#Scientists plan to clone Brazil s endangered species Black Lion Tamarin, the most endangered of the eight species in Brazil Scientists in Brazil want to expand a mass effort to clone the populations of eight
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#Singapore opens world s first commercial vertical farm Transplanting some leafy green seedlings at the grand opening of Singapore s first commercial vertical farm.
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#Brazil s strong tobacco control policies have saved more than 400,000 lives Brazil s policies could result in as many as 7 million lives saved by 2050.
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#If you are looking for a new startup idea, try farming Sustainable farming, which often ties into organic growing, has been reaping profits.
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#Ikaria, the island where people forget to die Ikaria Stamatis Moraitis, a Greek war veteran, came to the United states in 1943 for treatment of a combat-mangled arm.
or business but was already setting out teacups and a plate of cookies. Meanwhile Thanasis scooted back and forth across the house with nervous energy,
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#Eliminate the worry of harming the environment or beneficial insects with Dragon Juice Dragon Juice naturally helps eliminate many common plant problems.
which often leads the customer directly to our web site, where we are noticing increased sales.
On the web at Dragonjuice. org, as well as Facebook, Twitter, and a few digital ads that have come with other print marketing efforts (magazines we have advertised in).
We have done some Google search optimization as well. We strive to provide personal service therefore our local sales have produced great results.
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hacking trade databases, bribing officials, concealing timber s true origin, and hiding illegal timber amid legal stocks.
Other students from Massachusetts to South dakota have spoken out about the new meals on websites and blogs,
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#Family run companies in the U s. that have been around 100-plus years Trimper s Rides has been operating continuously for 122 summers on Ocean City s famous Boardwalk.
her database shows 1, 150 still in operation as of 2011, though, I m sure I have missed many of the small, privately owned ones,
the pot#is the culinary innovation with, by far, the most intriguing disambiguation page on Wikipedia. 15.
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#Doubt cast on advantages of organic produce and meat Researchers say organic foods are no more nutritious and no less likely to be contaminated.
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#Global manufacturing is changing with a new wave of robots At the new Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif,
Video cameras guide them through feats well beyond the capability of the most dexterous human. One robot arm endlessly forms three perfect bends in two connector wires
Factories like the one here in The netherlands are a striking counterpoint to those used by Apple and other consumer electronics giants,
Apple s iphone manufacturer, continues to build new plants and hire thousands of additional workers to make smartphones,
it plans to install more than a million robots within a few years to supplement its work force in China.
This year, Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew Mcafee, economists at the Massachusetts institute of technology, made the case for a rapid transformation.
#In their minds, the advent of low-cost automation foretells changes on the scale of the revolution in agricultural technology over the last century,
Mr. Mcafee argues. At what point does the chain saw replace Paul Bunyan?##asked Mike Dennison, an executive at Flextronics,
a manufacturer of consumer electronics products that is based in Silicon valley and is increasingly automating assembly work.
At an automation trade show last year in Chicago, Ron Potter, the director of robotics technology at an Atlanta consulting firm called Factory Automation Systems, offered attendees a spreadsheet to calculate how quickly robots would pay for themselves.
In one example, a robotic manufacturing system initially cost $250, 000 and replaced two machine operators,
If the United states does not compete for advanced manufacturing in industries like consumer electronics, it could lose product engineering
are more complex to make than smartphones. The assembly line here is made up of dozens of glass cages housing robots made by Adept Technology that snake around the factory floor for more than 100 yards.
Video cameras atop the cages guide the robot arms almost unerringly to pick up the parts they assemble.
and darting electric vehicles as workers with headsets are directed to cases of food by a computer that speaks to them in four languages.
Each rover is connected wirelessly to a central computer and on command will race along an aisle until it reaches its destination#a case of food to retrieve
The software is sophisticated enough to determine which robot should pick up which case first, so when the order arrives at the supermarket,
Then a forklift operator summoned by the computer moves the cube to a truck for shipment.
this robotic warehouse is inspired by computer designers who created software algorithms to efficiently organize data to be stored on a computer s hard drive.
the cases of food moving through the robotic warehouse are like the digital bits being processed by the computer.
a suburb of Phoenix, Josh Graves has seen how automation systems can make work easier but also create new stress and insecurity.
Because a computer sets the pace, the stress is now more psychological. Mr. Graves wears headsets
A centralized computer the workers call The Brain dictates their speed. Managers know exactly what the workers do, to the precise minute.
#Some jobs are still beyond the reach of automation: construction jobs that require workers to move in unpredictable settings
because computer vision systems were limited costly and to carefully controlled environments where the lighting was just right.
But thanks to an inexpensive stereo camera and software that lets the system see shapes with the same ease as humans,
The robot uses a technology pioneered in Microsoft s Kinect motion sensing system for its Xbox video game system.
Such robots will put automation within range of companies like Federal express and United parcel service that now employ tens of thousands of workers doing such tasks.
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#World s toughest law banning logo s on cigarette packs upheld in Australia Tobacco companies fear the law will set a global precedent that could slash billions from the values of their brands.
Restrictions on advertising have tightened over the years to include print ads, the Internet and retail outlets.
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#U s. colleges see increased demand for degrees in agriculture An agronomist measures and records corn growth and other processes.
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#Superfood Cocolicious Chocolates will rock your world Is your chocolate Organic, Raw, Low Glycemic, Vegan, and Gluten Free?
In Boulder, CO at Whole Foods on Pearl & 28th, Ideal Market (Whole Foods), Vitamin Cottage and Alfalfas as well as samplings, the Boulder County Farmer s market, brochures, word of mouth and my forthcoming website.
#Granny designs carrying solution for ipad The Kickstarter video that helped kick things off. The Original Leather Handle for ipad was created on a whim, first out of a file folder and later out of leather.
Inventor Cate Vincent, one of the exhibitors at the 2012 Davinci Inventor Showcase, is no stranger to the inventor realm.
Recently she took some time to answer a few questions about how a granny could create a solution for an ipad,
Granny designs solution for ipad Cate Vincent, a grandmother, was bed reading in on her ipad last month,
when it slipped from her hands, and fell on her face. Four weeks later, she was sitting in a glass conference room at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California.
slip in my ipad, and begin a brand new business the next day, making gorgeous soft leather handles which keep ipads safe
and secure THE ORIGINAL LEATHER HANDLE FOR IPAD.##She says, I d just read the new book about Steve jobs by Walter Isaacson,
and was filled with admiration for what Steve jobs did in that first garage where they designed the world-changing Apple computers.#
#She leans forward and continues, Shhh I think Steve jobs would approve of my handle for his beloved ipad.
It makes it so well, useable and elegant, and that s what he loved.##I had to start this business,
I just couldn t help it Anyone who has to hold an ipad in the course of a day,
by selling their fabulous ipad to over 60 million customers. How did you go about naming your product?
thus, the Original Leather Handle for ipad. How long did it take you to create you initial prototype,
and the guy next to me pulls out his ipad with MY handle on it that s what I m working night and day for,
and those who failed to meet weight-loss goals could get individual counseling by phone or in person.
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#Apple s retail employees are long on loyalty but short on pay Apple employees During Jordan Golson s best three-month stretch last year, he sold bout
$750, 000 worth of computers and gadgets at the Apple Store in Salem, N h. It was a performance that might have called for a bottle of Champagne
#America s love affair with the smartphone has helped create tens of thousands of jobs at places like Best Buy
and Verizon Wireless and will this year pump billions into the economy. Within this world, the Apple Store is undisputed the king,
Last year, the company s 327 global stores took in more money per square foot than any other United states retailer#wireless
. as the company s heart and soul, a majority of its workers in the United states are not engineers or executives with hefty salaries and bonuses but rather hourly wage earners selling iphones and Macbooks.
The Internet and advances in computing have created untold millionaires, but most of the jobs created by technology giants are service sector positions#sales employees and customer service representatives,
#said Horace Dediu, an analyst who blogged about the calculation on the site Asymco. Electronics and appliance stores typically post $206, 000 in revenue per employee, according to the latest figures from the National Retail Federation.
Though a significant increase, Mr. Moll s new salary of about $36, 000 puts him on the low side of the wage scale at the other large sellers of Apple products, AT&T and Verizon
Wireless, both of which offer commissions to sales staff at their stores. In other areas, Apple has been a leader.
yet these days some former employees describe a work environment that was too hectic and stressful, thanks in large part to the runaway popularity of the iphone and ipad.
Technicians often move on to higher-paying jobs in information technology, they said, and sales staff have a leg up on the competition
#says Ms. Jackson, who now works at Groupon. It was sort of like, Congratulations. You ve done
Initially, that involved walking into stores, including those operated by Sprint and AT&T, and scouting out promising employees.
Those applicants have submitted for years rã sumã s through the company s site. The time-intensive part, former managers say,
R i. There is more roleplaying at Core training, as it s known, this time with pointers on the elaborate etiquette of interacting with customers.
ask for permission before touching anyone s iphone. And we told trainees that the first thing they needed to do was acknowledge the problem,
because aspiring sales employees would clearly be better off working at one of the country s other big sellers of Apple products, AT&T and Verizon Wireless,
It s not at all common but there are sales agents at Verizon who earn six figures, #says Jonathan Jarboe,
who managed Verizon Wireless stores in Oklahoma until last summer. Several former Verizon Wireless managers said that annual pay ran from $35
000 up to $100, 000 in rare cases, with the sweet spot in the $50, 000 to $60, 000 range.
me,#says Mr. Perlman, who now works in information technology. I wouldn t recommend it for my 35-year-old friend with a kid,
#When Work Piles Up The iphone, which arrived in 2007, brought unprecedented crowds to Apple Stores.
several former employees said their stores imposed new rules limiting on-the-spot repairs to 15 minutes for a computer-related problem,
when he logged onto a computer to punch out of work. This window popped up and it said something like,
Jordan Golson, who now blogs at Macrumors, a site that keeps tabs on all things Apple,
Free ipads for everyone was the expectation. Then the lights went down and we had a party in the store, with games and dancing,
Employees often had goals for attachments#as these add-ons are called#40 percent of certain products should include One to One,
After the great influx that started with the iphone, the company started plucking managers from stores like the Gap and Banana republic.
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#Hydrovolts tap canal currents for 12 kw of power apiece Powerful new power options. Irrigation canals are the blood vessels of agriculture,
you could power up your MP3 PLAYER just by sitting still. According to the fabric s creator
David Carroll, a cellphone case lined with the material could boost the phone s battery charge by 10 to 15 percent over eight hours,
It then sends that data to a computer for analysis . Although the skintight shorts are being marketed to athletes and coaches,
you ll be inspired to lead a less sedentary life. 4. The Morning Multi-Tasker The problem with laptops
and tablets, says Mark Rolston of the design firm Frog, is that they re confined by a screen.
He wants to turn the entire room into a monitor, where you can have the news on your kitchen table
instead of a joystick, you control movement by twisting the handle from side to side. Jiang imagines that new types of games could be created,
And unlike Angry Birds on your phone, Strap Game (that s the official name) will alert you
The Anti-slouch Screen If you slump down when you re typing on an Ergosensor monitor by Philips,
Algorithms crunch the raw data from the sensor and tell you how to adjust your body to achieve ergonomic correctness.
Your Body, Your Login A team of Dutch and Italian researchers has found that the way you move your phone to your ear
The most common iphone password is 1234.##Down the line, simple movements, like the way you shift in your chair,
might also replace passwords on your computer. It could also be the master key to the seven million passwords you set up all over the Internet
but keep forgetting. 17. Terrifying Playgrounds Norwegian psychologists think that modern playgrounds are for wimps.
human cyclists were pitted against a computer-generated opponent moving at, supposedly, the exact speed the cyclist had achieved in an earlier time trial.
you can text message the cart s built-in tablet computer. Now it knows who you are and
The cart uses Microsoft s Kinect motion-sensor technology to track and follow you through the store,
Better-looking Movies A movie projector flashes 24 images across the screen each second to create the illusion of motion#kind of like a flipbook.
and will transmit brain scans directly to smartphones and tablet computers. We re using sleep, #Low says,
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#Apple turns over its entire inventory once every 5 days Apple s supply chain is ranked best in the world.
Apple ells hundreds of millions of hardware gadgets all over the world and yet it doesn need t actually to stockpile its goods. The only company on Gartner s list of 25 companies that turns over its product faster is Mcdonald s
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#What you need to know about what s inside those breasts Breasts are getting bigger and arriving earlier.
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#Wind farms might be warming the planet New research indicates that large wind farms can cause local temperature increases.
Researchers used satellite data from 2003 to 2011 to examine surface temperatures across as wide swath of west Texas,
Albany and author of the paper published April 29 in Nature Climate Change said in an e-mail to Discovery News. Analysts say wind power is a good complement to solar power,
#Zhou cautioned that his study used satellite data, which can have errors from clouds, for example, rather than temperature readings taken at the surface.
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#Is NASA tracking the Cosmic Shift? Cosmic changes are coming. When it comes to terraforming,
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#Use of common pesticide, Imidacloprid, linked to Bee Colony Collapse Imidacloprid is in a lot of commonly used products.
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#Scientific proof that popcorn is healthier than fruit and vegetables Popcorn. It s whats for dinner.
The super-connected nature of the Internet is giving us a far different opportunity landscape#than ever before in history.
Killer apps of the past, like online search, email, and ecommerce, now over a decade old, are becoming mature industries.
More recent innovations like social networking, smartphones, and mobile apps are also becoming old news. Every major industry of the past provides the foundational underpinning for industries of the future.
It is in this rubble of business-past with generational lifespans shortening to less than a decade,
we find our next era of global enterprises. But what will they be? Here are 14 possible options.
According to Business Insider, in 1999, there were 38 million broadband Internet users worldwide. Today, there are 1. 2 billion people getting broadband Internet access on their phones.
The number of smartphones sold now exceeds the number of PCS sold. That transition happened last year.
Globally today there are 5. 6 billion dumbphone#users compared to 835 million smartphone#users. In the U s. we are already about halfway through the process of converting over to all smartphones.
Still, 12%have no cellphone at all. Globally, the dumbphone conversion cycle is started just getting. Tablet sales will pass PC sales in 2-3 years.
Mobile apps are now a $10 billion marketplace growing over 100%per year. The number of available apps through Apple and Android now exceeds 1. 2 million with over 34 billion downloads so far between the two of them.
Angry Birds alone has had over 600 million downloads. Draw Something#was launched 6 weeks ago and already has over 20 million downloads
and is generating over $100, 000 per day. It s now the number one app in 79 countries.
To reach the 1 million user milestone, it took AOL 9 year, Facebook 9 months, Draw Something#9 days.
Both the speed and pervasiveness of broadband connections continue to climb rapidly. Crowdfunding will be huge, for better and worse.
Adding Crowdfunding to the Mix With the U s. Senate s passing of the new crowdfunding legislation we are about to see another huge variable come into play.
Startups will be able to raise up to $1 million per year using online sources. While some view this as an instant money gravy train, it will be far from that.
The true rules about what works and what doesn t will take years to define.
When it comes to launching web-related startups, only rarely do we see people start with a global vision first.
What would it take to get people to connect 1 billion video cameras to the Internet? Does the current infrastructure have enough capability to handle that volume of data?
Even low-res, compressed signals will likely strain telecom capacity. But if it were possible,
I ve coined to describe a person who produces more than a terabyte of new information every day.
While the dominant players, Ancestry. com and Myheritage. com, have multiple websites with hundreds of millions of genealogies,
So far there is no comprehensive effort to build a database of humanity s heritage capable of scaling to the point of including everyone on earth,
However, the Internet has opened up an entirely new toolbox of possibilities. The trickiest part to hosting global elections will be the voting process
Replacement for Wikipedia-At the Davinci Institute, we began a series of Wikipedia research projects to uncover
Missing content is in direct correlation to the relevancy Wikipedia will hold in the minds of people in the future.
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#Smoking related deaths triple in the past decade A billion people will die from tobacco use and exposure this century one person every six seconds.
The world s six biggest tobacco firms made $35. 1 billion in profits in 2010 equal to the combined earnings of Coca-cola, Microsoft and Mcdonald s,
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#30 to 50 percent of food produced in the world is thrown away Two women collect food waste beside an industrial dumpster at the main food market in Madrid.
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#USDA speeds approval for new herbicide-tolerant crops despite Superweed problem If your answer was Monsanto,
The USDA now will take public comment on seed developers petitions for deregulation at the start of the review process
#Top 10 Photos of the Week Mass suicide in the phone industry. If only they had a way to call for help!
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#Americans eating less meat Meatless meals were s a top food trend for 2011. It may be due to rising prices,
the web is full of wonderful vegan/vegetarian blogs and free recipe sites that can help you learn how to include these foods in your diet.
a professor of computer science at UBC and the leader of the lab in which the bunny was developed.
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#Edible silk sensors let you know if your food is spoiled Sensors pick up the change when a fruit ripens or rots.
A new technology will let you simply wave your phone over itor any foodto get a verdict on whether it s still edible.
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#Scientists working on building a better leaf Scientists are analyzing the molecular pathways that plants use for photosynthesis. For decades,
Creating an artificial leaf Jones research meshes with Cogdell s efforts to adapt the chemistry of photosynthesis ujsing synthetic biology.
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#Cow collar texts ranchers when animals are sick or in heat Even cows can benefit from having a mobile device.
A new collar being developed for cattle ranchers could send cow health updates to farmers cellphones.
That data is relayed to the rancher via a cellphone using a variety of technologies including 3g.
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#Women more attracted to men with healthy golden skin: study Women more attracted to healthy golden skin than a masculine face.
used a new computer technique to measure mathematically how masculine faces are. Each face was given then a score.
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#Tree Bench portable bench turns any tree into a shady seat Tree Bench Aandeboom, the Dutch team that brought us the clever P-Tree urinal,
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#The top ten instant noodles in the world Not all instant noodles are the same.
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#Fracking Could Ruin New york s Organic food Industry Facing an uncertain future thanks to fracking. Once again Nut butter produces organic products in upstate New york#t s a pretty successful company as far as organic food goes,
An integrated computer controls watering and light cycles, and also activates built-in fans to maintain proper humidity and air circulation.
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#Food crops harmed by air pollution crossing continents: study Ozone pollution generated in each of the Northern hemisphere s major industrialized regions damages six important agricultural crops.
Michael Hollaway, a Phd student at the University of Leeds, used a computer model to predict reductions in global surface ozone
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#Is there any hope for a non-genetically modified future in America, or Africa? It is really only a matter of time before our food crisis becomes crippling.
Environmental Health News highlights the failed hope of GM crop developers: That these proprietary crops will stay where they are planted
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