Can you imagine a city road network devoid of traffic lights? Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist Ozan Tonguz can. In fact, he’s creating one. “Tonguz and colleagues are designing a road-efficiency system, based on emerging-vehicle-to-vehicle technology, called Virtual Traffic Lights,” explains the Atlantic Cities. “The idea is to shift traffic control from fixed street signals to the moving cars themselves. The result, says Tonguz, is an optimized traffic flow that should greatly reduce city congestion.” How it would work: A … Read More

Japanese construction company Taisei Corporation has developed a building demolition process that’s far more quiet, healthy and environmentally friendly than traditional methods  involving wrecking balls or explosives. The disassembly process is called “Ecological Reproduction System” and we learn about it from Good.Is: “Using a crane, material from the interior of the building is removed,” explains Good.Is. “That includes beams, concrete, paneling, etc. In this way the process is kind of like a reverse assembly line, taking apart the structure bit by bit.” Basically, … Read More

A tiny spaceship has been built using a microscale 3-D printer. At 125 micrometers long, the craft is about the length of a dust mite and takes less than 50 seconds to produce. The super-fast, high-resolution printer that made the …

A few weeks ago, I reviewed three social sharing websites, all three of which revolved around building more tweets for your content. T…16 Zoom(s)

Someday, scientists hope to assemble a virtual repository of virtual dissections. Now, a new study describes an optimized method for imaging bristled marine worms — and includes breathtaking, 3-D virtual visualizations of the organisms, inside and out…

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Newt Gingrich never became president of the United States, but that doesn’t mean his vision for a permanent moon base can’t be carried out by someone else. London-based architectural firm Foster + Partners – in partnership with a consortium set up by the European Space Agency (ESA) – is exploring the possibility of using 3D printing to build a habitable structure on Earth’s satellite. The project would entail transporting a robotic 3D printer to the moon, which would then complete the … Read More

Here is a quick roundup of some of the latest happenings in the social media world.14 Zoom(s)

Could this be the beginning of a new era in online videos? YouTube is testing an option that would allow channels owners to monetize s…15 Zoom(s)

When the auto-manufacturer Ford released its Trend Book for 2013, the BuzzBuzzHome News team was particular captivated by the section titled “The Rise of the Intima-City.” The authors of the report point to data that shows young homebuyers are eschewing the amenities of suburban life for the diversity, culture and opportunity that characterizes city life. In 2011, city growth surpassed or equaled that of suburbs in approximately 33 of America’s 51 large metropolitan areas. This is a notable change from the previous … Read More

By The Canadian Progressive Reporters | Jan. 30, 2013 via The Daily Muse:   We recommend:Fight for Internet freedom, ditch GoDaddy nowOperation Last Resort: Anonymous Declares ‘War’ On U.S. GovernmentWelcome to #Ottawapiskat, the …

The Pinterest team announced on Monday that its main site would soon get a facelift.

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Toronto joined an eclectic mix of cities in the Intelligent Community Forum’s (ICF) top seven smartest cities list for 2013. The annual list compiled by the ICF judges cities based on information and communications technology innovation, economic growth and quality of life. Toronto received the auspicious place in the top seven for the Waterfront Toronto revitalization project, which includes the urban village development, Canary District and condo development, River City. The massive undertaking involves re-mediating huge swaths of brownfield zones. Other Toronto-based organizations that … Read More

If all systems work as they’re supposed to, the 50,000-square-foot Bullitt Center in Seattle will draw all of its power from sunlight, all of its water from rainfall and all of its heat and cooling from pumps that will mine the energy 400 feet below the surface. “The building doesn’t look a lot like a Douglas-fir forest,” Bullitt Foundation president Denis Hayes tells The Seattle Times, “but it behaves remarkably like one.” The six-storey structure is set to open on … Read More

Hacktivist collective threatens massive WikiLeaks-style exposure of potentially-damaging secrets. by Guest Blogger | Jan 27, 2013 In response to the death of Internet activist , Reddit programmer and extraordinary hacker, Aaron Swartz, Anonymous h…

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Paleontologists routinely resurrect and sequence DNA from woolly mammoths and other long-extinct species. Future paleontologists, or librarians, may do much the same to pull up Shakespeare’s sonnets, listen to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” …

The team behind Snip.it announced on Tuesday that the content curation site had been acquired by Yahoo!.

The deal, which should be …9 Zoom(s)

If you like embedding Tweets on your blog or website, here is great news for you. On Tuesday, the feature became easier to use.11 Zoom(s)