Photos: © Simon Devitt, via Blog Reflex Deco On Great Barrier Island, off the northern coast of New Zealand, surrounded by a remarkable natural landscape and by Puriri trees, Blackwoods and other natives, sits the newly built and aptly named Great Barrier Island House . The work of Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects , the family house is elevated to protect against flooding, and is built of timber from
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Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/young-in-panama/119624720/”> Young in Panama The ACS’ science journal Langmuir has published a paper describing a breakthrough in sonochemical coating of paper by microbiocidal silver nanoparticles . We picked up on the dramatic moniker “killer paper” over at
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This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it, also use “Daily Inspiration” in the subject, and don’t forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to… Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Abduzeedo by design – Discovery Date : 23/01/2011 13:24 Number of articles : 2
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This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it, also use “Daily Inspiration” in the subject, and don’t forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to… Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Abduzeedo by design – Discovery Date : 23/01/2011 13:24 Number of articles : 2
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This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it, also use “Daily Inspiration” in the subject, and don’t forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to… Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Abduzeedo by design – Discovery Date : 23/01/2011 13:24 Number of articles : 2
Continue reading …With Democrats and Republicans asking out each other and coupling up, Tuesday’s State of the Union address is transforming from high partisanship to high school prom, reports Politico . Some are pairing up by region, with the senators from Pennsylvania and Illinois sitting together. Others are sitting by job function, like…
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A classic form of media bias is this: if someone the liberal media considers to be a dummy (Sarah Palin, or for an older example, Dan Quayle) says something that suggests serious confusion, it's a big gaffe story sent directly to the desks of Leno and Letterman. But if we put the same words in the mouth of say, a liberal Supreme Court justice the media considers a genius, then no one blinks. At National Review's Bench Memos, Matthew Franck offered an example:
Continue reading …More details have emerged about Kermit Gosnell’s squalid Philadelphia abortion clinic , which operated for years despite dangerous and unhygienic conditions, at least 15 malpractice lawsuits, and complaints dating back to 1983: One of the unlicensed workers at the clinic was the 15-year-old daughter of the clinic’s office manager. The teen…
Continue reading …Nuance opens Dragon Mobile SDK to app developers, we see end to embarrassing dictation
January 23, 2011 No Comment
There are some messages that are just too embarrassing to dictate to a human being. Lucky for us and the retired circus contortionist we hired to type up our missives, Nuance is expanding the reach of its transcription software by making its Dragon Mobile SDK available to developers for use in iOS and Android applications. The SDK, which is free to members of the Nuance Mobile Developer Program, sports speech-to-text capabilities in eight languages and text-to-speech in 35. There are already apps out there that can do the job, including Nuance’s own Dragon Dictation , but we welcome new advances in automated transcription. You know, it’s not exactly a walk in the park dictating an entire Clay Aiken Fan Club newsletter to a guy named Sid the Human Pretzel. Nuance opens Dragon Mobile SDK to app developers, we see end to embarrassing dictation originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The President Previews His State of the Union, No Mention of Climate and Energy (Video)
January 23, 2011 No Comment
photo via flickr President Obama has sent a special video message to his Obama for American supporters, with a preview of his State of the Union speech, which he will deliver on Tuesday evening. In the 4 minute video, there is plenty of talk about growing the economy and securing a better future for the “American family,” but there is no mention of climate and energy reform. Granted, this is a sneak peak for a very specialized audience, but the lack of any signal about how hard he will push for energy reform is an ominous sign. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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