NYCEDC: Hacking Green Data
Starts this Friday night in NYC - via nycedc:
Go green with the Cleanweb Hackathon this weekend, where developers will hack together apps using energy and environmental data. The event kicks off Friday night with an icebreaker at the New York Academy of the Sciences, continues Saturday with an all-day, all-night hackathon at NYU…
Beautiful cartography - via wnycradiolab:
Know what these are? Go ahead, guess.
Give up? They’re topographical maps of the moon, created in a collaboration between NASA and the US Geological Survey. I can’t get over how crazy beautiful they are. There are more here, super hi-res.
(via io9, thanks to Olga Abramson for the tip)
Made in Brooklyn: introducing Brooklyn Bridge Ventures and some of the borough’s awesome innovators - via arig:
Made in Brooklyn
Charlie O’Donnell’s short video about what’s going on in Brooklyn
Save the planet, one line of code at a time
Cleanweb Hackathon via challengepostblog:
Want to change the world this coming weekend? Sign up for the Cleanweb Hackathon, which takes place Jan. 20–22 in NYC. Participants will build apps that tackle sustainability issues and resource constraints (issues related to energy, food, waste, water, and so on).
arig:
Amazing.
Philips just released a new iPad 2 app called Vital Signs Camera that uses the camera to measure your heart and breathing rate. It detects subtle beat-to-beat changes in the color of your face to measure your heart rate.
We’re slowly living in the future.
(via jayparkinsonmd)
Obituary: the bookcase
As much as I love my Kindle, I wonder how technology will replace the humble (or not so humble) bookcase’s other functions. Via motivatr:
Yet there’s no replacement yet for the expression one can make with a bookcase. Showing off what books you read tells the world your interests, politics, philosophy and even religion. It’s acceptable for any houseguest to peruse your bookcase and even yank out a few books, while snooping around your Kindle or iPad at length would be intrusive.
Wish this wasn’t so true. via austinkleon:
Report: 90% Of Waking Hours Spent Staring At Glowing Rectangles | The Onion
Oldie and a goodie.
When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people.
(Source: lahutter)
Entrepreneurs from China, India and Europe were in NYC this month, meeting investors, mentors and potential partners, and also rowing on the Bronx River (via nycedc):
Another highlight of the week was a visit to Hunts Point to meet with Fellow Adam Green’s social venture, Rocking the Boat (see photos above). Fellows rowed on the Bronx River while learning about how Adam’s non-profit uses traditional boatbuilding techniques and on-water training to help young people in the South Bronx develop into empowered and responsible adults.
