The basis of much of the Club of Rome’s work was the use of computer simulation called World3 to run scenarios to help predict future outcomes. That in and of itself was a fairly revolutionary concept.
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Future of Mobile Money – infographic!
May 21, 2012
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Infographics are so last year but this one from SapientNitro is really good. Going beyond the usual numbers and stats, the infograph actually tackles some of the main problems facing mobile money adoption and clearly delineates the players, the paths and the potential.
Read more Understanding the knowledge graph
May 16, 2012
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Today Google introduced a new feature in its search environment, the Knowledge Graph. The stated goal of the project is to help users find information faster and more easily.
Read more Snake Garden 2012 on Pinterest
April 18, 2012
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I have followed Pinterest and used it for THINK but I really had not used it until now. I needed some content and a theme to work with so I picked the garden project. Snake Garden is now in its second incarnation. Produced in conjunction with Jason Vise.
Read more MintChip: 2012′s Bitcoin?
April 5, 2012
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Canada’s Royal Mint is launching a digital currency called MintChip. Its suppose to allow small or large, anonymous transactions. Sounds familiar, no? The transaction has to take place between two specifically equipped hardware devices (potentially a microSD card) but that has not been fully worked out yet. What has been worked out is a contest! Developers can access the MintChip code to use in apps and the winner will get one 10-ounce wafer of pure gold.
Read more Square scores Google Wallet co-founder
April 3, 2012
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The exodus continue from Google Wallet with Square adding Rob von Behren to an unnamed position. With the recent moves from other key Google Wallet leaders, Jonathan Wall and Marc Freed-Finnegan, one has to wonder what is going on at Google to make key people leave.
Read more Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers – Van Session 17
March 31, 2012
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Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers record covers while they travel between shows. This is an awesome version of Hall and Oates – I Can’t Go For That with a rocking kazoo solo.
Read more Beautiful US wind map
March 31, 2012
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The wind map project by Google’s Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg is interesting both for its aesthetic presentation and the data it displays. Sometimes when you go looking for something, you find it and much more. This was one of those times.
Read more On the brink: life in a connected world
November 4, 2011
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GigaOm points to a new concept video by Ericsson that looks at the various ways the “everything is connected” digital ecosystem will change and shape life and work.
Read more iPhone & Android OS update infographic
October 27, 2011
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The Understatement blog compiles a nice infographic of the update history for iPhone and Android OS, highlighting the fragmented ecosystem of Android phones in the wild.
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