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cambridge The first webcam was invented in order to see if there was still coffee in the Cambridge break room Annie Rauwerda
moonshots "What if you could grow a building from a seed?" Watch this animation about X, the moonshot factory David Pescovitz
medical Pop-up wearable tent for COVID-19 protection in offices, schools, and medical facilities David Pescovitz
commencement Listen: Inspiring commencement speech from Astro Teller, X's captain of moonshots David Pescovitz
bike Watch how this chain-free bike operates Andrea James
wheels Foldable airless bicycle tires Andrea James
human factors Tim Harford's bite-sized "Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy" Cory Doctorow
failures New museum all about failure to open in Sweden David Pescovitz
dealers of lightning Research principles from the legendary Xerox PARC David Pescovitz
mood ring hair Experiments with thermochromic hair dye Andrea James
manufacturing Watch formerly homeless people make jackets that double as sleeping bags Andrea James
3.5mm Wishlist for the ultimate music phone Cory Doctorow
itunes Save iTunes: how the W3C's argument for web-wide DRM would have killed iTunes Cory Doctorow
tpp The Big List of What's Wrong with the TPP Cory Doctorow
cfaa MIT and EFF's Freedom to Innovate Summit: defending students' and hackers' right to tinker Cory Doctorow
musk How to talk to your child about Elon Musk David Pescovitz
media lab If phones were designed to please their owners, rather than corporations Cory Doctorow
invention Comic about how a man and his dog invented velcro David Pescovitz
patent reform Is American invention at risk? Evan Gore
Innovation Interview with man who coined the phrase "the Internet of Things" Mark Frauenfelder