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Self-Motivation + Retention, a Better Way to Learn

Self-Motivation + Retention, a Better Way to Learn

Together, the Jerry Seinfeld Calendar and Pimsleur’s Graduated Interval Recall, create a method for improving the ways we learn.

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Johns Hopkins Offers HIV Self-Test

Johns Hopkins Offers HIV Self-Test

In an effort to curtail the global spread of AIDS, Johns Hopkins recently conducted an in-hospital trail that offered self-administered HIV tests to Emergency Room visitors.

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(Event) Steampunk Haunted House

(Event) Steampunk Haunted House

The Steampunk Haunted House is a different spin on the usually gore-and-blood cliches that permeate most haunted houses and also gives visitors a unique view into historical and aestheticcuriosities from a long-gone time.

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University Creates Catharsis Chambers for Stress Release

University Creates Catharsis Chambers for Stress Release

China’s Central South University has set up a new facility to help students deal with emotional stress.

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Question Box: Accessing the Internet’s Knowledge Offline

Question Box: Accessing the Internet's Knowledge Offline

Open Mind’s Question Box project make the internet’s information accessible to individuals in the developing world at the touch of the button.

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University Adds Twitter Training to Journalism Course

University Adds Twitter Training to Journalism Course

Austrailia’s Griffith University has added a Twitter component to an existing course which teaches basic news gathering and writing skills.

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How Design Can Help Initiate Positive Change

How Design Can Help Initiate Positive Change

In Medellín, Colombia an inspiring story has unfolded which illustrates how design can help initiate positive change.

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Repair and Repurpose: The Fixers Collective

Repair and Repurpose: The Fixers Collective

The Fixers are a Brooklyn based group that gets together once a week to repair and re-purpose all kinds of broken things – shoes, radios, lamps, clocks – anything is game.

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Getting Hands-On at the Planning-ness Conference

Getting Hands-On at the Planning-ness Conference

This past weekend we had the opportunity to attend the Planning-ness conference at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, lead by PSFK friend (and Likemind SF host), Mark Lewis.

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MarkProf: Non-Profit Marketing Intelligence

MarkProf: Non-Profit Marketing Intelligence

Non-profits like MarkProf Foundation are filling the marketing education gap in the Philippines and boosting employment while they’re at it.

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Short Films Explore Experiments in Urban Living

Short Films Explore Experiments in Urban Living

In a new series for Babelgum titled “New Urbanism,” filmmaker Kelly Loudenberg documents some of the ways that people are addressing the challenges of city living, using a synthesize of art and ad hoc invention.

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How Do We Curb “Infobesity”?

How Do We Curb "Infobesity"?

Timothy Young, founder of Socialcast has written a thoughtful essay in which he compares information consumption habits to food consumption habits.

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Big Picture Schooling: An Unconventional Spin On Education

Big Picture Schooling: An Unconventional Spin On Education

Big Picture schools allow students to set a curriculum based on their interests, and spend two days a week interning.

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TEDxKids: The First TED for Kids

TEDxKids: The First TED for Kids

The TED Conference continues to expand its influence, this time with kids. As part of its TEDx Series, the organizers of last week’s TEDxSMU Conference have organized the very first TED Conference for kids.

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100% DIY: Artist to Make All Her Clothes for a Year

100% DIY: Artist to Make All Her Clothes for a Year

Designed to investigate the relationships between ‘making’, ‘clothing’ and ‘living’; Natalie Purschwitz has set out to hand craft every item in her wardrobe for one whole year, including all undergarments, socks, shoes and accessories.

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