May 2013
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We found this on the BBC News site, thats something that would definitely revolutionize the flat packed furniture industry ..IKEA yeah be warned …. via imagineblog:
May 21st
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“It doesn’t require a singular generational talent like Ada Louise Huxtable to...”
– Robert Ivy Via Archdaily
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100 Websites You Should Know and Use from TED Blog →
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Don’t Learn How To Code, Learn How To Make Things →
You know what is fun? Making things. Turning a spark of creative insight into a thing that you can show people — a thing that people can use and from which they can derive some iota of pleasure or utility. Start with a simple website. Basic HTML and CSS. No product is too small. In fact, the opposite is true. If you don’t know how to build the first version of your product in a weekend — a...
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Stowe Boyd: Richard Florida Calls For New Urban... →
Joel Kotkin, a paid shill for the right-wing ‘philanthropist’ Howard Ahmanson, recently suggested that Richard Florida had abandoned his ‘discredited’ creative class theory about the richness of cities. Not only did Florida respond, and dismantle the weak arguments that Kotkin arrayed, he went on to call for a new urban social compact, to extend the benefits of dynamic cities to all of their...
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Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy What’s the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage — so we can have power on tap even when the sun’s not out and the wind’s not blowing. In this accessible, inspiring talk, Donald Sadoway takes to the blackboard to show us the future of large-scale batteries that store renewable energy.
May 2nd
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“Many people continue to aspire to car ownership, or view owning a car as...”
– Bruce McVean on the real problem with cars (via thisbigcity)
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Project New York “Audi Urban Future: Project New York” envisions a new city based on the award-winning concepts from the inaugural Audi Urban Future Award – hosted at the 2010 Venice Biennale – including the winning entry byJ. MAYER H. Architects from Berlin. To bring to life these concepts in New York City, five practices (LEONG LEONG, Matter Practice, Abruzzo Bodziak...
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April 2013
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8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How...
Student-Loan Debt. Psychopathologizing and Medicating Noncompliance. Schools That Educate for Compliance and Not for Democracy. “No Child Left Behind” and “Race to the Top.” Shaming Young People Who Take Education—But Not Their Schooling—Seriously. The Normalization of Surveillance. Television. Fundamentalist Religion and Fundamentalist Consumerism. Read More via disquietingtruths:
Apr 30th
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Sanjay Dastoor: A skateboard, with a boost Imagine an electric vehicle that can get you to work — or anywhere in a six-mile radius — quickly, without traffic frustrations or gasoline. Now imagine you can pick it up and carry it with you. Yes, this souped-up skateboard could change the face of morning commutes. Sanjay Dastoor is the co-founder of Boosted Boards, a startup that aims to...
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“The key is to get ahead of the curve. One way to get ahead of the curve is to...”
– 12 Certainties That Will Transform Every Career and Create New Ones | Flash Foresights from Daniel Burrus | Big Think (via futuristgerd)
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“From my experience it seems all open organizations follow the same path: - At...”
– Openness does not scale | Accelerating reinventions (via steph)
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“Build an app that lets people see when the bus is really coming, so they don’t...”
– Joshua Ellis’ Inspire Talk (via worsethandetroit)
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BUCKY LAB TESTS
imagineblog: This semester we are working on textile sunshades with our Partner Romazo. Tyrza and Hanife already have some promising tests on the go, have a look.
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