43 New York youngsters really are too cool for school. The founders of Blue Man Group have turned their international theatre experience into a nursery school. At The Blue Man Creativity Center, you’ll find some unconventional preschool gadgetry – disco balls, bits of foam, cushy vinyl walls....
What looks like a Segway challenger but a bit more compact the Solowheel is a self balancing electric unicycle that is basically a wheel and two foldable leg pads which uses gyroscope technology to help the rider control it by leaning forward or backward aka Segway Style.
The unit is powered by a 1000-Watt motor; it reclaims energy when going downhill or slowing down which is stored in the on board lithium battery. The unicycle costs £975 and will be available in the UK from next month, looks like an ingenuous way to get around and not as obtrusive as the Segway.
As Facebook launches places its geo location app in the UK here is a timely story about Mark Zuckerberg, a friendly blue giant, and dirty old coal.
It’s basically a campaign from Greenpeace to help persuade “Facebook” to source more environment friendly power for its servers, you can find out more at this Greenpeace page.
Well what an interesting insight into the “internet of things” the connection of networks and the evolution of technology to help us build better lives and and sustainable one!
David Orban of Wide Tag gives an insight in how all the technology that surrounds us now and is in development will help build a better world!
Anyway will let you have a look and see what you think yourself.
I love the graph on “anthropocence” (12:02) where we were 10,000 years ago and where we are now (1% to 98% ) WOW!
Some interesting insights at the end in the Q&A section as well.
The Story of Bottled Water video which was released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day) employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand and how it gets Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. The film concludes with a call to take back the tap, not only by making a personal commitment to avoid bottled water, but by supporting investments in clean, available tap water for all.
