Fat Ho Burgers ~ Tasty New Waco Restaurant ;-)

Dionne Anglin of FOX 4 News reports about the latest Waco restaurant, Fat Ho Burgers...

"That’s right. The restaurant is named after a fat (as in hefty) ho (not the garden tool). [...] The 23-year-old [owner Lakita Evans] worked her way through college to open her burger joint and said the name is mostly a bit of humor in an otherwise serious world. [...] For now, that means grilled favorites including the Sloppy Ho Brisket or the Supa Dupa Fly Ho with Chz for a lunch crowd that’s spilling out of the front door. But not everybody’s laughing. One of Fat Ho Burgers’ closest neighbors is the Gospel Café. Folks at the volunteer-run religious café and bookstore wish the burger joint was a little more “holy.”

Genius! Thanks to UniqueDaily for spotting this one!

Entrepreneurial Solutions ~ Kacou on Prosperity

See here Eric Kacou on Entrepreneurial Solutions for Prosperity in BoP Markets. FYI, he's speaking next on the entrepreneurship panel at MIT Sloan Africa 2.0 Conference Fri 1 April 2011...

Moore's Law ~ Packing in the Computing Power!

Gokul Rajaram spots Moore's Law at work...

Top Clusters ~ Mapping US Innovation Hotspots

Thanks to new New England Clean Energy Council blog piece by Caitlin Vaughn pointing to Council on Competitiveness which published Clusters of Innovation report with nice US top clusters map...

Continuum ~ Mary Huang's Draw-Your-Dress app

Slashdot points to ecouterre article by Jasmin Chua on Continuum: An App That Turns Any Drawing Into a Made-to-Measure Dress...

Continuum Ddress UI from Mary Huang on Vimeo.

Mapping US ~ Census, NYTimes, Social Explorer

Thanks to the NYTimes for spotlighting the work of the Census and Social Explorer in their interactive Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census...

Parking Violation ~ Russian-Style Enforcement;-)

UniqueDaily spots Russian approach to parking violations;-)

Rotterdam Cyclists ~ Bike Lanes in the Bigger City

Mark Wagenbuur shares his view from a bigger city's cycle paths in his latest post Rotterdam remedies a lower cycling rate...

"The cycling rate, although very high compared to any other country, is low for the Netherlands. About 25% of all trips in Rotterdam is by bicycle. This is much lower than Amsterdam, where that figure hovers around 40% or Groningen where it is almost 60%. [...] When the city was rebuilt from the late 1940s the city planned to do that 'according to the demands of modern fast traffic' and after the example of US cities. [...] Luckily a long standing Dutch tradition was also not forgotten and the new wide streets were built including separate bicycle infrastructure. But just building infrastructure has proven not to be enough."

Understanding how to build cycling-and-pedestrian-friendly megacities is crucial to our urban future, so learnings from Rotterdam are essential!

Deborah Douglas ~ MIT 150th Exhibit Curator!

Delightful to interview Deborah Douglas again on MaximizingProgress.tv! Science and technology curator for the MIT Museum, Deb also spearheaded the latest and greatest exhibit, the amazing 150 artifacts honoring the epic 150 year history of the Institute! Some of my personal favorites include the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, the Media Lab's CityCar, Kalmus' Technicolor camera, Metcalfe's 3Com Ethernet card, Hadzima's IPVision patent map of Stata's Analog Devices MEMS Accelerometer, Forrester's Core Memory, and many more! Stay tuned for Deb's April 1st, 2011 opening of the Compton Gallery exhibit of 19 finale artifacts on the ground floor under the main MIT Great Dome!

Real-Time-Lapse ~ Lieberman DIY @ CMU...

Another Lieberlapse!

"Just visited CMU to give a talk and to make this video installation. Everything was conceived, choreographed, filmed, edited, and aired on the same day (March 17) -- I can't think of a better way to have spent my birthday... thanks everyone for helping make it a reality and thanks to all the CMU students for helping to make it!"

Bikeman ~ Cycle Repair Pro w/ Mobile Workshop!

Thanks to Copenhagenize for spotting The Bikeman, the mobile bicycle repairs and fix-it guy...

"Meet Jacob -- aka The Bikeman. He's a bike mechanic with a rolling workshop. He has everything he needs in his cargo box, including a portable stand for suspending bikes. He'll go anywhere you need him to on his Bullitt in the city centre. Jacob also has arrangements with various companies. He comes out during work hours and the employees can go down and get their bikes adjusted, tuned, de-squeaked, whatever you need. No need to sacrifice your bicycle for a day by chucking it into a bikeshop. Brilliant. The professional bikeshop comes to you."

There should be a whole network of Bikemen, just like GeekSquad!

TEROOS ~ Shoulder-Mounted Buddybot...

Cyriaque Lamar from io9 notes Someday you will go on a date with this Muppet-like telepresence robot TEROOS, a shoulder-mounted wearable robot buddy...

"...built by researchers at Keio University and Japan's Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute, affixes to your body like the Predator's shoulder cannon. Once attached, TEROOS allows you to discreetly communicate with your pal by whispering sweet nothings in his or her ear."

Algebra Touch ~ Engaging Mathematics...

Now this is a teaching calculator! Algebra Touch...

E4C App Project ~ Mobiles for Development...

Rob Goodier at Engineering for Change writes about E4C's app project: Science, engineering and development apps that work...

"Applications for mobile devices have staked out firm and useful territory within the world of international development in the last several years. They've become important tools for monitoring, gathering information, informing and educating people. That's why we believe that a storehouse of useful apps could be a powerful resource for the E4C community. This post is an overview of apps that have caught our attention, and a foray into the creation of an E4C app database."

Check out the several examples, including from domains of science and data collection, project and event monitoring, engineering and education, and disaster preparation.

African Logistics ~ USAID Lessons w/ ICT Mobiles

Check out ICT Applications for Distribution and Supply Chain Management in sub-Saharan African Agriculture...

"Using ICT to manage distribution and supply chains can increase efficiency and predictability and reduce waste in value chains and have positive impacts on all market actors. ICT applications presented in this paper are divided into the following categories: 1) applications that assist in the management of supplier networks, 2) applications that facilitate traceability, and 3) applications that assist input supply companies to manage their distribution networks."

Khan Academy ~ School Disruptor Salman at TED

Salman Khan of Khan Academy fame speaking at TED about...

"...educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do "homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help."

Downhill Insanity ~ Valparaiso Cerro Abajo Race

Thanks to Z Holly for spotting the Valparaiso Cerro Abajo urban mountain bike race...

Red Planet ~ "Capitalism Killed Life on Mars"

Moron of the Moment award goes to Venezuelan caudillo since Chavez says capitalism may have ended life on Mars writes Eyanir Chinea of Reuters...

"Capitalism may be to blame for the lack of life on the planet Mars, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday. "I have always said, heard, that it would not be strange that there had been civilization on Mars, but maybe capitalism arrived there, imperialism arrived and finished off the planet," Chavez said in speech to mark World Water Day. Chavez, who also holds capitalism responsible for many of the world's problems, warned that water supplies on Earth were drying up."

Street Grid’s Birthday ~ Mapping Manhattan!

Zachary Seward blogs in the WSJournal Metropolis, On Grid’s Birthday, Beautiful Manhattan Maps...

"Tuesday marks the 200th anniversary of Manhattan’s street grid, which was adopted in 1811 “to unite regularity and order with the public convenience and benefit and in particular to promote the health of the City.”

Some really stellar visualizations, including maps such as...

Mobiles for Development ~ Tools for UNICEF++

Thanks to MobileActive's Melissa Ulbricht for spotlighting UNICEF's Mobiles for Development authored by Kojo Boakye, Nigel Scott, Claire Smyth...

"...to help the organization understand the global mobile telephony landscape as it relates to advancing development, and as an area of significant future opportunities. Evidence for the report comes from UNICEF operational staff and representatives of mobile operators in 14 countries (Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana, Iraq, Kosovo, Lao PDR, Malawi, Mongolia, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Uganda, and Zambia). The report suggests that mobile tools can identify the most deprived children and communities, provide cost effective interventions, overcome bottlenecks to services, and enable communities to maximize the impact of available resources."