Businesses With A Strong Sense Of Purpose Are More Successful
Want to make more money? Make sure your employees feel like they’re working for something greater than just profit.
A Park The Size Of Connecticut Is Being Carved Out Of The Great Plains
The 500,000-acre American Prairie Reserve is being cobbled together with public land and private donations. When it’s done, its creators want it to be like a Central Park for the entire country.
From Co.Design
Heineken’s Lost Plan To Build Houses Out Of Beer Bottles
In the 1960s, Heineken proposed a novel idea: rectangular "World" bottles that could double as bricks for affordable housing. And it’s not nearly as crazy as it sounds.
Coding Is Coming To Every Industry You Can Think Of, Time To Start Learning It Now
Written by: EdSurge
No matter what you do, it’s going to be helpful to learn to code. So we should probably start teaching it in school.
From Co.Create
Artists Turn London Landmark Into World’s Largest Wanking Penis
UK art collective to government: stop stroking the financial industry.
Marin County’s Quest For A Soda-Free Summer
The crunchy California county is trying to keep kids off soda, but with nothing so harsh as a ban. Instead, they’re going for a more gentle approach.
A Robot For Autistic Kids, Now In Schools
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Find Out What Your Plants Are Really Thinking With This Camera
How do you know how your plants are doing? You feel the dirt? Maybe you give them a little more water? This new Kickstarter project hopes to give you an infrared camera that can give you a real picture of the health of your vegetation.
From Fast Company
Live: Forbidding Helmets And Other Ways To Get People Biking
MIT Media Lab visiting scientist Sandra Richter is racing to increase urban cycling participation. Join her live as she answers your questions at 2pm (E.T.) on May 31st.
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Cage-Free, Free-Range, And Humanely Rased: Demystifying Your Meat
BuyingPoultry hopes to be the place to cut through the confusing verbiage and where you can go and find out exactly what happened to a chicken before you eat it.
A Tablet So Simple, Even An Old Person Can Use It
Technology can be scary, with its buttons and beeps and boops. But the Claris Companion tablet is like an iPad made simple, and outfitted with all sorts of features that make it easier for families to take care of their older loved ones.
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This Cyborg Hears Colors With His Skull
Neil Harbisson has a disorder that leads him to see the world in black and white. But with a little body modification, he can still sense them with his cybernetic third eye. That’s right: This man has a cybernetic third eye.
Breathtaking Pictures Of Hong Kong’s Urban Canyons
In Vertical Horizon, photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze shows just how tiny humans are in the context of the Chinese city’s cluttered skyline.
