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Gartner Adds Big Data, Gamification, and Internet of Things to Its Hype Cycle - 2 views

www.readwriteweb.com/...ner-adds-big-data-gamifica.php
shared by Kevin de Groote on 24 Aug 11 - No Cached
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  • LeopoldS on 27 Aug 11
     
    nice idea to bring some structure to the list of IT novelties ...
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junq.info - 3 views

junq.info journal publication fail science
shared by dejanpetkow on 01 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • dejanpetkow on 01 Oct 11
     
    This journal publishes failed scientific attempts, experiments, theories. There seems to be a peer review process behind it.
  • Christos Ampatzis on 02 Oct 11
     
    OK more to the fun side, but I often think it is not a bad idea to publish "failed" research
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Wind Power Without the Blades: Big Pics : Discovery News - 4 views

news.discovery.com/...-power-without-the-blades.html NRG wind energy biomimicry
shared by Luís F. Simões on 19 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • The carbon-fiber stalks, reinforced with resin, are about a foot wide at the base tapering to about 2 inches at the top. Each stalk will contain alternating layers of electrodes and ceramic discs made from piezoelectric material, which generates a current when put under pressure. In the case of the stalks, the discs will compress as they sway in the wind, creating a charge.
  • Based on rough estimates, said Núñez-Ameni the output would be comparable to that of a conventional wind farm covering the same area
  • After completion, a Windstalk should be able to produce as much electricity as a single wind turbine, with the advantage that output could be increased with a denser array of stalks. Density is not possible with conventional turbines, which need to be spaced about three times the rotor's diameter in order to avoid air turbulence. But Windstalks work on chaos and turbulence so they can be installed much closer together, said Núñez-Ameni.
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  • Núñez-Ameni also reports that the firm is currently working on taking the Windstalk idea underwater. Called Wavestalk, the whole system would be inverted to harness energy from the flow of ocean currents and waves.
  • Luís F. Simões on 19 Sep 11
     
    additional information: http://atelierdna.com/?p=144
  • LeopoldS on 24 Sep 11
     
    isn't this a bit of a contradiction: on the one hand: "Based on rough estimates, said Núñez-Ameni the output would be comparable to that of a conventional wind farm covering the same area" and on the other: "After completion, a Windstalk should be able to produce as much electricity as a single wind turbine, with the advantage that output could be increased with a denser array of stalks. Density is not possible with conventional turbines, which need to be spaced about three times the rotor's diameter in order to avoid air turbulence. " still, very interesting concept!
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Galaxy Zoo 2 : The Story So Far - 3 views

www.galaxyzoo.org/story astronomy web_community
shared by pacome delva on 26 Oct 09 - Cached
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  • The original Galaxy Zoo was launched in July 2007, with a data set made up of a million galaxies imaged with the robotic telescope of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With so many galaxies, the team thought that it might take at least two years for visitors to the site to work through them all. Within 24 hours of launch, the site was receiving 70,000 classifications an hour, and more than 50 million classifications were received by the project during its first year, from almost 150,000 people.
  • LeopoldS on 27 Oct 09
     
    this is what I call a nice example of crowdsourcing or citizen scientists .... (remember my idea in the ideastorm ?? :-)
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Grandma Plays Favorites -- Balter 2009 (1028): 1 -- ScienceNOW - 1 views

sciencenow.sciencemag.org/...1 bio evolutionary_biology
shared by pacome delva on 29 Oct 09 - Cached
  • A new study finds support for the "grandmother hypothesis," the idea that older women spread their genes most effectively by helping their daughters take care of their children.
  • Thus paternal grandmothers were most beneficial to the survival of their granddaughters and least beneficial to the survival of their grandsons, while maternal grandmothers showed an intermediate effectiveness. Experts are thrilled by the findings. "Wow, very interesting," says Hawkes. "The consistent results across seven populations ... seem to clarify previously inconsistent results." Lorena Madrigal, an anthropologist at the University of South Florida in Tampa, calls the study "an important contribution to a topic of great interest to evolutionary biologists."
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The Space Review: Breaking up may be good to do - 6 views

www.thespacereview.com/...1 space system
shared by Joris _ on 03 Nov 09 - Cached
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  • LeopoldS on 04 Nov 09
     
    I especially like " The program will also create a "developer's kit" of open hardware and software specifications to make it easier for new components to integrate into such fractionated systems." Joris: wanna take the lead on having a closer look on this, I definitely would like to be part of it and happy to contribute, possibly also Juxi? - first assessment by Christmas realistic?
  • Joris _ on 04 Nov 09
     
    I think it a very interesting approach. If you google "darpa F6", you should see that a lot seems to be on-going. So, should we do something about it before having the conclusions of the Darpa study ?
  • LeopoldS on 04 Nov 09
     
    wait and see is never a good approach in these cases .... first step has to be anyway to understand what they are up to and then to think about our own ideas on it, own approaches, alternatives and then to see what we can do specifically in the team on it.
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Expert panel urges NASA to revive futuristic think tank - space - 07 August 2009 - New ... - 0 views

www.newscientist.com/...dn17568
shared by Francesco Biscani on 09 Aug 09 - Cached
  • NASA should revive its Institute for Advanced Concepts, a blue-skies idea mill that closed in 2007, says an expert panel – but it says the new incarnation should have its feet a little closer to the ground.
  • Francesco Biscani on 09 Aug 09
     
    NASA should revive its own ACT, expert panel says.
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Innovation: Award-winning product design of 2009 - New Scientist - 0 views

www.newscientist.com/...dn17541-idea-competition innovation technology
shared by pacome delva on 05 Aug 09 - Cached
  • pacome delva on 05 Aug 09
     
    see especially the personal cycle lane, would be useful here !
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Divided Brains Are Smarter -- ScienceNOW - 0 views

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shared by pacome delva on 03 Sep 09 - Cached
  • "The idea of a link between lateralization strength and cognitive abilities has been around ... for many years, but little comparative and experimental work has been done with animals." This study, he says, provides "fascinating confirmation of the link between higher cognition and brain asymmetry."
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Better world: Take Friday off… forever - 15 September 2009 - New Scientist - 0 views

www.newscientist.com/...d-take-friday-off-forever.html social engineering
shared by Juxi Leitner on 16 Sep 09 - Cached
  • According to Facer, it was the crash of 1929 that led to the five-day week. "Before that it was common to work six-day weeks with 12 to 14-hour days. When the Great Depression hit, the idea was to share work around to get more people into employment." During the next big financial crisis in the 1970s, there was much talk of moving to a four-day week, but for a variety of reasons that didn't pan out. "Things are different now," says Facer. "I wouldn't be surprised if we could get 50 per cent or more of the workforce working four-day weeks in the next few years." Next up: the three-day week.
  • Ma Ru on 16 Sep 09
     
    As ACT is tasked to investigate innovative working methods... DO IT!!! :)
  • nikolas smyrlakis on 18 Sep 09
     
    but then we also have to ask who is willing to work on saturdays one day more for an extra 20% ...
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Should NIAC be Revived? | NASA Watch - 0 views

www.nasawatch.com/...should_niac_be.html niac advanced concepts nasa space
shared by nikolas smyrlakis on 12 Jun 09 - Cached
  • $4 million annual budge
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      nikolas smyrlakis on 12 Jun 09
       
      To my knowledge (readers correct me if I'm wrong) no where else within NASA do people get paid to just think very long range ideas. My question: does such a group belong in NASA and should it or something like it be revived? And if you think so, what should its highest priority be? Propulsion? Artificial gravity systems? Space Elevator?
  • nikolas smyrlakis on 12 Jun 09
     
    about the advanced concepts institute of NASA. Found via twitter
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Host Your Own Facebook With Opera Unite - Webmonkey - 0 views

www.webmonkey.com/..._Own_Facebook_With_Opera_Unite web2.0 collaborative IT
shared by Tobias Seidl on 17 Jun 09 - Cached
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  • Tobias Seidl on 17 Jun 09
     
    The Web Developer's Resource
  • pacome delva on 18 Jun 09
     
    Great idea! Isn't it at the opposite of the web 2.0, where machine tends to be only clients and all the data centralized in big servers? I like more this approach of each individuals dealing with their own data, you have more control on what you want to share or not!
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Multidimensional Ultrafast Spectroscopy Special Feature: Multidimensional ultrafast spe... - 0 views

www.pnas.org/...14189 Methods Ideas
shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    This could be a typical ACT research topic: "Multidimensional ultrafast spectroscopy"
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Europe floats future space ideas - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...7053057.stm
shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    only since its from the BBC ....
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Wettlauf zum Mars - ARTE - 0 views

www.arte.tv/...1913920.html tv mars ideas
shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    Could be stimulating to watch the episodes during a ACT meeting as a base for brain storming. Especially interesting for YGTs or RFs with no space experience. The episodes will be repeated starting form 17 feb. Will be available in german and french
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IdeaDox :: site :: index - 0 views

ideadox.com ideas forum innovation collaboration
shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    Not a very mature site yet but could be good if lots of people used it
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Stock Exchange of Visions | Welcome | - 0 views

www.stockexchangeofvisions.org innovation Ideas future Research science
shared by ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    please look at this - interesting for our prospective exercise (LS)
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