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Ruth Cuadra

The grooviest words of medieval times | U of T News - 0 views

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    Software to determine the dates of medieval British documents based on the appearance of popular words
Lisa Eriksen

Mathematicians Predict the Future With Data From the Past | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com - 0 views

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    History + math + economics = cliodynamics. The use of historical data to forecast social instability and "elite overproduction." 
Lisa Eriksen

The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick - Marina Gorbis - Harvard Business Review - 0 views

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    Interesting thoughts on what makes SV successful - including artists.
Megan Conn

Museum exhibitions come to movie theaters » Redding Record Searchlight - 0 views

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    Big museums come to small towns.  How to small town museums stay relevant? 
Ruth Cuadra

Google Glass - Home - 0 views

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    Just heard of this from the Official Google Blog.  A game-changer?
Ruth Cuadra

Google Person Finder: Boston Marathon Explosions - 0 views

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    Fast response...answers via technology
Ruth Cuadra

Why we buy music - 0 views

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    pinpoints the specific brain activity that makes new music rewarding and predicts the decision to purchase music.
Ruth Cuadra

No regrets: Close that menu and enjoy your meal more - 0 views

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    Certain physical acts of completion provide consumers with a sense of closure that makes them happier with their purchases. How can we apply this knowledge to museums...to exhibitions...to stores/cafes?
Ruth Cuadra

Atlanta Apple Pop-Up Museum to Open This Weekend - Mac Rumors - 0 views

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    pop-up museums run a corporations (i.e., *not* by a museum, per se)
Ruth Cuadra

World's oldest telecom company builds online museum - The Art Newspaper - 0 views

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    Another museum from a corporation...two in the same day is a trend, right?
Ruth Cuadra

Cheap Nanowire Manufacturing Could Lead to Solar Cells That Are 25 Percent More Powerful - 0 views

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    plans to make a nanowire-laden ink to boost solar panel efficiency
Ruth Cuadra

Whole Earth Psychology - Blog of the Long Now - 0 views

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    Cognitive skills...are not hardwired into our brains at all: there is considerable cross-cultural variation in the way we respond to and make sense of environmental stimuli.
David Bloom

Nanocellulose Algae: The 'Super Material' Of The Future Will Be Cheap, Strong And Organic - 0 views

  • Imagine a substance that was strong and light enough to armour soldiers, flexible and conductive enough to be turned into the next generation of flexible smartphone screens - and even absorbent enough to make tampons more effective
David Bloom

Google Public Policy Blog: Plan your digital afterlife with Inactive Account Manager - 0 views

  • Not many of us like thinking about death — especially our own. But making plans for what happens after you’re gone is really important for the people you leave behind. So today, we’re launching a new feature that makes it easy to tell Google what you want done with your digital assets when you die or can no longer use your account.
David Bloom

The Promise and Peril of the 'Data-Driven Society' - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • Up to now, the focus on the power and implications of Big Data technology has been involved social media, business decision-making and online privacy. Those are big subjects in their own right. So it’s not surprising that the notion of a data-driven society has not been much considered.
David Bloom

Shared Value in Conservation: Fewer Carrots and Sticks, More Designers - 0 views

  • How can conservation organizations leverage the economic concept of shared value? Can they create tools beyond the regulatory stick, which creates the illusion of a carrot? Can they create collaborative partnerships between NGOs and sustainability-focused social designers?
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