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Education in China: Shanghai-funded graduate start-ups fail to deliver

Almost 60 percent of Shanghai-funded start-ups by graduates from a top university have failed or are suffering losses, according to a report issued recently […]

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Architecture & Urban Planning in China: Exhibition site in Shanghai will be world’s biggest

Shanghai is to build the world’s largest exhibition complex, the city’s urban planners announced recently […]

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Chinglish: Safety can, in fact, be dangerous!

Chinglish : Safety can, in fact, be dangerous!, originally uploaded by whereareyoumurphy. Safety can, in fact, be dangerous!

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Watch Steven Johnson’s “Where good ideas come from” talk at TED

People often credit their ideas to individual “Eureka!” moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the “liquid networks” of London’s coffee houses to Charles Darwin’s long, slow hunch to today’s high-velocity web […]

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Autodesk Gallery @ One Market, San Francisco

Last year I visited the Autodesk Headquarters in San Rafael, so I paid a visit our office in San Francisco at Market One with my colleague Jon Innes […]

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Visual Communication in China: “No Lingering”

Visual Communication in China: “No Lingering”, originally uploaded by china@designative.

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Watch “A Rare Look at Pixar Studios” video at NYTimes

Melena Ryzik gets a rare behind-the-scenes look at the Pixar Studios complex in California.

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Chinglish: “No occupying while stabling”?

Good example of “Chinglish”!, originally uploaded by NH53.

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Autodesk Introduces New iPad App to Make Engineering Fun for Teens

Autodesk announced that its new Autodesk TinkerBox App for iPad, a free* game designed to playfully spark teens’ interest in mechanical engineering, is available on the App Store. The app allows players to experience the fun and excitement of invention, while gaining confidence in their ability to excel in engineering […]

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Watch Charles Limb’s “Your brain on improv” talk on TED

Musician and researcher Charles Limb wondered how the brain works during musical improvisation — so he put jazz musicians and rappers in an fMRI to find out. What he and his team found has deep implications for our understanding of creativity of all kinds […]