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The World is Flattened …and the how Internet squashed it
Posted on October 12, 2011 | No CommentsBy Matthew Inman “There are no bosses, no board of directors, no stockholders, and no political rules. Each group of people accessing the Internet is responsible for its own machine and operation of its own section of the network. The Internet belongs to everyone and no one.” This may seem like the mission statement of some young and hip tech start-up, but it is actually an excerpt from a United States government website set up way back in the 1990s to help introduce people to the “worldwide community called the... -
The Other Greenhouse Effect: How Kenyon students are heating up the world of entrepreneurship
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsBy Matthew Inman College students are not typically known for their motivation. The prevailing stereotype is probably closer to some sort of beer-guzzling sloth, reveling in the absence of adult supervision by doing everything their parents never let them do. Students at Kenyon College, however, are trying to prove this image false by pursuing their aspirations in entrepreneurship. Aiding them in this endeavor is Innovation Greenhouse, a program started in 2008 that provides aide and support to students interested in developing both their business ideas and their passion for creating... -
Inside Jokes, Outside Laughs: How sites gain popularity by creating universal “inside” jokes
Posted on September 26, 2011 | No CommentsBy Matthew Inman A smiling group of friends huddles together to pose for a snapshot commemorating their spring break at the beach. After a few seconds, the enthusiastic smiles turn to confused looks as the photographer realizes the digital camera has been taking a video of the scene the whole time. The resulting movie is a five-second masterpiece of awkwardness. This is precisely the moment that Zack Bornstein is hoping to capture with his new website AccidentalVideoMode.com, a site devoted to the uploading and enjoying of instances of accidental video-mode... -
Edison Nation gets inventors’ ideas off the ground and onto shelves
Posted on September 22, 2011 | 1 CommentBy Matthew Inman There are countless people around the world who walk into a store or flip on the television one day only to see a product they thought up months or even years before. They inevitably say, “hey, that was my idea!” as if uncovering a conspiracy. But an invention needs more than the inventor’s faith. Ideas often float around endlessly until someone comes along with the know-how to pin it down and flesh it out.This is where Edison Nation comes in. The Charlotte, North Carolina based company’s website... -
Eyes on the Prize: Stem Cell Science Takes Two Giant Steps Forward
Posted on August 21, 2011 | No CommentsBy Matthew Inman Recently, the world of stem cell research has been celebrating the achievement of two huge milestones that may very well help in the ongoing debate on the usefulness and morality of this type of scientific study. First, in Japan, scientists were able to grow a retina in a laboratory, a breakthrough that may lead to the better understanding and treatment of many diseases of the human eye, perhaps even blindness. Next, only five days after this was reported, it was revealed that scientists at Edinburgh University in...