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Philips Hue just got a little brighter with 1.1 app update

June 3, 2013

http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/14/philips-hue-app-update
Lightbulb can change according to the stockmkt MT @rmpilar @engadget: Philips Hue just got a little brighter http://bit.ly/1aVPa0L #gadget

Philips Hue just got a little brighter with 1.1 app update

May 20, 2013

http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/14/philips-hue-app-update/

At Google Conference, Cameras Even in the Bathroom – NYTimes.com

May 20, 2013

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/at-google-conference-even-cameras-in-the-bathroom/

Outlook Blog – Outlook.com now lets you chat with Google friends – one more reason to make the switch

May 18, 2013

http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2013/05/14/outlook-com-now-lets-you-chat-with-google-friends.aspx

Ian Frazier: Can Mushrooms Help Us Get Rid of Styrofoam? : The New Yorker

May 18, 2013

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/05/20/130520fa_fact_frazier RPI startup makes biodegradable packing material from a fungus + Ag. wastes. http://bit.ly/12K5UoK via @NewYorker, @ToyPortraits Might be useful for other building materials.

Google Knowledge Graph : The New Yorker

May 17, 2013

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/05/google-knowledge-graph.html?mobify=0

Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping – NYTimes.com

May 14, 2013

MT @nytimes: Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping http://bit.ly/16u7fVX If Google/AOL/Yahoo likewise, would tell reporters our email access?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/business/media/bloomberg-admits-terminal-snooping.html

NYTimes: Real Estate or Utility? Surging Data Center Industry Blurs Boundaries

May 14, 2013

http://nyti.ms/10lV6yc

Bland New Jersey buildings are commanding rents four times as high as Class A high-rises in Manhattan, but it isn’t the space that attracts. It’s the electrical capacity.
QT:”Why pay $600 or more a square foot at unglamorous addresses like Weehawken, Secaucus and Mahwah?”

International Space Station to boldly go with Linux over Windows – Telegraph

May 12, 2013

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10049444/International-Space-Station-to-boldly-go-with-Linux-over-Windows.html

3d printers that can almost replicate themselves! Building… with Free, Open-Source Hardware

May 11, 2013

Pearce, Science Mag, Sept ’12
https://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6100/1303.summary