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Copyright law’s grip on film, music and software barely touches the fashion industry and fashion benefits in both innovation and sales, says Johanna Blakley. She talks about what all creative industries can learn from fashion’s free culture.
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February 12, 2011 by Gail
Filed under VPL
From time to time when my children were small I used to fill the bath tub with hot water, added strawberry flavoured jelly crystals, stirred them until they had completely dissolved and the water temp had become tepid. After that, for sheer mad delight, the only other thing you needed to add was three small […]
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As a grad student, Cynthia Breazeal wondered why we were using robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms. The key, she realised: training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds robots that teach, learn and play. Watch for amazing demo footage of a new interactive game for kids.
Tags: builds robots, comicStyle, communicate, Cynthia Breazeal, develop principles, develop technologies, Education, expressive robot Leonardo, family communication, Gail Penney, health, human-centric terms, Ideas worth spreading, impact of social robots, interact, interact with people, interactive game, learn, learning, lifeStyle, main blog, mindStyle matters, MIT Media Lab, penneylane, penneylaneonline, Personal Robots Group, physical performance, play, robotic creatures, robots on Mars, social robot Kismet, socially intelligent, teach, Ted Talk, The rise of personal robots, training robots, turnStyle, VidStyle, www.penneylaneonline.com
Science writer Richard Preston talks about some of the most enormous living beings on the planet, the giant trees of the US Pacific Northwest. Growing from a tiny seed, they support vast ecosystems and are still, largely, a mystery.
Tags: 380-foot redwood tree, bioterror, comicStyle, Dark Biology trilogy, Ebola virus, ecosystems, explorer Michael Taylor, Gail Penney, giant trees, Hyperion, Ideas worth spreading, lifeStyle, living beings, main blog, mathematical geniuses, medical conditions, mindStyle matters, On the Giant Trees, Panic in Level Four, penneylane, penneylaneonline, planet, range of topics, Richard Preston, Science writer, seed, smallpox, tallest living, Ted Talk, The Cobra Event, The Demon in the Freezer, The Hot Zone, The Wild Trees, turnStyle, US Pacific Northwest, VidStyle, www.penneylaneonline.com
February 11, 2011 by Gail
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They say that seeing is believing but sometimes when you’re just starting out in business you have to mentally put the cart before the horse and believe in yourself long before you see the reward of good results from all your hard labour …
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