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Digital farmers’ market is making healthy food more accessible
You can’t be healthy without eating healthy food. Countless studies have shown that, and as a society we al need greater access to fruits and vegetables. An unlikely player is now moving into the organic foods market and delivering locally grown produce right to the consumer’s door. Read More...
Design and then “print” your own clothes
3D printers are revolutionizing the way we make goods, now clothes printers might revolutionize how we make garments. OpenKnit offers a device capable of printing (it’s really knitting) clothes. The machine hooks up to a computer where you can print preexisting patterns or make your own Read More...
Organic farming is more profitable, but farmers don’t switch
A study done earlier this year found that organic food was healthier than pesticide grown food—if you eat only organic it’s like adding a one or two more servings of fruits or vegetables per day. So organic food is better for consumers. And it’s better for farmers too. It has been proven that Read More...
Wikipedia searches predict disease outbreaks
When you feel sick you go online, search your symptoms and see if you can self-diagnose yourself before going to a doctor. A team of US scientists has found that because of this step before seeing a doctor, online sites—particularly Wikipedia—can predict disease outbreaks up to a month before Read More...
Richard Branson: Why digital currencies will change the world
The Internet has transformed business beyond recognition. But we still use the same currencies we used a century ago. Digital currencies—like Bitcoins—are about to launch another digital revolution. Here’s what one Bitcoin investor, Sir Richard Branson, has to say ahead of the first The Read More...
Google wants to hire people who can make mistakes
A graduation from the best universities is your ticket to the best jobs. Right? Google recently discovered that this notion is false and that overachievers often have a genius complex: An inability to take ownership or learn from their mistakes. And in the fast moving world of the web that’s a Read More...
Solar packs provide power for studying at night
In the developing world when nighttime comes it gets really dark. Without proper means for lighting, children who study at night can fall victim to premature vision loss—if they can study at all. Repurpose creates book bags out of completely recycled material with a solar panel on top to harness Read More...
Free heating for housing this company’s servers
Winter is here—ok, it’s still fall but it’s getting cold, fast. If you’re prepared for your utilities bill to spike during winter months, there is an alternative: House cloud servers. Cloud&Heat is offering to provide free heat and hot water in exchange for you to house their Read More...
India introduces a minister of… what?
Yoga is much more than stretching your body in an elegant studio. It’s an ancient way of living that includes meditation and health treatments. But who knows that? Exactly. Not many people outside India. That’s why the recently elected prime minister promised to include a “Minister of Yoga” Read More...
Cracking the sight code to cure blindness
Our eyes function in marvelous ways. A basic description of how the eye works is photons (light particles) fall into the receptors in the retina; the retina then transmits this information to the eye in a type of code, made out of firing electrons. Many people who are blind cannot see because the Read More...