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Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality maps at TED
In a demo that drew gasps at TED2010, Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos new augmented-reality mapping technology from Microsoft [...]
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Watch Tim Brown urge designers to think big at TED
Tim Brown says the design profession is preoccupied with creating nifty, fashionable objects -- even as pressing questions like clean water access show it has a bigger role to play. He calls for a shift to local, collaborative, participatory "design thinking." [...]
Posted in design, innovation Also tagged Amazon, collaboration, Collaborative Projects, David Kelley, design, design thinking, designer, food, food conglomerates, high tech, high tech startups, hospitals, Ideo, innovation, media, player, poster, Prada, Prototype, tech startups, technology, TED conference, Tim Brown Leave a comment
Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs at TED
Mike Rowe, the host of "Dirty Jobs," tells some compelling (and horrifying) real-life job stories. Listen for his insights and observations about the nature of hard work, and how it’s been unjustifiably degraded in society today [...]
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Watch Rachel Armstrong’s “Architecture that repairs itself?” talk at TED
Venice, Italy is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself. She proposes a not-quite-alive material that does its own repairs and sequesters carbon, too [...]
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Living in China: Shanghai expats receive security blanket
Foreigners and overseas Chinese who hold a Shanghai residence card and stay in a work contract with a Shanghai employer can now enjoy the city's social security and benefits, just as their local counterparts do: The Shanghai Human Resources and Social Security Bureau has put up a notice on its Website, stating that the policy has been in effect since October 10, 2009 [...]
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Living in China: Financial crisis weighs heavily on Shanghai female workers
Most female workers in Shanghai suffer from anxiety connected to the global financial crisis, according to a recent survey [...]
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Autodesk Assistance Program for Unemployed Designers, Engineers, and Architects gets featured in the Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal has an article on how companies are offering career counseling to customers who've lost jobs during the recession, hoping to help old friends and win additional loyalty when the economy recovers [...]
Only in China: High-tech Sandwich Men
In a combination of cheap labor and inexpensive electronic appliances, we see in the picture a high-tech version of 'sandwich-man': in the middle of XuJiaHui, one of the busiest commercial areas in downtown Shanghai, we commonly see a few people carrying a backpack (probably with a notebook inside), rigged to a 17 in LCD monitor, displaying interactive advertising campaigns, as well as some traditional TV ads.
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Watch Xiao Qiang’s “China’s Digital Revolution” Interview for BBC