An iPhone Jury-Rigged as a Microscope
Researchers detected eggs of intestinal worms in stool samples with about 70 percent accuracy using an iPhone with an $8 lens attached.
Brilliant - Challenging math problems and physics problems
Another company I wish I had started. Apparently they are doing a great job of identifying some of the smartest kids in the world.
VSRE: very short reply expected (netiquette) | blog.vrypan.net
I would LOVE to see this widely adopted. This matters to the clan of the keyboard. via @anoop
By: Romain Jacquet-Lagreze
found here: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/romain-jacquet-lagreze-vertical-horizon
Puddle
Create a line of credit on-the-fly with your friends.
I love that this is from the Kiva guys. Kiva is maybe my favourite company of the last 100 years. But don’t think I believe in this. Everyday a talented Nigerian craftswoman said “I wish I could borrow $25 bucks to get my business off the ground and be self sustaining. Same as Indian women, Congolese women and everybody else.
I on the other hand, I have never said, I wish I could borrow money from my friends.
Smart guys, already proved they can change the world- but the jury’s out on this one.
Why Twitter Worked
twitter was powerful because they didn’t tell you what it was- they just told you what it could do.
users decided what it actually was. and different groups of users made twitter their own thing.
the power was in the ambiguity- the malleability of the tool.
then, what if you added a +1 / -1 system to twitter. basically a simple currency of non-specific value.
a currency of user defined value.
(at least I suspect this significantly contributed to why twitter blew up)
Standing in front of the door that leads to Roman.
Last moments on earth before meeting her brother for the first time.
