On the red carpet, screen-less interfaces, driverless cars, Google Maps explores the deep, CEOs who tweet: the latest endangered species, using 404 pages to find missing children, why exercising is smart, literally… This week’s notable news and tantalizing tidbits for young treps:
1. Hello, (underwater) world: If you like Google’s street-view tool, this will blow your mind: Peruse six of the world’s most acclaimed — yet still widely unknown — eco-systems in Australia, the Philippines and Hawaii. Images were the handiwork of the Caitlin Seaview Survey. (YouTube)
2. Forget touchscreens, how about no screens? Multi-touch screens were a revolutionary advancement from the wired mouse, but are hardly the end of the road for computer interfaces. Here’s a look into what’s next? (Txchnologist)
3. Twitter, only for the brave? In a 140 characters or less, companies have managed to do serious damage to their reputations and profits. It’s no wonder seven in ten Fortune 500 CEOs have no presence on social-media networks. Yet still, they tweet. (WSJ)
4. The self-driving car is here: California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Tuesday that could usher in a new age of driverless cars. Predictably, there are concerns. (AP)
5. Saying No to the ‘No Life’: Whitney Flight, a creative consultant and graduate of the Bold Academy program explains, sometimes getting out of your own way is the hardest step to a new life. (revolution.is)
6. Big data = big profits: Most people go about their lives not knowing their every move is being watched, literally. Who is watching, why and how come “everyone is making money off our data besides us?” (Wired)
7. More on Facebook’s failed IPO: The value of Facebook’s stock has plummeted $38 billion since the social network went public in May. Lawsuits have since also begun to flood in from investors, brokers, and security firms… There will be blood. (WSJ)
8. 404 Messages, a Milk Cartons: Using the internet’s wasted space for good, that’s the mission of the NotFound project, which turns 404 pages into a tool to find missing children in Europe. (Fast Co.Create)
9. Getting physically (and mentally) fit: Living an active lifestyle can do more than make you look fit. It can make you smarter. Scientists investigate memory and skill acquisition and how it’s affected by exercise. (New York Times)
10. Amid glitz & glam, the glue that keeps these pageants going: the fashion biz. Highlights of the 2012 Emmys summed up in less than two minutes. We know you’re busy. (New York Magazine)
