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5 Intriguing Things (With Special Guests, Model View Culture)

January 14, 2014

Editor's note: I'm not the only one who has intriguing things to share. So from time to time, I'll pass the mic to guest editors for one edition. Our first...

5 Intriguing Things

January 13, 2014

A programming note: Google sent my last newsletter into spam folders across the Internet and they stuck a scary note on top of the email saying, "Be careful...

5 Intriguing Things

January 10, 2014

1. Perhaps the strangest thing about Bitcoin is that its made chip development more exciting than it's been since Bob Noyce was still at Intel. "At the heart...

5 Intriguing Things (Though Perhaps 7 Today)

January 9, 2014

1. The wardrobes of Songyang, some kind of parable about e-commerce. "In the town of Songyang, a significant number of members of the local community have...

5 Intriguing Things

January 8, 2014

1. A site that catalogs the code that appears in movies and on TV, then explains what it really is. The lesson? Most code on is gibberish. "The whole intro...

5 Intriguing Things

January 7, 2014

1. What Greyhound, which is celebrating its centennial, meant to America. "It was during these decades—from the 1930s through the 1950s—when Greyhound was...

5 Intriguing Things

January 6, 2014

1. For the last century, the hue of movie posters has gotten more blue and less orange, according to this data analysis. "This does appears to be a steady...

5 Intriguing Things

January 3, 2014

1. An epic poem constructed from descriptive phrases in NYT obits. "Children’s Book Author Singer of ‘The Birds and the Bees’ Scrappy Leader of Firefighters’...

5 Intriguing Things

January 2, 2014

1. You must watch the demo of Structure, a 3D scanner for the iPad that looks amazing. It has begun shipping to its Kickstarter backers. "The magic of 3D...

5 Intriguing Things

December 31, 2013

1. What wearables might do to our ideas about phones, according to one glasshole's honest confession. "Glass kind of made me hate my phone — or any phone. It...

5 Intriguing Things

December 30, 2013

1. Why (and how) governments leak. "The leak laws are so rarely enforced not only because it is hard to punish violators, but also because key institutional...

5 Intriguing Things

December 27, 2013

1. A consumer can now purchase high-resolution video from space. It's watching the individual cars that will freak you out. "With our ability to capture up...

5 Intriguing Things

December 24, 2013

1. Politwoops has been tracking the tweets politicians delete for a whole year now. "As 2013 winds down and Washington retreats to spend the holidays with...

5 Intriguing Things

December 23, 2013

1. So, so, so much data is being collected about each and every one of us. Now what? "A Senate committee released a report this week that goes to great...

5 Intriguing Things

December 20, 2013

1. Chinese scientists are working on a thorium-based nuclear reactor. "The technology’s immediate appeal for China, both Chinese and American scientists say,...

5 Intriguing Things

December 19, 2013

1. Strategies for making people love robots. "People also want to protect robots. One study monitored people watching a robot being abused. Adults, knowing...

5 Intriguing Things

December 18, 2013

1. The TSA says you can bring "some" snow globes on planes this year. Imagine the pile of captured holiday contraband from 2012: World's saddest Pixar movie....

5 Intriguing Things

December 17, 2013

1. The HAPIfork has begun shipping. "Eating too fast leads to poor digestion and poor weight control. The HAPIfork, powered by Slow Control, is an electronic...

5 Intriguing Things (New and Improved!)

December 16, 2013

1. China landed the Jade Rabbit rover on the moon. If you're under the age of 37, this is the first time in your life that photos are being sent back from...

5 Intriguing Things

December 13, 2013

Emojis by Kyle M.F. Williams 1. The Emoji Art and Design Show, featuring 5IT favorites Cara Rose DeFabio and Fred Benenson, opened in New York at Eyebeam...