these issues by placing peer-reviewed papers straight onto the web, and now Israel’s Medivizor is a search tool that offers results personalized to each user. READ MORE…

smarterplanet: The endless aisle. The outdoor gear and apparel...

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:53:06 -0400

smarterplanet:

The endless aisle. The outdoor gear and apparel retailer Moosejaw Mountaineer has 11 retail stores in the U.S., with 80% of sales (70% of in-store) coming from online and mobile commerce . Store associates use iPod touch and mini-iPads to check competitive prices and extend a price match. If a store does not carry what a shopper is looking for, store associates order the item online if it is in the warehouse and ship it to the customer for free.

(via Mobile Commerce Daily - Payments)

futuramb: futuretechreport: The future of Google...

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:23:14 -0400

futuramb:

futuretechreport:

The future of Google Glass?

Digital creative agency Playground knows that Glass is in its early days, but they imagine a future in which Glass helps with navigation, shopping, hobbies and much more. And according to Playground, “All of our examples are actually possible right now. Smartphones (batteries not included) have enough raw processing power to run this software today. If only current batteries were ten times more efficient and there was a robust native hardware API for Glass. Well, it’s coming. Sooner than we think.”

via the content brief

Interesting to get some concrete scenarios on possible uses of Google Glass.

jtotheizzoe: via erinkilkenny: 17 year Cicada emergence GIF,...

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:03:49 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

via erinkilkenny:

17 year Cicada emergence GIF, because I had to see it animate.

The Brood II 17-year cicadas are up and poppin’ along the east coast of the US, according to WNYC’s citizen-science Cicada Tracker map.

Want to know more about these rarely seen prime number nomads? Your humble blogger talked to New Hampshire Public Radio about cicada science. Give it a listen, they say my voice is soothing*

*No one has actually said that yet.

npr: emergentfutures: In Cisco’s Classroom Of The Future, Your...

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:09:31 -0400

npr:

emergentfutures:

In Cisco’s Classroom Of The Future, Your Professor Is Just An Illusion

New telepresence software could let you take a class from anywhere and appear as if you’re in the classroom.

Full Story: FastCoExist

Cool. Yet, is it really cool? —Wright

think-progress: Now in politics: A Senator asks why border...

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:59:32 -0400

think-progress:

Now in politics: A Senator asks why border security can’t be more like Disney World.

emergentfutures: UN report says insects could be food of the...

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:57:07 -0400

emergentfutures:

UN report says insects could be food of the future

Beetles, caterpillars and wasps could supplement diets around the world as an environmentally friendly food source if only Western consumers could get over their “disgust”, a United Nations report says.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) report found insect farming was “one of the many ways to address food and feed insecurity”.

Full Story: ABC

Louiserandolph on Instagram

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:56:13 -0400

Louiserandolph on Instagram

emergentfutures: A More Efficient Jet Engine Is Made from...

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:21:16 -0400

emergentfutures:

A More Efficient Jet Engine Is Made from Lighter Parts, Some 3-D Printed

Full Story: Technology Review

Composite and 3-D-printed components will mean jet engines that use 15 percent less fuel.

Photo

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:39:09 -0400

futurist-foresight: Fashion designers are also turning to 3d...

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:25:14 -0400

futurist-foresight:

Fashion designers are also turning to 3d printing.

futurejournalismproject:

Fashion Designers Experiment With 3D Printing

Fashion designers are using 3D printing to create garments, shoes, and accessories for their clothing lines.

3D printers follow instructions of computer generated blueprints to create one layer of material at a time until a piece of clothing is fully formed. According to Weburbanist, soles and fasteners aren’t necessary in 3D printed garments because of the architectural specificity of the blue prints; the apparel is designed to fit an individual’s exact measurements.

The materials for 3D printed clothing and accessories are lightweight, flexible, and easy to produce, and Continnuum Fashion, a fashion start-up company, has already recognized the benefits of 3D printing their garments. Continnuum offers customers the option to design their own clothes to be printed in-house. The clothes are printed when the order is placed, so time and materials aren’t wasted.

Via Huffington Post:

In the past, when designers go to the trouble of manufacturing a dress, they have to be confident of selling hundreds to make the cost of production worthwhile.

But 3-D printing flips that idea on its head. The technology cuts a designer’s manufacturing costs to zero until a customer has ordered a garment. As a result, designers can now afford to experiment in small batches and sell apparel in limited editions.

FJP: Careful hand-stitching can now be replaced by code. And with Staples now offering mini-3D printers for your own home, does this mean that we’ll be ordering and printing clothes right in our offices? Ehhh. Probably not for awhile.

Via Readwrite:

$1,300 for a hobbyist’s toy isn’t cheap. And that’s not counting the $50 per plastic cartridge holding 320 grams of material (0.7 pounds). Printing is expensive, whether it’s 2D or 3D.

Also, it can take HOURS to print a garment. And according to Mashable, the larger 3D printers necessary to print a full size pair of pants can cost upwards of $14,000. (And I thought ink cartridges for 2D printers were overpriced.) — Krissy

Image: Weburbanist

rawlivingfoods: Seattle’s vision of an urban food oasis is...

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:22:36 -0400

rawlivingfoods:

Seattle’s vision of an urban food oasis is going forward. A seven-acre plot of land in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood will be planted with hundreds of different kinds of edibles: walnut and chestnut trees; blueberry and raspberry bushes; fruit trees, including apples and pears; exotics like pineapple, yuzu citrus, guava, persimmons, honeyberries, and lingonberries; herbs; and more. All will be available for public plucking to anyone who wanders into the city’s first food forest.

“This is totally innovative, and has never been done before in a public park,” Margarett Harrison, lead landscape architect for the Beacon Food Forest project, tells TakePart. Harrison is working on construction and permit drawings now and expects to break ground this summer.

The concept of a food forest certainly pushes the envelope on urban agriculture and is grounded in the concept of permaculture, which means it will be perennial and self-sustaining, like a forest is in the wild. Not only is this forest Seattle’s first large-scale permaculture project, but it’s also believed to be the first of its kind in the nation.

Read More

noraleah: Yeah but I bet he can’t double Dutch.

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:21:27 -0400

noraleah:

Yeah but I bet he can’t double Dutch.

THE MODERN WORLD

vikingposts: The truth of everything.

"We promise not to screw it up."

theweekmagazine: marissamayr: The great workplace dilemmas of...

Top 10 Questions Millennials Ask the Internet

thisistheverge: Square introduces $299 stand aimed at replacing...

With my sunglasses on, I’m Jack Nicholson. Without them, I’m...

noraleah: lemondifficult:bidenette: Le boom.

springwise: Search tool offers medical information personalized...

Search tool offers medical information personalized to each user

smarterplanet: The endless aisle. The outdoor gear and apparel...

futuramb: futuretechreport: The future of Google...

jtotheizzoe: via erinkilkenny: 17 year Cicada emergence GIF,...

npr: emergentfutures: In Cisco’s Classroom Of The Future, Your...

In Cisco’s Classroom Of The Future, Your Professor Is Just An Illusion

think-progress: Now in politics: A Senator asks why border...

emergentfutures: UN report says insects could be food of the...

UN report says insects could be food of the future

Louiserandolph on Instagram

emergentfutures: A More Efficient Jet Engine Is Made from...

A More Efficient Jet Engine Is Made from Lighter Parts, Some 3-D Printed

Photo

futurist-foresight: Fashion designers are also turning to 3d...

rawlivingfoods: Seattle’s vision of an urban food oasis is...

noraleah: Yeah but I bet he can’t double Dutch.