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The dragon takes wing

New data suggest the Chinese economy is bigger than previously thought

Full Story: The Economist

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This Era of Low-Cost Oil Is Different

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The world is experiencing much more than a temporary dip in oil prices.

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The Great Wall of Vagina - Jamie McCartney (x)

Jamie made molds of the vaginas of women between 18 and 76 years. Among others, they include twins and transgender women. Women are often confused about their vagina, because they think it looks different: with this project he demonstrates that vaginas are as different as faces. McCartney hopes that his work will help to stop the increasing growth of labia corrections in recent years.

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Unsolved Mysteries That Still Need Answers In 2015

From Serial’s investigation of Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee to alien moons, here are the unsolved mysteries from 2014 that we still want answers to.

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Machine Learning algorithms take the billions of Data points as inputs and extract actionable insights from ther data. So, the Predictive Organization starts with the prediction process and then creates a feedback loop through measuring and managing. Crucially, this tales place across the boundary of the Enterprise

Judging from what organizations are capable of today I disagree. Systems will definitely be predictive, but organizations, at least the kinds of organizations we see around us today, will remain stupid. That in itself I think is an important aspect to take into account when thinking about the future capacity of our technologies…

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Dog Can Walk Again Thanks To 3D Printing

Full Story: TechCrunch

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Is California’s Hyperloop train closer to reality? Startup CEO has ‘no doubt’ Lanre Bakare, theguardian.com

The 800mph train still sounds like the stuff of science fiction – Los Angeles to San Francisco in 35 minutes – but it’s found a new champion in crowdfunded engineer collective

The chief executive of a company attempting to deliver a transport…

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#InTheCityWith: Catherine Bracy, Code for America

Improving city services is increasingly in the hands of citizens, or, as in the case of Catherine Bracy and her San Francisco-based team at Code for America, at their fingertips. By harnessing the power of data and the growing open-source movement, she and her fellow Coders are using technology to help make local government processes more streamlined, interactive and simple.

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NanoDoc: Nanomedicine game crowdsources new cancer treatment strategies

NanoDoc is an online game that allows bioengineers and the general public to design new nanoparticle strategies towards the treatment of cancer. You’ll learn about nanomedicine and explore how nanovehicles can cooperate with each other and their environment to kill tumors. Best strategies will be considered for validation in vitro or in robotico. Are you ready to become a NanoDoc!

[Play NanoDoc] [read more on The Economist] [via O’Reilly radar]

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Tiny particles could be programmed to swarm together and mount a determined attack on cancer

What Dr Hauert is hoping to do with these nanoparticles is to give them the same kind of eerie collective intelligence that is displayed by swarms of birds, insects or fish. Some nanoparticles are already used to deliver drugs to a specific area of the body or to gather at the site of a tumour so that it can be identified more readily and destroyed by heat or radiation. And studies have suggested that if those nanoparticles could somehow communicate, move and act as one they could deliver 40 times as much medication.

Full Story: The Economist

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China will have more warships than the U.S. by 2020, says report

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A commission reporting to Congress raises questions about China’s military gains

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http://www.businessinsider.com/the-future-of-the-mobile-industry-2014-11

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It’s official: America is now No. 2

The Chinese economy just overtook the United States economy to become the largest in the world.

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World’s first solar bike path

Remember Solar Roadways’ Indiegogo campaign? They collected $2.2M for a modular paving system of solar panels that you can drive, park, and walk on.

A company from the Netherlands is one step ahead and finished now a 70-meter solar cycle path, near Krommenie, between Amsterdam and Alkmaar. The surface includes integrated solar panels, that will be used for street lighting, traffic lights or even for charging vehicles.

Check the FAQ or video for more information:

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These Algae Farms Cover The Walls Of Buildings And Soak Up Carbon

Walls might be the next frontier for urban farming.

“Micro-organisms like algae are like bacteria—it’s one of those things that in our culture people try to get rid of,” Griffa says. “But algae offer incredible potential because of their very intense photosynthetic activity.” Algae take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen while growing. Compared to a tree, micro-algae are about 150 to 200 times more efficient at sucking carbon out of the air.

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