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Tel Aviv Builds Itself A Mini-City, Opens Its Data To Urban Tech Startups A rendering of the Atidim Park, where Smart City startups will get access to real-time city data. How Etsy Sellers and Big Business Make Money on Public Domain Art Content in the public domain isn’t just legal to download for free. It’s…

The 20 Internet Giants That Rule the Web Today’s visualization, inspired by an earlier work published by WaPo, looks at which of the internet giants have evolved to stay on top, and which have faded into internet lore. The Real History of Intellectual Piracy The history of technology transfer in developed countries certainly provides ample examples…

Every Tree in the City, Mapped Researchers at Descartes Labs are using artificial intelligence to make a better map of the urban tree canopy. 10 extracts from a Roman ‘philosopher king’ to unlock your inner Stoic Marcus Aurelius was a second century Roman emperor, who ruled most of the known world. His writings on ‘stoicism’…

Spread the Digital Wealth There are plenty of ways to deliver tech jobs to rural communities. ‘Wallet biopsy’: Organ transplant often depends on patient’s finances “The ability to pay for post-transplant care and life-long immunosuppression medications is essential to increase the likelihood of a successful transplant and longevity of the transplant recipient”. The most sought…

How the Great Recession influenced a decade of design Examining the inextricable, complicated relationship between the economy and how things look. Amazon’s Autodidact Streak In her job as the director of learning sciences, Candace Thille has found a way to make a job out of the thing she is most passionate about. How Much of…

Knowledge Is Power, But Not In The Way You Think Knowledge is power. But she was wrong about what do to with it. Actually, knowledge can change the world—or the company—but only when it is shared, and shared in the right ways. Learning a New Hobby Has Never Been Easier Digital tools, apps and communities…

Building Resilience into Milan’s 2030 City Plan By 2030, Milan will be a city increasingly connected to its larger metropolitan area as well as the globe. How to be authentic in the perfectly curated world of Instagram Star power works, but it’s also expensive. Fortunately, your brand doesn’t need it as much as you think it does.…

Intellectual curiosity and confidence help children take on math and reading Children’s personalities may influence how they perform in math and reading, according to a new study. 5 Charts That Explain the Global Economy in 2018 The global economy started 2018 on a positive note but the momentum lost steam. Dwindling Legacy Income in Rust…

A New Way of Seeing 200 Years of American Immigration To depict how waves of immigrants shaped the United States, a team of designers looked to nature as a model. Inside Shenzhen’s race to outdo Silicon Valley Shenzhen flooded the world with cheap gadgets. Can it now become what Silicon Valley never did—a global hub…

The Rise of Knowledge Economics What is knowledge? How does it disseminate? And what’s its value? Ericsson releases its 10 hot consumer trends for 2019 The latest edition of the annual report evaluates consumer thoughts and predictions on near-future technology including AI, VR, 5G and automation. The report reveals that autonomous and mood-predictive technology could…