28 November 2008

City of Silk ~ Great Kuwaiti Urban Gigaprojects!

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In the face of challenging economic times and general doom and gloom, it's worth keeping in mind the big picture and long-term . And ...
27 November 2008

EDITT Greenscraper ~ Ecologically Vital Cities

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Back in January I noted with delight Ken Yeang 's latest project in Singapore. Thanks to Inhabitat , here are some more recent design ...

Urban Harvests ~ Roof Gardens As Sky Farms!

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I wrote recently about MyFarm , the urban farming venture, as well as other examples of green-city living. CNN just published an AP piec...

Vertical Gardens ~ Patrick Blanc's Living Walls!

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Thanks to Green Roofs Australia for spotlighting many interesting case examples of roof gardens and especially the fantastic work of French...
25 November 2008

Paul Hudnut ~ BOPreneur on Venture Gapitalism

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Yes, today MIT's Sloan Entrepreneurs for International Development club hosted Paul Hudnut , the Colorado-based BOPreneur blogger and ...
24 November 2008

RoboClam ~ MIT's Amos Winter Mimics Mollusks!

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It's very nice to see one of my favorite MIT grad student engineers, Amos Winter , featured in today's Mass High Tech article by Bre...

g-speak ~ Oblong's Gestural-Graphical Interface

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MIT Media Lab alum-founded company Oblong releases g-speak , a gestural-graphical interface between us, our physical environs, and our info...
23 November 2008

WiTricity ~ MIT Spinoff Wirelessly Powers Up!

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Scott Kirsner writes in his Innovation Economy column today about MIT spinoff WiTricity which is commercializing Professor Marin Soljacic ...
22 November 2008

"Unlimited Kindness" ~ The Best of Humanity...

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Ben Macintyre in The Times today writes about John Silbermann, a Jewish boy saved 70 years ago by a British operation called Kindertransport...
21 November 2008

Zimi's Story ~ One Child's Laptop in South Africa

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MIT Sloan MBA student Amanda Peyton from the Sloan Entrepreneurs for International Development (SEID) club has been working with One Laptop...
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20 November 2008

M-PESA ~ No-Card ATM Cash Transfers in Kenya

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Videoreporter Ruud Elmendorp tells the story of M-PESA money transfers using mobile phones in Kenya... As Noel Mwakugu of the BBC wrote...

Visualizing Complexity ~ Lovely Maps & Graphics!

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HUMMUS 2050 co-creator Sigi Atteneder pointed me to the really lovely maps and graphics by Philippe Rekacewicz and colleagues at Le Monde ...
19 November 2008

Airless Tires ~ Reinventing Even The Oldest Stuff!

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Thanks to Gwen for this oxcullent finding ! Airless tires (or rather, non-pressurized)...

Justin Cook ~ The Prospect Theorist Visits Again!

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MIT alumnus & scholar Justin Cook joined me on HighTechFever.tv again to share ideas about Prospect Theory and experimental social sci...
16 November 2008

WattzOn? ~ Saul Griffith Calculates His Footprint

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At Pop!Tech 2008, MIT alum genius inventor engineer Saul Griffith unveiled WattzOn , a webtool to calculate your personal energy footprint...

Entrepreneurship Week @ MIT ~ Worthy Events...

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As part of the Unleashing Ideas Global Entrepreneurship Week , MIT is hosting several cool activities including dinners, talks, showcase a...
15 November 2008

Global Dynamics ~ Simulations For Learning...

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While looking into the global electric grid , I ran across this OS Earth Global Simulation Workshop , a role-playing game engaging students ...

Electric Grid ~ Global Infrastructure Solutions?

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I just read MIT alum Peter Huber 's piece on Oil, Gas and Wires in the latest Forbes where he makes the case for creating a high-volta...

Singapore! ~ Green Buildings in the Garden City!

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I'm increasingly impressed with Singapore . They are creating what is arguably the leading global green city and continue to make great...

Global Water ~ Areas of Abundance and Scarcity

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UNESCO's WHYMAP effort looks at hydrogeological resources...