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Posted on 20110804

Scientists Bag and Tag the Stem Cell That May Create An Endless Supply of Blood

via Singularity Hub

Rejoice ye vampires, the pursuit of an endless supply of blood took a major leap forward this month. Researchers at […] Read More >>

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How A 21-Year-Old Design Student’s Sleeping-Bag Coat Could Break The Cycle Of Homelessness

via Fast Company

As a design student in Detroit, Veronika Scott was keenly aware of the increasing numbers of homeless people suffering deeply … Read More >>

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City Living Can Harm Your Mental State: Study

via Fast Company

As compared to rural dwellers, urbanites are more stressed and more likely to develop schizophrenia. Does living in a city hurt … Read More >>

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A Hamburger Chain That Asks Its Customers To Not Order Hamburgers

via Fast Company

When a sustainability consulting firm told Swedish burger chain Max Burgers that its main problem was selling beef, the company … Read More >>

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How Felicia Day’s online gamer serial makes good TV, good business and good art

via Boing Boing

Forbes’s David Ewalt has a really good profile on Felicia Day’s innovative work in producing uncompromisingly niche-focused, … Read More >>

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Roland TR-808 flash drive takes synth style, leaves music to the pros (video)

via Engadget

Still trying to convince your friends that you’re a mad scientist DJ with a shrink ray? Show those heretic doubters you’ve … Read More >>

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Google publicly accuses Apple, Microsoft, Oracle of patent bullying

via Ars Technica

Get out the fire extinguishers, because the patent fight between the tech … Read More >>

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A comic about the real scientific process

via Boing Boing

Made by scientist Paul Vallett for his Electron Cafe blog, this funny cartoon is essentially about the differences between how … Read More >>

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Law prof: it would be legal to mint 2x $1 trillion platinum coins & use them to pay the US debt

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Jack Balkin, a Yale Law prof, has a weird idea for solving the debt crisis. He says the law sets no limit on the amount of … Read More >>

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OutRun AR project lets you game and drive at the same time, makes us drool

via Engadget

Cool game, or coolest game ever? That’s the question we were asking ourselves when we first came across Garnet Hertz’s … Read More >>

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