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Monday, September 14, 2015

Asserting Our Intergalactic Dominance

The Rise and Fall of Quirky — The Start-Up That Bet Big On The Everyday Genius, The Woman Who Used Reddit To Freeze Her Brain, And Other News, Keeping Time Doesn't Have To Be Expensive, Microbiologists Find Another 30,000 Year Old Giant Virus In Siberian Permafrost, Intelligence Start-Up Goes Behind Enemy Lines To Get Ahead of Hackers, How A Secret Spy Satellite's Camera Found A Second Life Mapping the Moon
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Monday, September 14, 2015
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WHEN QUIRKS KILL
The Rise and Fall of Quirky — The Start-Up That Bet Big On The Everyday Genius
nymag.com
In 2009, a start-up called Quirky built a community that really acted like, well, a community. It told the problem solver in all of us that she no longer had to innovate in a vacuum. Users would assess and workshop each other's inventions. The most successful ideas, as determined by a vote, would be designed and built by the company. Some made a lot of money. But many, like the company itself, failed.
WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND
The Woman Who Used Reddit To Freeze Her Brain, And Other News
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Keeping Time Doesn't Have To Be Expensive
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A high quality watch doesn't have to break the bank. MVMT is revolutionizing the watch industry by crafting affordable, high quality watches with sleek minimalist design.
IS BIGGER BETTER?
Microbiologists Find Another 30,000 Year Old Giant Virus In Siberian Permafrost
motherboard.vice.com
From a single sample of Siberian permafrost scientists have managed to discover two giant viruses. The first of those, Pithovirus sibericum, was discovered/isolated last year, while the most recent find, Mollivirus sibericum, is described in a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Both are examples of rare giant viruses, e.g. those easily visible using optical microscopes.
DARK WEB OPS
Intelligence Start-Up Goes Behind Enemy Lines To Get Ahead of Hackers
nytimes.com
For the last 8 years, iSight (a company that provides intelligence about threats to computer security in much the same way military scouts provide intelligence about enemy troops) has been assembling what may be the largest private team of experts in a nascent business called threat intelligence. Of the company's 311 employees, 243 are so-called cyberintelligence professionals, a statistic that execs there say would rank iSight, if it were a government-run cyberintelligence agency, among the 10 largest in the world.
ASSERTING OUR INTERGALACTIC DOMINANCE
How A Secret Spy Satellite's Camera Found A Second Life Mapping the Moon
nationalinterest.org
As the Cold War settled into a deadly balancing act after the Korean Armistice, the Soviet Union's hostile opacity coupled with its sheer size and remoteness presented a terrific challenge to American military planners and intelligence agencies. One of the solutions came in the form of a surveillance satellite. How did that innovative space technology gain a second life mapping the moon?
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CANNONBALL!
Image: ​A Naga sadhu, or naked Hindu holy man, jumps in the Godavari River during Kumbh Mela, or Pitcher Festival, at Trimbakeshwar in Nasik, India, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015. Hindus believe taking a dip in the waters of a holy river during the festival, will cleanse them of their sins. According to Hindu mythology, the Kumbh Mela celebrates the victory of gods over demons in a furious battle over a nectar that would give them immortality.
​A Naga sadhu, or naked Hindu holy man, jumps in the Godavari River during Kumbh Mela, or Pitcher Festival, at Trimbakeshwar in Nasik, India, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015. Hindus believe taking a dip in the waters of a holy river during the festival, will cleanse them of their sins. According to Hindu mythology, the Kumbh Mela celebrates the victory of gods over demons in a furious battle over a nectar that would give them immortality. Credit: AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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