2014-05-09

Pathing.

• IEEE Spectrum: "Nokia Bets $100 Million on Smart Car Tech." I guess with no cell phones, they've got to find something to do.
• NPR: "Poll: Prestigious Colleges Won't Make You Happier In Life Or Work?" Read this.
• "'Unparalleled Ruthlessness' Awaits: Jack Ma's Letter to Alibaba Employees." Also read this.

Manufacturing.

• 3D Printing Industry: "3DSIM: A 3D Print Preview to Accurately Simulate Metal Additive Manufacturing?"
• 3D Printing Industry: "3D Systems’ 3D Metal Printers Popular Among Tyre Manufacturers."
• 3DS: "New Details on Project Ara and the Future of Modular Phones."
• TechCrunch: "Flux Emerges From Google X And Nabs $8M To Help Build Eco-Friendly Buildings."
• The New Yorker: "Game of Thrones; How airlines woo the one per cent." This is really interesting.

Logistics.

• The Verge: "Gun control: the NRA wants to take America's smart guns away." The politics & implications here are fascinating.
• TechCrunch: "Google Maps On Mobile Gets Uber Integration And More."
• IEEE Spectrum: "Emergency Response Teams Combine Mobile Robots, Drones, and Dogs." This is my kind of future.

Reflecting.

• Time: "Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal."
• Ben Thompson: "Apple Retail And the Innovator's Dilmma."
• Rachel Feltman: "'Who’s Viewed Your Profile' is LinkedIn’s most popular feature by a long shot." I'm surprised that degrees of connection isn't on this list - it's really powerful.
• BI: "12 Mind-Blowing Facts About Apple That Will Remind You Just How Gigantic The Company Really Is."
• Joel Cascoigne/Buffer: "The Habits of Successful People: They Start Small."
• InsideSources: "Outbox vs USPS: How the Post Office Killed Digital Mail."

Stuff that doesn't fit into my dumb/arbitrary categories.

• IEEE Spectrum: "Older Adults Don't Entirely Trust Robots With Kids."
• Gigaom: "Bloomberg terminals now track bitcoin prices and virtual currency news."
• DIYPhotography: "You can close the studio, Amazon patents photographing on seamless white."

And.