Thinktank

I D E A S
The Cost of Doing Nothing
malcolm gladwell

“Million-Dollar Murray” by Malcolm Gladwell (The New Yorker)

Prefabricated Homes
Prefab Modern

Dynamic Textures
dynamictextures

“Dynamic textures are surface textures on a skin designed to change from one untextured or smooth state to another textured state in response to an external stimulus. Dynamic textures extend in the spatial-temporal dimension the concept of texture, which was previously intuitively defined as a tactile surface with many and often repeated elementary forms where each element is too small to be considered an object.”

Winning the Oil Endgame

“Winning the Oil Endgame offers a strategy for ending US oil dependence, and is applicable worldwide. There are many analyses of the oil problem. This synthesis is the first roadmap of the oil solutionâ€”one led by business for profit.”

Kids with Cameras

T E C H N O L O G Y
Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs)
samsung umpc

“An Ultra Mobile PC is a new category of mobile devices optimized for specific usage models such as Internet-to-go, Entertainment-to-go, and Education-to-go, while providing full PC capability and versatility. UMPC devices are expected to be small enough so they are easy to carry, deliver long battery life so you can access information for extended periods of time, have multiple wireless options so you can be connected anytime, and are location aware so it can adapt to your personal needs.” - The Official UMPC Site

Media Center PCs
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P E O P L E
Patty Hearst (Shaw)
pattyhearst

“Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954), better known as Patty Hearst, now known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper heiress and occasional actress. She is the granddaughter of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. She became famous in 1974 when she was kidnapped, but soon afterwards joined her kidnappers in robbing a bank.” - Wikipedia

Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano
sammythebull

“Salvatore ‘Sammy the Bull’ Gravano was underboss of the criminal Gambino family in the 1980s under John Gotti. In 1991, after he was arrested as a result of a major FBI operation against the Gambino Family, Gravano famously turned state’s evidence and testified against Gotti in exchange for a reduced sentence.” - Wikipedia

Underboss by Peter Maas

Banksy
banksy

“Banksy is a well-known yet pseudo-anonymous English graffiti artist. It is believed that Banksy is a native of Yate (near Bristol) and was born in 1974, but there is substantial public uncertainty about his identity and basic personal and biographical details. At London Zoo, he climbed into the penguin enclosure and painted ‘We’re bored of fish’ in seven foot high letters.” - Wikipedia