February 2012
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Fraktur Dominoes
Fraktur is a very cool idea by Sandi Grigoryan to repurpose extra materials from furniture production into a modern game of dominoes.
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Skillshare + COMMON Pitch NYC: Startup Bootcamp →
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Skillshare is excited to announce that we’re a proud partner of COMMON Pitch NYC! We’re teaming up to host COMMON’s Mentor Day at the School of Visual Arts. On February 14th, COMMON is hosting a full day startup bootcamp at SVA. The day will include a series interactive lectures on the science of startups - everything from communications to legal complexities to things some...
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There's no such thing as "clean coal"
Boston.com’s The Big Picture has a shocking set of photos showing the coal industry in all its so-called “clean” glory:
Mining for coal is one of the world’s most dangerous jobs. While deadliest in China, where thousands of miners die annually, the profession is still hazardous in the West and other regions as well. Our mining and use of coal accounts for a variety...
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Open Source Ecology
The ultimate in agricultural nerding. Open Source Ecology is a network of farmers and engineers that has been creating an open source, low-cost, high performance technological platform that allows for the easy, DIY fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a sustainable civilization with modern comforts.