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April 18, 2014
It Takes A City To Map Blight In Detroit
Empowered by technology and the dedication of the community to revitalize their city, the Motor City Mapping Project surveyed every piece of land in Detroit in a mere five weeks.
In Detroit, this winter was the worst ever. Not only was the weather brutal, with more than six feet of snow and the harshest conditions of any city in the country, but the city was also grappling with the psychological and economic toll of the massive municipal bankruptcy filed last June.
April 17, 2014
How Chelsea Is Changing The Clinton Foundation
Here's how Bill and Hillary's daughter is making a difference at the Clinton Foundation.
The Clinton Foundation's troubles are well-documented. In this month's Fast Company cover story, Danielle Sacks writes about the impact Chelsea Clinton's "hands-on" involvement has had at her parents' organization:
Scientists Clone Stem Cells From Adults For The First Time
This comes a year after researchers created the first early-stage human clones derived from infant and fetal cells.
For the first time, scientists have created early-stage embryos using cloned cells from adults.
Facebook's "Nearby Friends" Feature Notifies You When Friends Are Around
Similar to Apple's Find My Friends app, Nearby Friends can notify users if friends are close by. Facebook stresses the feature is optional.
Facebook is rolling out a feature to help users find and connect with online friends in real life.
Evernote And Moleskine Team Up To Create Smart Business Notebook
The notebook is geared toward workers jotting down notes in meetings.
Evernote and Moleskine are at it again. The two companies have partnered up to create a special notebook for Evernote users geared toward enterprise customers.
How Nike Turned An Italian Suit Label Into The Air Jordan XX9s
Following a series of incidents in which shoes have fallen apart on the basketball court, Nike releases the Air Jordan XX9s. A 250-year-old weaving technology makes them the toughest and lightest Jordans to date.
A well-designed clothing label is resilient. The signature of a designer, it is strong enough to stand up against years of wear, comfortable enough to feel like it isn't there at all, and vivid enough to make a garment's designer standout. For the Air Jordan XX9s, Nike's designers have taken the most invisible part of any garment and turned it into a basketball shoe--literally.
Twitter Just Borrowed One Of Facebook's Smartest Features
Two words: App distribution.
Like the best of frenemies, Twitter and Facebook like to steal tricks from one another all the time. Users like hashtags and trending topics? Don't mind if I do, Twitter! Mom is used to Facebook's friendly profile layout? Let's borrow heavily from that.
Can Robot Musicians Play Songs That Entrance Human Ears?
Electronic music artist Squarepusher wanted to see if a band of highly sophisticated bots could play emotionally engaging music. The result is his new EP, "Music for Robots."
This story contains an interview with Tom Jenkinson, better known as electronic music artist Squarepusher.
General Assembly Creates Scholarship Fund For Women, Minorities, And Veterans
The coding school partners with Google, Microsoft, Hirepurpose, and hip-hop artist Nas to create the Opportunity Fund.
The software industry may be lucrative, but it isn't exactly known for being diverse. A number of organizations and individuals are hoping to change that with programs that encourage women and minorities to learn how to code. To that end, on Thursday coding bootcamp General Assembly announced a scholarship fund for aspiring developers, who will in turn volunteer 100 hours to mentor underprivileged youth as part of the program.
What's The Real Value Of Learning More Than One Programming Language?
"The question shouldn't be, What language should I pick up?" says one senior engineer. "Instead, it should be, What type of developer do I want to become?"
This article contains interviews with senior lecturer Richard Pattis and Professor Dr. Crista Lopes of the school of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine; Google software engineer Edward Lin; and front-end developer and cofounder of ProtonMail Jason Stockman.
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