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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Ruth Cuadra

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By Next Year, Parts of the Internet Could Be Encrypted by Default - 0 views

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    Responding to reports of mass surveillance, engineers say they'll make encryption standard in all Web traffic. One wonders why encryption hasn't been the default already.
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Can digital scents go primetime? - 0 views

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    Scent technology promises deeper immersion in virtual experiences, but it's still very hard to do.
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Sucking Smog: Electronic Vacuum Cleaner Clears City Skies - 0 views

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    Preposterous but plausible...a road to cleaning the skies of tomorrow
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Pop_up Planning: New Methods for Transforming the Public Process - 0 views

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    I live just a few miles from where the Pop-UP MANGo happened. I can tell you that while the community-participation aspect of this kind of "planning" is terrrific, it undermines overall city planning in terms of space use, traffic mitigation, and access. What's the proper balance?
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A look at floating cities - 0 views

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    The text of this blog is junk, but the pictures are food for thought.
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Bitcoins accepted by museum - 0 views

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    As of today, the Museum of the Coastal Bend in Victoria, TX is the first public museum in the world to accept Bitcoin (for admission, or store purchases, or donations!) 
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Inspiration From Pinterest For Offices That Stir Creativity - 0 views

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    Your office will probably never be as cool as Pinterest's--but it still has something to teach you about fostering creativity within your ranks.
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Google Is Bigger Than Magazines And Newspapers - 0 views

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    ...in ad revenue.  It won't be long before it surpasses magazines, too.
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Five Years After Pioneering It in North America, Chicago Might Take Participatory Budge... - 0 views

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    Participatory budgeting -- part of the Open Government trend
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Blighted Cities Prefer Razing to Rebuilding - 0 views

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    The continuing struggles of former manufacturing centers have fundamentally altered urban planning, traditionally a discipline based on growth and expansion.
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Big Data Having Big Impact on City Operations - 0 views

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    a broad trend: how data-driven decision making can lead to the most effective use of a city's limited financial resources
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Can Objects Speak for Themselves? - 1 views

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    Read the comments.  They are very interesting and inspiring.
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Grueling Hours on the Job: Stressful, Dangerous, Useless - 0 views

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    Despite all the talk about work-life balance in the modern business environment, there's still plenty of evidence of long hours and presenteeism in many of the careers...
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The value of data - 0 views

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    61% of respondents globally are more likely to buy from a brand that allows them to touch and feel the products wherever they are: in a store or on the net. What this reflects is that technology is delivering - and will more so in the future - a more complete and engaging sensory experience through a combination of graphics, sound, and even scent.
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Hammer Museum's new pop-up village re-invents Westwood - 0 views

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    The Hammer Museum won a Goldhirsh Foundation LA2050 prize for its ideas about how to redevelop nearby Westwood Village. Their pop-up called Arts ReStore includes 18 different vendors spread out in various temporarily re-claimed storefronts. Rock on, Hammer Museum!
Ruth Cuadra

Wearable tech is more than just a fad - 0 views

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    As a consumer, it doesn't make sense to fight wearable tech. Fitness and wellness technologies such as Nike+ FuelBand and FitBit demonstrate very digestible ways that regular folks are already wearing technology.
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Our culture excludes the old when they have so much to contribute - 0 views

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    The retired have immense experience and are often prepared to work as volunteers. But we are failing to match their talents to our needs; or our talents to their needs.
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