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massurban: “Has South America’s Most Sustainable City Lost Its Edge? Flavia Halais. June 6, 2012 The southern Brazil metropolis of Curitiba built its reputation as an urban planning model thanks, in large part, to its innovative transportation system. But in recent years, the system has become overcrowded and expensive, pushing people into their cars. Curitiba…
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Automating social media responses on Facebook And Twitter | TechCrunch
Automating social media responses on Facebook And Twitter | TechCrunch ibmsocialbiz: Many corporations will take advantage of new technologies for low level customer service tasks (immediate response, guidance), and the most advanced will deploy these tools to engage, interact, and build deeper relationships with their customers. Eventually, artificial intelligence agents will simulate human behavior and…
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kottke.org: Fake war trees
kottke.org: Fake war trees jkottke: During World War I, specific trees on the battlefield were measured in detail and then replaced by replica trees that were actually hunting blinds. To develop the O.P. Tree, Royal Engineers representatives selected, measured, and photographed the original tree, in situ, extensively. The ideal…
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canisfamiliaris: The Emoticon Is Born by Scott Fahlman Yes, I am the inventor of the sideways “smiley face” (sometimes called an “emoticon”) that is commonly used in E-mail, chat, and newsgroup posts. Or at least I’m one of the inventors. By the early 1980’s, the Computer Science community at Carnegie Mellon was making heavy use…
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tedfromtheinternet: spiegelman: whitneymcn: Words fail me. It’s the incomparable Mr. Rogers, and it was produced by PBS Digital Studios. As god is my witness, I don’t know what else to say — just watch. This is serious. That clicking sound you hear is me Googling around for job openings at PBS Digital Studios. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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4,242 Rubik’s Cube, 5 colors, 1 subject
kuvva: Using 4,242 Rubik’s cube and just 5 out of the 6 possible colors, Pete Fecteau succeeded on creating this massive mosaic piece named ‘Dream Big’. Having been a long-time fan of this piece of toy for years, it took him a year of playing around with it to be able to solve the puzzle…
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industrialist: Reborn Cardboard, a sculpture project that consists of an armchair carved from 127 recycled boxes that have been glued together. Watch.
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emergentfutures: Pop-up office cubicles created from recycled cardboard UK-based Duke Studios has created ten studio offices constructed out of Dufaylite’s Ultra Board, a building material that’s strong yet fully sustainable and recyclable. Full Story: Springwise
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theworstthingsforsale: Lawn-mowing season is in full swing, which is great if you have a lawn-mowing business, and sweaty torture if you don’t. You might think that using a mechanical lawn-mower, which would be quieter and less polluting than a gas mower, might make the job more enjoyable. Wrong. It turns the process of mowing your…
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walkerartcenter: Happy 89th birthday to Ellsworth Kelly! Red Green Blue is one of the few canvases executed in the 1960s in which Kelly chose not to separate the colors into individual panels, a practice he had begun during his years in Paris. In fact, Kelly started this painting in New York in September of 1964…