July 2011
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Open Source Ecology →
LA | Kullection FAQ →
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WatchIDEO’s water team created three scenes envisioning a positive future with water.
also see : http://vimeo.com/6967118, http://vimeo.com/6971914
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“How often a given word is used, relative to other words, can convey information...”
– Statistical Laws Governing Fluctuations in Word Use from Word Birth to Word Death
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WatchAre we in danger of running out of water? California’s population is growing by 600,000 people a year, but much of the state receives as much annual rainfall as Morocco. With fish populations crashing, global warming, and the demands of the country’s largest agricultural industry, the pressures on our water supply are increasing.
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A Tale Of Two Countries: The Growing Divide... →
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Black men survive longer in prison than out: study... →
npr:
Black men are half as likely to die at any given time if they’re in prison than if they aren’t, suggests a new study of North Carolina inmates.
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Nanomagnet memories approach low-power limit -... →
“Tiny magnetic memory and logic devices that consume very little energy have been developed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. With further improvements, the devices could operate close to the “Landauer limit” of minimum energy consumption because they require no moving electrons to work – something that could revolutionize electronics.”
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Protagonize: collaborative story & creative... →
Protagonize lets you explore your hidden writing talent.
“Our goal: Have a crowd of volunteers write the definitive report on how crowds...”
– Did Assignment Zero Fail? A Look Back, and Lessons Learned
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Spike Lee To Direct Crowdsourced Mobile Phone... →
Filmmaker Spike Lee has linked up with Nokia to direct a movie made with cell phone footage from everyday people in what he calls the democratization of film. The film by Nokia Productions will consist of three acts. An “assignment” for each act will be announced online and people will then have four weeks to produce their submission.
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marker/music →
geospatial audio content mapping
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in Bb 2.0 - a collaborative music/spoken word... →
collaborative audio content creation
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“Crowdsourcing or collaboratively creating content of any kind becomes dicey very...”
– Part 8: Collaborative Content Creation; or, Crowdsourcing your way to creativity | co>innovative
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MoGro →
MoGro is a mobile grocery store launched in New Mexico, aspiring to address the needs of “Food Deserts.” It is currently widening its network of operation, as it was successfully received.
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Change by Us New York City →
A crowdsourcing platform to make New York greener and more sustainable
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Ransoming Redevelopment? →
Update on California Redevelopment Agencies
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six degrees of Kevin Bacon
Dirk is a bot that learns connections. But the only way that it can learn is for us to teach it. This is helping explore the interconnectedness of all things, but only the things that people let Dirk know about.
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Power Planets →
Power Planets is a resource management game designed by Area/Code, where players are responsible for their miniature planets.
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Augmented Reality: Past, Present and Future →
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WatchAn mixed reality interface that makes experiencing a digital model incredibly intuitive and physical.
(via Physical-Digital Interaction Evolves - PSFK)