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9 Things We Learned About Us in 2009 →
For a species that has been studying itself for thousands of years, you might think humans would have learned everything there is to know about, well, us. But science never ceases to reveal more about the complex human body, mind and culture. Here are 9 of the most fascinating things we learned about ourselves in 2009:
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Aldiko Startup Offers E-book Software for Android... →
Over the next year, as smartphone manufacturers and wireless carriers prepare to release a batch of new phones that run Google’s Android operating system, developers are scrambling to create e-book applications to support the new OS. Aldiko is a new e-book reader designed to run on the Android OS.
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“Texting Isn’t The Distraction, Driving Is: A Parable For Social Business...”
– mmartoccia Paul Higgins - Nice inversion of the thinking
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Innovations to spread as US cedes control over... →
THE next decade could see the US lose its title as the world’s technology headquarters. All major technology innovation in recent history has emerged from the US, supported by the world’s finest education, innovation and commercialisation industries. The rise of internet giants such as Google, eBay, Amazon, and Facebook has been well helped by the US’s control over the...
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Fear of bad ideas →
Paul Higgins: Another great post from Seth Godin: A few people are afraid of good ideas, ideas that make a difference or contribute in some way. Good ideas bring change, that’s frightening. But many people are petrified of bad ideas. Ideas that make us look stupid or waste time or money or create some sort of backlash. The problem is that you can’t have good ideas unless you’re willing to...
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“One pundit’s predictions for the future of social networking: Fragmented,...”
– mitchbetts
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“Man is quite insane. He wouldn’t know how to create a maggot, and he...”
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“It is respectable to have no illusions - and safe - and profitable, and...”
– Profit501
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“We are so tied up in AppStore mania (one of the great themes of 2009) that we’ve...”
– I Am Tired Of AppStore Mania (via bijan)
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LineGuidePod/PemmPOD - Automated Line Following...
smartercities: This is a concept car for a smart city. http://tiny.cc/WtitI The mobile is a solar/electric hybrid of a PC, Media Station, Office Work Station and a Personal Emotional Mobile
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“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”
– Albert Einstein (via joelaz)
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“If you depend on grants each year, then the sunflower project will only work if...”
– Jacqueline Novogratz, in The Blue Sweater, a book about her life’s work this is such a great point and why i no longer want to be involved in traditional philanthropy. i only want to support projects whose aim is economic sustainability (via fred-wilson) Paul Higgins: Agree in principle and...
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“The fact that you future is uncertain, does not mean that we shouldn’t...”
– snowded Paul Higgins: Of course we should examine them critically to avoid “we tried that before, didn’t work” dominating the thinking. Success and failure are context specific - a successful strategy may be high risk and low pay off but still be successful, does not mean you...
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“RT @ulrike_reinhard U.S. gun deaths per year: 30,000 Action taken: none. U.S....”
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Inventor unveils hummingbird robot →
Japanese researchers say they have developed a “hummingbird robot” that can flutter around freely in mid-air with rapid wing movements.
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A World Transformed: What Are the Top 30... →
Is it possible to determine which 30 innovations have changed life most dramatically during the past 30 years? That is the question that Nightly Business Report, the Emmy Award-winning PBS business program, and Knowledge@Wharton set out to answer to celebrate NBR’s 30th anniversary this year Paul Higgins: This list was published in February 2009 but due to the time frame it is still...
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Plan to ‘crowdsource’ federal policymaking... →
Anil Dash, director of Expert Labs, a project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, proposes to extend the crowdsourcing approach to the public policy sphere. Federal agencies, he says, could benefit from the wisdom of crowds. At the recent Supernova conference held in San Francisco, Anil spoke with David Weinberger about the possibilities.
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