Bloggers unite for basic human rights
The month of May marked the first anniversary of Bloggers Unite. This particular year marks the 50th anniversary (1948-2008) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Putting the two together, members of BlogCatalog chose to launch an awareness campaign that would address the plight of the basic human rights. Read more
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What’s under your city?
Under the wide roads of every city is a mess of wires, pipes and sewage, but Tokyo does things a little bit differently. In this video, a camera crew follows a government official as he pries out a bit of concrete from the street to reveal a flight of secret steps. Read more
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My first second marriage
I know a few people who are happily married in their real life and have a virtual partner in their Second Life… Does it seem a bit weird? Now someone is matching the two lives.Shava and Matthew, from Massachusetts, got married in Second Life.For real, not just their avatars.Is getting married inside virtual worlds the new trend?
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A virtual eco-city that could come true
EfficienCity is clean, is efficient and… doesn’t exist… yet. Up to this time, it’s only an interactive virtual city showcasing how towns and cities across the UK are using cleaner energy to fight climate change. EfficienCity, an idea launched by Greenpeace, shows existent technology solutions to climate change, not science fiction but things already available today.
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Who’s electing the Us president?
Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that either Hillary Clinton or Barak Obama will be the next US president. Let’s also say that neither of them prevails as the clear winner in the Democratic party’s elections currently winding up across the country. In such a situation, the nominee for the Democratic party, whom for the moment seems the most likely to win the US presidency, will be chosen by what are called “superdelegates”, a mixture of democratic congressmen, governors and party officials. Read more
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Paper planes instead of space shuttles
Japanese scientists are ready to fly a paper airplane from the International Space Station. This is not a joke. The paper aircraft will be capable of surviving the flight thanks to its qualities: it’s made of special paper that can resist for 30 seconds in 250 degrees Celsius (482 F) heat and wind at seven times the speed of sound. On re-entry to the atmosphere the paper plane, much lighter than space shuttles, may escape the worst of the friction and heat better than much heavier shuttles!
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Digg your boss!
At India’s HCL Technologies, workers get the chance to grade their boss. Ratings for the top 20 managers at HCL are published on the company’s intranet for anyone who wants to see them and employees have the capability to see their own supervisors’ scores.
HCL may be the only company in the world that broadcasts feedback from peers, managers, and underlings throughout the organization., and it seems that has created no shortage of workplace angst.
This is just one of several unconventional steps HCL has taken over the past two years to build a more democratic workplace. “In our day and age, it’s the employee who sucks up to the boss. We are trying, as much as possible, to get the manager to suck up to the employee”, says Nayar.
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