Day: October 16, 2013

Culture Education

How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses

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As reported on Wired. BY JOSHUA DAVIS These students in Matamoros, Mexico, didn’t have reliable Internet access, steady electricity, or much hope—until a radical new teaching method unlocked their potential.  Peter Yang José Urbina López Primary School sits next to a dump just across the US border in Mexico. The school serves residents of Matamoros, a dusty, sunbaked city of 489,000 that is a flash point in the war on drugs. There are regular shoot-outs, and it’s not…

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Automotive Culture Environmental

Two-way street: electric cars of the future could give power back to the grid

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As reported on The Verge. By Sean Hollister The batteries inside EVs might pay dividends On September 23rd, the city of Palo Alto, California decided to embrace the electric car. Inspired by one resident who fought to install a public charging station, the city councilvoted to mandate that every new single-family home be wired to support EV chargers. That might be good news for Palo Alto’s wealthy, environmentally conscious populace — not to mention Tesla Motors,…

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Business Cloud Culture

The Cloud Washers Will Lose

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Alex William There are two camps in the cloud world. There are the cloud washers, which are the ones who put a cloud sticker on everything. They say, “Oh, yes, it’s a private cloud for big data.” Then they throw in a few dozen other buzz words for the new look on their legacy technology. The other camp, the cloud services providers, enable customers to innovate in less time than it…

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Entertainment

Gittler’s all-titanium guitar has no neck or body, demands more than the intro to ‘Stairway’

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith     “An out of this world guitar playing experience.” That’s what Gittler promises from its aircraft-grade titanium axem and has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund production. Based on Alan Gittler’s original 1978 design, which is now housed at MoMA, it maintains the same simplified structure, coming from the mantra to strip away “all that is unnecessary and redundant.” That’s resulted in a guitar body that lacks both a…

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Retail Sales

Walmart starts grocery delivery service in Denver, makes it easier to never leave home again.

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As reported on Engadget. By Mariella Moon Oh, boy. Local mom-and-pop shops in Denver aren’t going to like this: Walmart’slooking to increase pressure on local businesses by delivering groceries straight to your waiting arms. Yes, that includes fresh produce, as well as dry and frozen items, which will surely make workaholics (and shut-ins) out there happy. The Walmart To Go service has been shuttling perishable goods to people’s doorsteps in San Francisco and San Jose for the…

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