Tag Archives: innovation

Ms. Pac Man at the Chattanooga Public Library « Tame The Web

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Another great idea to bring community members to the library!

Ms. Pac Man at the Chattanooga Public Library

Video gaming in libraries isn’t a new thing.  It seems to have picked up steam in the last decade and is now something that most libraries will offer to their communities.  This is a good thing: video games can be fun, rewarding, help those playing them understand stories/character/plot, and so much more.

Public libraries are places where people come together and experience something.  Why not have a bit of that something be an arcade machine?

via Ms. Pac Man at the Chattanooga Public Library « Tame The Web.

A Robot For Autistic Kids, Now In Schools | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

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The humanoid NAO Robot can interact with kids in a way that grownups sometimes can’t.

via A Robot For Autistic Kids, Now In Schools | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation.

Extraordinary and heartwarming.

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Is Quora Actually Smart? | ValleyWag

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Quora bills itself as nothing less than “your best source of knowledge”—not your dad, not your librarian, not Wikipedia. The company, spawned by two righteous Facebook alumni (one since ousted), has raised tens of millions from investors who think it can back this claim up.

via Is Quora Actually Smart? | ValleyWag.

Quotable: “But there’s a reason you can’t shout in the library—noise is everything, and Quora is rattling with crude, alienating noise.”

10 Hot Social Networks to Watch | Mashable

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10 Hot Social Networks to Watch | Mashable

The list includes:

  1. Medium
  2. Kleek
  3. Viddy
  4. RunKeeper
  5. Ghost
  6. Pose
  7. Vine
  8. Atmospheir
  9. Days
  10. App.net

IMO Vine has already arrived. Medium is definitely on my radar with its slick, minimal look – its currently in beta.

Alternative Search Engine Blekko Launches Major Redesign In Effort To Go Beyond The Usual 10 Blue Links | TechCrunch

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Blekko, the alternative search engine that launched back in 2010, unveiled a major redesign today that uses some of its “slashtag” technology to help users go beyond the usual ten blue links on its competitors search results pages. Blekko now automatically breaks its results down into different categories of curated content.

via Alternative Search Engine Blekko Launches Major Redesign In Effort To Go Beyond The Usual 10 Blue Links | TechCrunch.

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The Awesome New Technology That You’ll See on the Web This Year | LifeHacker

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The Awesome New Technology That You’ll See on the Web This Year | LifeHacker

The article review the following new innovations:

  • Plug Your Guitar into a Web Site
  • Automatically Translate Your Speech into Another Language
  • Easily Share Your Screen
  • Enjoy Live-Rendered Animations with Complex Imagery

How the Internet of Things Changes Everything – Stefan Ferber – Harvard Business Review

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The fact that there will be a global system of interconnected computer networks, sensors, actuators, and devices all using the internet protocol holds so much potential to change our lives that it is often referred to as the internet’s next generation via How the Internet of Things Changes Everything – Stefan Ferber – Harvard Business Review.

The article provides a business perspective on the importance of the Internet of Things.

Why 3D Printing Is Overhyped (I Should Know, I Do It For a Living) | Gizmodo

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“The main issue lies with raised expectations, build quality, price and usability. So here we go, my list of reasons 3D printing isn’t all you think it’s cracked up to be.”

via Why 3D Printing Is Overhyped (I Should Know, I Do It For a Living) | Gizmodo.

The issues discussed include:

  • People’s expectations
  • The name
  • Strength
  • Surface finish
  • Cost
  • Speed
  • Usability
  • Machine range
  • Materials

 

 

8 Objects That Signal a New Industrial Revolution | Gizmodo

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Are we on the verge of a third industrial revolution? The editors at The Economist certainly think so. But while rapid prototyping and the open source movement have been around for decades now, we had yet to see anyone take a truly comprehensive look at the transformation in manufacturing. That is, until the New Museum’s latest show, Adhocracy, came along.

Adhocracy is, in the word of its curator, Domus editor Joseph Grima, “an exhibition about people who make things.”

The objects vary, but the ethos stays the same: making is no longer the purview of companies which manufacture millions of the same object. It’s the right of individuals, who are manufacturing one or two objects to fit their own unique needs, then passing along their code.

See the full article at Gizmodo: 8 Objects That Signal a New Industrial Revolution.

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WorldAffairs 2013 Keynote: Chris Anderson – The Maker Revolution | Stephen’s Lighthouse

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WorldAffairs 2013 Keynote: Chris Anderson – The Maker Revolution | Stephen’s Lighthouse

Insightful keynote and Q&A discussing topics including industrial revolutions, manufacturing, machine power and brainpower. Desktop, digital and cloud = the third industrial revolution. Also some great anecdotes and stories on creating “things,” intellectual property, uses for drones, education and digital design, and more.

“Anything you can imagine you can make real.” – Chris Anderson