BusinessWeek Online (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
I attended a briefing by the DesignSingapore Council's International Advisory Panel on Friday that discussed making healthcare an economic driver of this city-state in the future. Now think about this. As the politics of the US continues to grind on around providing all Americans with the basics of health care, the government of Singapore has put together a panel of some of the world's top designers...
BusinessWeek Online (Free subscription) | 47 minutes ago
On Monday morning, I interview Singapore's Minister of Finance to open the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) . We'll talk about how Singapore created a modern 20th century city-state and what it must now do to become a 21st century mega-city. Think of a shift from efficiency to creativity. The big show will come from the nine incredible Design2050 studio teams put together...
BusinessWeek Online (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Sitting here in Singapore as President Obama went through China and flew home from his 8-day trip to Asia, it is perhaps easier to see the true truth of his trip--it's deep failure. The entire neo-liberal economic model promoted by the US over the past decades is now held in such disregard in Asia that a President representing the US system must suffer from the model's decline. Soft power, such as...
Programmable Web (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
This past week 15 new mashups were add to our mashup directory and 20 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include GamePro , Goodreads , and Maponics . The most often used APIs this week are Google App Engine , Google Maps , and Twitter . Shopping (4 APIs, 4 mashups), Mapping (3 APIs, 9 mashups), and Search (3 APIs, 3 mashups). The list below shows...
Programmable Web (Free subscription) | yesterday
This week we had 4 new APIs added to our API directory including an API that lets you search 30 million scientific, technical and medical research articles; one we highlighted earlier this week that is a travel guide API ; an API for sharing videos on Twitter; and an API for social measurement and analytics. Below are more details on each of these new APIs.
Smashing Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
In this post we present a new speedy way of writing HTML code using CSS-like selector syntax — a handy set of tools for high-speed HTML and CSS coding. It was developed by our author Sergey Chikuyonok and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. How much time do you spend writing HTML code: all of those tags, attributes, quotes, braces, etc. You have it easier if your editor of choice...
Ancora Imparo (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Peak Energy (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
REW has a report on US DOE funding for geothermal energy R&D - A Turning Point for Geothermal: DOE Funding Wins Industry Approval . DOE's October 29 announcement awarding $338 million in stimulus funding to geothermal energy research and development projects is the largest injection of funding into new geothermal technology development in over 25 years. “This marks a critical turning point...
Physorg (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric, today announced a $2 million award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop wearable RFID sensors to alert people to the presence of environmental chemical agents in the air and sample exhaled breath to serve as an early indicator of disease.
Cuddletech (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Role models are something we have few of; sad that perhaps the most recent one comes from a beer commercial: I mean, come on... his advice on careers "Find what you don't do well.... and don't do that thing." Classic! Need something more expansive? Learn Chinese! If you find it difficult, try to learn Japanesse... and then you'll go back and appreciate how much easier Chinese languages are....
Hacking for Christ (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Currently, Mozilla has a large number of code trees in various source code management systems, many of which have differing requirements for access. This is confusing and difficult for both developers and administrators. This document is the first draft of a vision for what a unified commit access policy might look like. Having a clear commit access policy makes the lives of developers and administrators...
The Memphis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Smith & Nephew PLC’s Orthopaedics Division has won a U.S. Department of Defense technology development contract that it says could lead to a “fracture putty” to treat battlefield injuries. (SNN)
Programmable Web (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
There's no doubt that Wikipedia is a giant store of information. And yes, they have an API , but the data isn't exactly structured. But that didn't stop Jim Blackler, who created Quizipedia , a fun game based off of Wikipedia entries.
Computer World (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Twitter is now allowing its externally built applications to provide geolocation features to end users, after announcing its intention to do so in August.
Internet News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Google ties Chrome OS to solid-state netbooks and systems available for 2010 holiday system.
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aarkstore | 10/22/2009
The History of Wireless provides a comprehensive account of how innovative thinkers and entrepreneurs created today's ubiquitous wireless products and services. It tells the whole story: from early scientific breakthroughs, to the invention of cellular telephones, to emerging technologies and the industries that are being born around them. The History of Wireless is sure to guide and inspire the next...
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