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What are smartphones doing to our brains? It's complicated
Euronews - euronews
Until a year and a half ago, Samuel Veissiere's smartphone was the last thing he saw before he fell asleep and the first thing that greeted him when he woke up. During the day, the device bombarded him
Whales
Stunning Drone Video Has Captured Wild Orcas Playing With a Human Swimmer
Science Alert - MICHELLE STARR
It's something most of us can only ever dream of. You're swimming in the ocean, minding your own business, when suddenly a family of sleek marine …
Rossi
Thursday Throwback Throwdown: Robot Races The Rossi
rideapart.com - Sophia Vassiliadis
Though the real Rossi and his robot racer rival have yet to go head-to-head on the same track, the newest version of the virtual Valentino is making …
Science
The most buzzed-about science findings of 2018 include advice on dieting, drinking, and saving the planet. Here are the 10.
Business Insider - Hilary Brueck
Scientific discovery can be a quiet enterprise. A lot of scientific research happens in windowless laboratories, behind glowing computer screens, and out in remote fields and forests. But when scientists
San Francisco
'Is it going to shoot us if I touch it?' Woman and her dog mercilessly mock a gas station's 5ft robot security guard
dailymail.co.uk - Tim Stickings For Mailonline
This footage shows the hilarious exchange between a woman and a security robot outside a gas station in California. The Knightscope robot was …
Happiness
The 1 leadership skill everybody overlooks
Ladders - Steven Spatz
There are several key leadership skills all great CEOs possess: honesty, humility, empathy, the ability to delegate. Smarts. I’ve been blessed to work …
Technology (Australia)
These walking robots could help humans get back on their feet again
CNET - by Lexy Savvides
Bipedal robots could explore Mars one day. But first they're teaching scientists important lessons about helping humans here on Earth.
Happiness
Einstein on the only productivity tip you’ll ever need to know
Ladders - Mayo Oshin
In 1902, a young, depressed and solemn, 21-year-old, Albert Einstein, was on the verge of giving up on his dream of becoming a physicist. Six years …
Technology
NIH Study Probes Impact of Heavy Screen Time on Young Brains
Bloomberg - Lisa Lee
Brain scans of adolescents who are heavy users of smartphones, tablets and video games look different from those of less active screen users, …
Design Thinking
This Memphis teacher wanted to make learning physics more engaging, so he created a website. Now it’s used in 40 countries.
chalkbeat.org - By Caroline Bauman
Three girls explode into laughter and cheers as they roll a small cart across the table, successfully getting a rubber band to launch the cart just …
Sports Nutrition
Strength Training, Nutrition, and Mindset : #85 - Move Daily -- Health Over Performance | The Idea Behind a Movement
libsyn.com
We are joined this week on the #CLP by the dynamic duo behind Move Daily, Dain Wallis (Strongman / Nutritionist) and Freyja Spence (Movement …
Financial Services
How to Collaborate with People You Don’t Like
Harvard Business Review - Mark Nevins
A few months ago, a former client — let’s call her Kacie— called me to check in. I had supported her through her transition when she had joined a prestigious global financial services firm several months
Public Speaking
Suzy Welch: The fool-proof public speaking tip that will make you sound like a pro
CNBC - Courtney Connley
Public speaking can be frustrating, anxiety-producing, or, for some, downright terrifying. Should you rehearse a ton, and risk sounding scripted? …
Robotics
Robot Laborer Could Do the Risky and Tiring Work of Human Laborers
engineering.com - Matthew Greenwood
(Image courtesy of AIST.) A Japanese technology incubator has developed a humanoid robot that could take on the often dangerous and backbreaking work …
Robotics
Toyota taps Docomo 5G to remotely control its humanoid robot
TechCrunch - Brian Heater
Toyota introduced T-HR3 to the world right around this time last year. The humanoid robot is capable of mimicking the motions of a plugged-in human, à la “Pacific Rim” and countless other sci-fi franchises.
Startups
Robots in the field: farms embracing autonomous technology
Associated Press - By KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer
EAST MEON, England (AP) — Faced with seesawing commodity prices and the pressure to be more efficient and environmentally friendly, farmer Jamie Butler is trying out a new worker on his 450-acre farm England's
The Netherlands Unveils the World's First Recycled Plastic Bike Lane
archdaily.com - by Marcia Sousa
When it comes to sustainability, the Netherlands has always been at the forefront. In recent news, Zwolle, one of the country's "greenest cities," …
Design Thinking: A Guide to Creative Problem Solving for Everyone, 1st Edition (Paperback)
routledge.com - By Andrew Pressman
Description Design thinking is a powerful process that facilitates understanding and framing of problems, enables creative solutions, and may provide …
UX Design
Essential Design Thinking Videos and Methods
interaction-design.org
The following resources are recommended in order to assist you to better understand Design Thinking. These resources, videos, and tools should be …
Science
A Georgia Eighth Grader Stitched Together a Cap to Save Kids From Football
Inverse - Emma Betuel
"If you want to change that game, that's okay." Eighth grader Kennedy Rogers isn’t a football player. But she is a headstrong, young scientist …
The Brain
The Zen rule for becoming happier: Change one thing
Quartz
The end of one year, and the beginning of a new one, is a good time to take stock, but not an easy time to do so. Diaries get packed with social engagements, deadlines, and travel. In the northern hemisphere,
Anti-Social Behavior
Why Big Changes Always Start with Small Groups
Inc Magazine - By Greg Satell
The key is to attract, not try to overpower In 1847, a young doctor named Ignaz Semmelweis had a major breakthrough. Working in a maternity ward, he had discovered that a regime of hand washing could lower
Hips
13 Yoga Poses for Tight Hips
Self - Amy Marturana, C.P.T.
It's not very hard to find someone to commiserate with about tight hips. Tight hips are right up there with lower-back pain and knee pain as …
Design
Design It Clean - Projects - Out of the Gate
bie.org
Subjects: Science Grade Level: High School Timeframe: 15-20 hours Final Product Students will develop a water filter prototype to share with a key …
3 Ways To Differentiate In Project-Based Learning
teachthought.com - TeachThought Staff
Grow 18: On July 12, 2018 a great opportunity to attend an interactive learning session on how to effectively differentiate in Project-Based …
100 Project-Based Learning Ideas for Every Age
ajjuliani.com - By AJ Juliani
“Everything begins with an idea.” – Earl Nightengale When I started on my Project-Based Learning journey, I always wondered what other teachers were …
6 TED Talks for people who hated math in high school
ted.com - TED
Math might have been dry and boring in high school, but it is actually AWESOME. If only it had been this fun when you were getting graded.
Like women, men are now suffering in their pursuit of the ‘perfect’ body
The Guardian - Barbara Ellen
Is it progress for women if men are increasingly encouraged to hate themselves too? Consumer research from Mintel found that 42% of younger men (16-24) now remove their underarm hair (a rise of 26% from
Architecture
The Same People who Designed Prisons Also Designed Schools
archdaily.com - by Nicolás Valencia
According to architect and academic Frank Locker, in architectural education, we keep repeating the same formula from the 20th-century: teachers …
Farming
How small robots may kill the tractor and make farming efficient
Wired UK - Sanjana Varghese
Agriculture has a reputation of being stuck in the past. In reality, for farmers, their workplaces are a fertile testbed for innovative technology – …

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What are smartphones doing to our brains? It's complicated

Stunning Drone Video Has Captured Wild Orcas Playing With a Human Swimmer

Thursday Throwback Throwdown: Robot Races The Rossi

The most buzzed-about science findings of 2018 include advice on dieting, drinking, and saving the planet. Here are the 10.

'Is it going to shoot us if I touch it?' Woman and her dog mercilessly mock a gas station's 5ft robot security guard

The 1 leadership skill everybody overlooks

These walking robots could help humans get back on their feet again

Einstein on the only productivity tip you’ll ever need to know

NIH Study Probes Impact of Heavy Screen Time on Young Brains

This Memphis teacher wanted to make learning physics more engaging, so he created a website. Now it’s used in 40 countries.

Strength Training, Nutrition, and Mindset : #85 - Move Daily -- Health Over Performance | The Idea Behind a Movement

How to Collaborate with People You Don’t Like

Suzy Welch: The fool-proof public speaking tip that will make you sound like a pro

Robot Laborer Could Do the Risky and Tiring Work of Human Laborers

Toyota taps Docomo 5G to remotely control its humanoid robot

Robots in the field: farms embracing autonomous technology

The Netherlands Unveils the World's First Recycled Plastic Bike Lane

Design Thinking: A Guide to Creative Problem Solving for Everyone, 1st Edition (Paperback)

Essential Design Thinking Videos and Methods

A Georgia Eighth Grader Stitched Together a Cap to Save Kids From Football

The Zen rule for becoming happier: Change one thing

Why Big Changes Always Start with Small Groups

13 Yoga Poses for Tight Hips

Design It Clean - Projects - Out of the Gate

3 Ways To Differentiate In Project-Based Learning

100 Project-Based Learning Ideas for Every Age

6 TED Talks for people who hated math in high school

Like women, men are now suffering in their pursuit of the ‘perfect’ body

The Same People who Designed Prisons Also Designed Schools

How small robots may kill the tractor and make farming efficient