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Retail could do to the health care what Uber has done to taxis?

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Retail could do to the health care what Uber has done to taxis

Web Series for High Schoolers Choosing Future Careers Looks at Industrial Design

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Web Series for High Schoolers Choosing Future Careers Looks at Industrial Design

Google rethinking Our Space

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Rethinking office space

Zofie - Your Next Fitness Coach is You

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Welcome to your new exercise future. We interview Sunil and Shalani Koduri of Zsolutionz about their new product introduced at this year's CES called Zofie. Zofie stands for Zsolutionz Optimal Fitness Interactive Experience which is based on Fuzzy Logic. The product is embeddable into exercise equipment. They take us through a live demo at the  Nytec Product Innovation Center in Kirkland, Washington. Give it a view. 

Two mysterious white spots come into resolution in this latest Dawn image of Ceres #space

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Dawn image of dwarf planet Ceres brings white spots into sharper focus

Teachers Asks Google to Step Up and Stop Evictions

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Teachers Asks Google to Step Up and Stop Evictions

The History of The Future of Education

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The History of the Future of Education

Astropad - iPad as a Graphics Tablet with your Mac #ux #design

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YOUR IPAD AS A PROFESSIONAL GRAPHICS TABLET Use the Mac creative tools you know & love, like Photoshop, with the touch experience of your iPad

Founder Flashback - Americas Smallest Tech Giant

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The Truth about Web Design Trends

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The Truth about Web Design Trends

A Common Design Taxonomy #ux

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A Common Design Taxonomy

Big brain genetically modified mouse, theres nothing to worry about here right?

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Check out the big brain on the genetically modified mouse

Technology is not the problem. Incentive is. #ai

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Technology is not the problem. Incentive is. "Murray Shanahan, professor of cognitive robotics at Imperial College London, cautioned against “capitalist forces” developing AI without any sense of morality, arguing it could lead to potentially “uncontrollable military technologies." Capitalist forces could create 'uncontrollable' artificial intelligence - scientist

Netflix plus Pee Wee Herman equals new movie.

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Netflix, the world’s leading Internet TV network, will premiere exclusively in all of its territories the new feature film, Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, starring Paul Reubens as the beloved fun-loving hero of TV, stage and film, Pee-wee Herman. Judd Apatow (Anchorman, Bridesmaids) and Reubens, who worked together to bring the project to fruition, will produce the film. Reubens and Paul Rust (Comedy Bang! Bang!, Arrested Development) wrote the film. John Lee (Broad City, Inside Amy Schumer) makes his feature film directorial debut with production beginning in early 2015. BOWTIE IS THE NEW BLACK: 'Pee-wee's Big Holiday' To Premiere On Netflix! - My Log

Research suggests dark matter plays a significant role in our planet's mass extinction cycle

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Research suggests dark matter plays a significant role in our planet's mass extinction cycle

The Real Problem with “The Expert” #ux

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The Real Problem with "The Expert"

YouTube Kids Launching Next Week #parenting

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YouTube Kids launching next week

Wine Stalking the SF Chronicle #Wine Competition with #Sommelier Chris Sawyer

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Intro Initial Tasting Review - 5:00 (Tracini, TR Elliot, Fogcatcher) Field Stone Winery - 6:00 DRNK - 8:00 Dane Cellars (Bart Hansen) - 10:00 Davis Family Vineyards (Guy Davis) - 12:12 Amador Cellars (Michael Long) - 18:11 Balo Vineyards - 21:00 Final Thoughts - 24:37 Sommelier - Chris Sawyer Nerd Stalker heads to Ft. Mason for the 2015 SF Chronicle Wine Competition. We are fortunate enough to have elite sommelier Chris Sawyer as our guide to some of the epic winners of the event. Huge crowd at Ft. Mason. Egregious entrance selfie. Adolfo and Chris

Google Science Fair 2015: what will you try?

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Google Science Fair 2015: what will you try?

Apply Empathy Within Your Organization #ux

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Apply Empathy Within Your Organization: An excerpt from Practical Empathy explains how to make change on the inside

Luna - Smart Bed? Yes a Smart Bed

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Make Your Bed Smart, Instantly, The first mattress cover that can warm your bed, automatically track sleep and intelligently wake you up. More at Luna

Pocket Operators (PO): miniature synthesizers resembling calculators

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Hands On with the Teenage Engineering + Cheap Monday's Pocket Operators

Inside the Internet's hidden science factory, Amazon's Mechanical Turk

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Inside the Internet's hidden science factory, Amazon's Mechanical Turk

Saturday Night Live Released Their Own App

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Saturday Night Live Released Their Own App

The first rule of web design

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Seth's Blog

Six Myths about Data-Driven Design #ux

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Six Myths about Data-Driven Design

Considering the Funnel #ux

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Considering the Consideration Funnel

David Cross + BitTorrent = Awesome

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HONORA - David Cross: HITS A movie you get to pay what you want for, no seriously.

What do fast food workers and Professors have in common?

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Are Adjunct Professors the New Fast-Food Workers?

Startup Blog Insights - Funding Philosophy

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This month, we take another journey into Agile thinking. We will go in-depth into an articles on Startup Blog titled “ Your First Action is Not Funding ” and " Money and Staff, Staff and Money " with Taffy Williams, Examiner writer and entrepreneur, and the co-founder & CEO of Colonial TDC. Taffy gives examples from his experience of funding from the investor's and the entrepreneur's viewpoints . Give it a listen or a view!

Home Hits Near Net Zero

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Reclaimed Modern home hits near net zero

How to Design A Happier Life #ux

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How To Intentionally Design A Happier Life

The view master is almost Back

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Mattel Teams With Google to Reinvent the Iconic View-Master Toy With a Smartphone Twist

Sunlight in Every Room Basement or Not #homeimprovement

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CoeLux: Artificial Sunlight That's Real Enough to Trick Your Camera and Brain

Writing English for Global Audiences #ux

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Writing English for Global Audiences: Creating content that's relevant to more users

Robots coming for your jobs quick.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rise-of-the-machines-robots-poised-to-transform-global-manufacturing/article22884032/

Samsung Smart TV Trainwreck

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Samsung Is Doing a Great Job Showing Us How Terrible Smart TVs Can Be

Anonymous is crushing ISIS

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Anonymous "Hacktivists" Strike a Blow Against ISIS

Sidecar announces Same-Day Delivery Service

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People + Packages: The Future of Same-Day Delivery "Why people + packages is a game changer We’ve figured out the fastest and lowest cost same-day delivery approach and it’s a win for e-commerce companies, drivers and riders. Sidecar Deliveries makes the cost of same-day delivery dramatically cheaper for companies who integrate with our API — up to 1/5 the price of traditional shippers and cuts the delivery time in half. This unique combination of people and packages makes shipping so affordable, same-day delivery is now accessible for large and small businesses alike." - Sidecar blog

This App will have access to all your Text Messages and more. #privacyproject

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The biggest risk to you and your company's privacy is your smartphone. Some of the most popular apps on your smartphone ask for permissions that expose data to outside sources. The privacy project asked people on the street to read some of these permissions out loud so they could capture their reactions. Take control of your privacy. Get the facts at http://bit.ly/privacyproject. #privacyproject

Heres what you want to know about Apples new photo App

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Everything you need to know about Apple's new Photos app for Mac

Google executives explain why the MBA approach to building things is ‘stupid’ #edu

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Google executives explain why the MBA approach to building things is 'stupid' I could not agree more and you?

The guy who made awesome encryption tool is going broke.

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The guy behind Ed Snowden's favorite email encryption tool is going broke

Reframing Accessibility #ux #ia

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Reframing Accessibility for the Web

Can An iPad be your Primary Computer? This guy says Yes.

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Can an iPad really replace your PC? Yes, and one Apple blogger set out to prove it

Industrial design espionage is no joke.

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Industrial Design Espionage is No Joke