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Knowledge Deficit: The Battle for Open Data
Data is more important than ever to businesses, citizens and policymakers, but the government's about to shut down a major data source.
Education
Are College Libraries About to Become Bookless?
Thanks to the electronic book revolution, in the next decade, we could see the end of centralized campus libraries with hardbound texts.
Education
Can American Students Rediscover Their Creativity? David Kelley Thinks So
Somewhere along the way, students start saying "I'm not creative." Here's how to help them rediscover their right-brain abilities.
Education
Uruguay's Schools Give Each Kid a Laptop, While America Twiddles Its Thumbs
One-to-one laptop programs in America are still novelties. In Uruguay, all elementary students have had a laptop since 2009.
Lifestyle
Feast Your Eyes: This Edible Display Uses Dried Fruit as Pixels
Like a craisin Lite Brite, this prototype from the University of Tokyo might one day customize displays with flavors and colors to match your mood.
Culture
At Toronto's Human Library You Check Out People, Not Books
Inspired by "living libraries" around the world, Toronto's Human Library allows you to check out a person for 30 minutes and "read" their life story.
Culture
Victorian Romance Between Data and Literature
Two historians are charting how frequently words like "God," "love," "work," and "science" appear in turn-of-the-century Victorian literature.
Culture
WikiLockdown: Three Questions on the Arrest of Julian Assange
Now that Assange has turned himself in, what does everything mean?
Technology
Restating the Obvious: Your Brain Needs Free Time, Offline
Too much time spent "relaxing" online denies your brain the downtime it needs to refresh and process information. NYT
Technology
Motherboard Sounds Off on Net Neutrality
For my money, there's no better overview of the net neutrality issue than John Hodgman's classic segment for The Daily Show. Take a...
The Community Board
Infographic Downtown Body, ver. 1
From the Ward Shelley exhibition, Who Invented the Avant Garde - and other half-truths. Paintings and drawings that attempt to use real...
Technology
The Evolution of Storage
If you haven't already seen this Evolution of Storage infographic, take a look. It's beautiful and fun, and it has me thinking about the way we...
