Cirque du Soleil: A Very Different Vision of Teamwork
In this excerpt from their new book, As One: Individual Action, Collective Power, authors Mehrdad Baghai and James Quigley examine the artistry and teamwork of Cirque du Soleil. Cirque calls …
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India says it has just shot down a satellite in space
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the successful test in a live television broadcast to the nation, saying it now made India a space power, Reuters reports.Bullseye: “Some time ago, our scientists, shot down a live satellite 300 kilometers away in space, in low Earth orbit,” Modi said in an hour-long statement that was broadcast on all national TV stations.
Microsoft just booted up the first “DNA drive” for storing data
Microsoft has helped build the first device that automatically encodes digital information into DNA and back to bits again.DNA storage: Microsoft has been working toward a photocopier-size device that would replace data centers by storing files, movies, and documents in DNA strands, which can pack in information at mind-boggling density.
The Dignity Museum is focused on empathy for the homeless - Fast Company
Through virtual reality and storytelling, the first-ever museum dedicated to homelessness wants to further our understanding of the human side of the crisis.
"I didn't have control": A 14-year-old on why she quit social media
When 8th grader Sonia Bokhari joined social media for the first time, she discovered that her mom and sister had been posting about her for her entire life.
The Uncanny Valley Nobody's Talking About: Eerie Robot Voices
We've all heard of the uncanny valley, in which realistic humanoid robots freak us out. But what might be even freakier is how those robots speak to us.
Desk lamps take on a new task by converting their light to power
What if we could charge devices using light from indoor sources like desk lamps? A group of scientists working on a technology called organic photovoltaics aim to do just that. The team from Kyushu University has developed special light harvesters optimized to produce energy from ambient indoor lighting.
Play Naked Dance Dance Revolution At This Love Hotel In Japan
In Japan, Love Hotels are specifically designed as places where folks can go and have sex. At Hotel Eldia, when they’re done with that, they can play arcade games.
Hubble captures two colliding galaxies merging to form a super-galaxy
Two galaxies are colliding in the distant NGC 6052 in the constellation of Hercules. The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of this pair of galaxies, which were previously believed to be one irregularly shaped galaxy. Eventually the galaxies will merge into one giant new galaxy.
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Living with Level: How smartglasses made me feel like a terrible person
Smartglasses are hailed as the exciting future of wearables. One day, we'll all have fancy AR smartglasses on our face that will give us directions to Whole Foods and remind us of that 3pm meeting. But for those of us who need them, glasses simply help us do daily tasks like reading and driving. That's…
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“Never answer an anonymous letter” —Yogi Berra Did you ever wonder why doctor offices ask for your social security number? They don’t want to keep your SSN, but it’s the primary “key” that identifi…