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December 6, 2013
How To Create Organization Habits That You'll Actually Stick To
Overflowing inbox? Pieces of paper and important information everywhere? Everything has its place--here are the essential habits of organization to survive a chaotic world.
A trusted organization system that you actually use regularly can turn your day from one of chaos to one of focus, effectiveness, and calm.
December 5, 2013
23andMe Founder Vows To Cooperate With FDA, Addresses Customer Concerns
Customers who purchased kits as of November 22 can receive a refund as the genetic testing startup works its way out of FDA limbo.
This evening, Anne Wojcicki, CEO and founder of Google-backed genetic testing company 23andMe vowed to cooperate with the FDA, which ordered the company stop marketing its $99 DNA testing kit on Nov. 25. Wojcicki expressed regret but also stood behind the company's mission.
Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013
Honoring one of the world's greatest leaders.
Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and the transformational civil rights leader largely responsible for the dismantling of apartheid, died today at the age of 95.
Late Leader Nelson Mandela's 5 Most Innovative Moments
Remembering the man who pivoted an entire country.
With the passing of Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela at age 95 on Thursday, one of the world's icons is lost. But his legacy of leadership remains. Here, we present five of the South African leader's most innovative moments.
A Space Startup Unveils "FedEx To Moon" Spacecraft To Shoot For Google's Lunar X Prize
A first look at the compact MoonEx's MX-1 spacecraft, designed to bring payloads to the lunar surface and--eventually--bring precious minerals back.
Earlier this week, I accidentally stumbled into the wrong part of the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Inside an enormous, empty event space, a small group of young engineers tinkered with a futuristic machine that looked to be part hovercraft, part Mars rover. When asked what they were working on--just a stone's throw from ringing slot machines and filthy nightclubs, mind you--one team member indicated that it was a lunar lander. Pardon?
12 Gifts For Brand Snobs
Got a friend who wouldn't be caught dead sitting in a knock off? You're in luck: Here are 12 gifts with plenty of designer caché.
Design Snobs. You know the ones. They walk into the holiday party and immediately tally the host's inventory: Eames Chair? Check. Noguchi coffee table? Check. And oh my! Vince Guaraldi Trio is coming from the speakers of a Dieter Rams SK2 radio by Braun. So what on earth do you gift this cultural cognescenti?
This Popular Flashlight App Has Been Secretly Sharing Your Location And Device ID
More than 50 million users were left in the dark about how Brightest Flashlight shared their location and device information with third parties.
The Android app Brightest Flashlight has been installed between 50 million and 100 million times, averaging a 4.8 rating from more than 1 million reviews. Yet its customers might not be so happy to learn the app has been secretly recording and sharing their location and device ID information.
Saturn's North Pole Has "Hexagonal" Storms That Look Like This
NASA's Cassini spacecraft, armed with specialized wide- and narrow-field lenses, has taken the best images to date of a unique jet stream in Saturn's atmosphere.
Unlike anything else in the solar system, Saturn's north pole is home to a six-sided jet stream in its atmosphere known to scientists simply as "the hexagon." First spotted by the Voyager mission in 1981, the hexagon has fascinated scientists but eluded attempts to capture it in detail on camera. Launched in October of 1997 and arriving in Saturn's orbit in July of 2004, the Cassini spacecraft was sent to study Saturn and its moons. And though it had brought us closer than ever, lighting conditions had kept it from taking a full, detailed picture of the phenomenon. But things are different now.
Kickstarter Loves This Camera That Lets You Take Street View-Like Panoramic Photos
It's raised $300,000 in less than a month, tripling its $100,000 goal with more than a week to go before its deadline.
Anyone who's ever seen a Google Street View car has noticed the orb camera hoisted on top of the vehicle. Though such technology has been used primarily in mapping, one company is hoping to bring it to consumers. Roughly the size of a baseball, the Bublcam is capable of shooting panoramic photos and 360-degree videos.
Microsoft's New 3-D Maps Boast 121 Trillion Pixels, "Grand Theft Auto"-size Range
Today, Microsoft launches a new version of Bing to compete with Google and Apple in the 3D mapping space.
The map featured in video game Grand Theft Auto V is 49 square miles of virtual reality-a massive undertaking for the developers behind the project. The average city in Bing's new 3-D mapping app, on the other hand, covers 154 square miles--and the service is launching with more than 70 of them, amounting to roughly 121 trillion pixels of imagery.
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