April 2012
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Futurist Foresight: Artificial Photosynthesis:... →
lee-robinson-petzer:
Artificial Photosynthesis: Twice as Efficient as the Real Thing [Energy] via io9 by Tim Barribeau on 12/16/11
The artificial leaf is poised to be one of the next big breakthroughs in energy. If we can learn to mimic the biological mechanism by which…
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A one-star increase in Yelp rating leads to a 5-9 percent increase in revenue.
– Harvard Business School study analyzes the effect of Yelp on the restaurant industry. Among the findings is also a decline in chain restaurants’ market share as Yelp penetration increases, suggesting the social reviews platform favors independent local businesses. (via curiositycounts)
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wesowim:
the death set
Ok, this is focking crazy… soooo much stuff going on at the same time… try to count how many pop culture/video game/cinema references there are… yeah, didn’t think you could.
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If everything is shared automatically, nothing has significance.
– Smart post addressing some of the downsides of “frictionless” sharing. (via arainert)
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What just happened? Why some of us seem totally... →
futuramb:
A new study of the brain by University of Cambridge scientists explains why some people can’t tell the difference between what they saw and what they imagined or were told about — such as whether they or another person said something, or whether an event was imagined or actually occurred.
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This brain variation is present in roughly half of the normal population. It’s one of the...
A Glance Into The Future: Google Begins Testing...
Via Scoop.it - Future The next generation in mobile devices that might one day replace the smartphone. Google gave people a clearer picture of its secret initiative called Project Glass. The glasses are the company’s first venture into wearable computing. The prototype version Google showed off on Wednesday looked like a very polished and well-designed pair of wrap-around glasses with a clear...
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Discotizer - Baby (Got to have your love)
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