Saturday morning in the backyard.
McKinsey Q has published an interesting interactive graphic about the cities of the future - i e 2025. Looking at this image taken from their showing the future hotspots tells us clearly that the western world is not at the center of the world anymore… Click on the link to play with graphics for yourself.
(via @vahidscenario)
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Voyager 1 Speeds Toward the Brink of Interstellar Space (previously)
The Voyager 1 spacecraft is 11 billion miles from the sun. And every minute, it gets 636 miles closer to its destination: the frontier of interstellar space. The craft is currently in what NASA calls, not undramatically, “the boundary between the solar wind from the Sun and the interstellar wind from death-explosions of other stars,” an area that astrophysicists also call, less dramatically, a stagnation layer. When Voyager 1 crosses that threshold, it’ll become the first man-made object to do so. […]
“We want to explore interstellar space itself,” [Voyager program chief scientist Dr. Ed] Stone says. “We have some ideas of what’s out there, from data, and observations from Earth. We believe that we are in a cloud of material that was ejected by the explosion of a series of supernova, about 5 to 10, 15 million years ago, very near the sun. And that we will be embedded in the material from those giant explosions, and the magnetic field which was swept up by the shells of material ejected by those exploding stars. So, we’re very interested in learning more precisely what’s really outside of the bubble, pressing back inward.”
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Voyager 1 Speeds Toward the Brink of Interstellar Space (previously)
The Voyager 1 spacecraft is 11 billion miles from the sun. And every minute, it gets 636 miles closer to its destination: the frontier of interstellar space. The craft is currently in what NASA calls, not undramatically, “the boundary between the solar wind from the Sun and the interstellar wind from death-explosions of other stars,” an area that astrophysicists also call, less dramatically, a stagnation layer. When Voyager 1 crosses that threshold, it’ll become the first man-made object to do so. […]
“We want to explore interstellar space itself,” [Voyager program chief scientist Dr. Ed] Stone says. “We have some ideas of what’s out there, from data, and observations from Earth. We believe that we are in a cloud of material that was ejected by the explosion of a series of supernova, about 5 to 10, 15 million years ago, very near the sun. And that we will be embedded in the material from those giant explosions, and the magnetic field which was swept up by the shells of material ejected by those exploding stars. So, we’re very interested in learning more precisely what’s really outside of the bubble, pressing back inward.”
Awesome!
‘The protester’ named Time’s person of the year
From the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street and the recent Russian rallies, Time magazine says protesters have “redefined people power” around the world and been the force behind the biggest news stories of the past 12 months.
Paul Higgins: So Apt
Full Story: ABC
We work for the Internet. And we’re guessing many of you do too. Whether it’s researching, selling, coding, supporting, designing — so many of our careers depend on the Internet.
One argument that’s been made to Congress is that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is needed to protect American jobs. In truth, the new liabilities this bill would impose on startups could stop American innovation in its tracks.
To make this clear to Congress, we’ve built IWorkForTheInternet.org to show the world how many of our careers depend on the Internet.
If you work for the Internet, please add yourself and spread the word.
If you work in an Internet related job field you must read this, NOW.
No clue if the timing (Q2) that DigiTimes is reporting is correct, but the idea sounds about right.
As previously discussed, the MacBook Air has become so good that it’s going to continue to eat into MacBook Pro sales. Apple needs something to differentiate the Pro — especially if there is a 15-inch Air. That something could well be a laptop with a “Retina” display.
It’s important to note that when you typically hear about higher resolution screens, it generally means smaller elements on that screen. But if these screens are double the resolution of current models, Apple could do what they did with the iPhone (and soon iPad) screen, leaving the scale the same while greatly increasing the pixel density.
The drool is already dripping on keyboards of Photoshop and Final Cut users.
