This is from Wired – great optical illusions posted on Vine. They are fun to watch, and really tricky to do.
Category: Misc
In honor of the 4th, VentureBeat highlights great innovative technology made in the USA. They cite Tesla, Makerbot (pretty cool,) Apple’s new Mac Pro, Blendec (a blender? maybe….,) and Kynex. Here’s the article with lots of links so you can go buy them.
“The tiny interlocking combs of specialized ink could power human implants, drones and cameras. Each microbattery is thinner than a human hair.” Amazing article in GigaOm.
“Listening to enjoyable music activates reward centers deep inside the brain…” Interesting Big Idea from The Big Think.
“Companies are continuing to reap the benefits of 3D printing, a decades old technology that has increased in popularity over the past few years as the prices of printing machines have come down.” Mashable story of Ford here.
3D Printing Helps Ford Cut Production Time on Some Parts by 25%.
For the last ten years, Creative Commons has bee offering content creators ways to share their works. Now it wants to let them know who’s been using their stuff. See article at GigaOm here.
“Yahoo wants to buy Tumblr. We hear Facebook might spoil the party. But the question is: is Tumblr the fountain of youth that Yahoo badly needs or will this be a case of pathetic old-middle aged guy hanging with youngsters trying to be hip?”
Harsh! I worry more that Tumblr will go the way of Flickr…. article here.
“The new Google Hangouts brings together all of Google’s messaging services and will soon see SMS integration. So where does that leave Google Voice in the big picture? “
This isn’t something I would usually write (or tweet) about, but it’s interesting. Full article and explanation here at NYT.
Workplace Learning in the Digital Age 