The True Size Of Africa('s Problems)

This infographic is very telling. It helps me understand why change and progress in Africa can be so difficult.

 

 

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The True Size Of Africa

via Information Is Beautiful by david on 10/14/10

Brilliant infographic from Kai Krause (perhaps the Kai Krause?) to combat rampant 'immappancy'

(Now corrected for map projection errors by marauding carto-nerds – thanks Manuela Schmidt)

I would perhaps twin it with these:

See the image on its own

See the image on its own

See the image on its own

(Credits: USA – Bill Rankin, Radical Cartography, Antartica – NASA, Australia – unknown)

 

 

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Sahara Forest Project Moves From Concept To Reality

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Incredible Sahara Forest Project Moves From Concept To Reality With Major Development Deal

via TreeHugger on 1/18/11

Images via Exploration Architecture - original visualisation of Sahara Forest Project There's great news for sustainable design innovation this week as the Sahara Forest Project gets backing from a development deal between Norway and Jordan. We wrote about this incredible proposal to create carbon neutral energy, fresh water, food and fuel crops through symbiotic technologies back in 2008. Now, after years of hard work and persistence from the collaborative Sahara Forest Project team, this large scale concept is going to b...Read the full story on TreeHugger

 

 

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Prolong time perception by doing something new

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Attempting to prolong time perception by doing something new or uncomfortable every day

via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on 1/17/11

Kelly Sutton says:

The BBC writer, Matt Danzico, that wrote the original article on the Cult of Less has a new project he's started called "The Time Hack". It's his attempt to prolong his perceived life by putting himself through some new or uncomfortable experience every day.

There was a character in Catch 22 who tried something like this, I recall.

Above: Day 3 -- Lie in the Street The Time Hack

 

 

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Bandsaw + block of wood = Deer = HUH?

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Bandsaw + block of wood = Deer

via MAKE Magazine by Phillip Torrone on 1/9/11

Bandsaw + block of wood = Deer

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Teaching kids to steal cars at Machine Project

Where was this course when I was looking for electives as an impressionable youngster?

 

 

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Teaching kids to steal cars at Machine Project

via MAKE Magazine by John Park on 1/10/11

My friend Mark Frauenfelder and I took our kids to a class on car theft this weekend. Part of Machine Project's new series entitled Good People Doing Bad Things, it was absolutely wonderful. Instructors Tom Jennings and Jason Torchinsky should be either thrown in jail or made into heroes of the people.

The class description:

For most kids (and adults), modern cars are simply these gleaming, aggressive-faced jellybeans that house air-conditioning units and MP3 players while they idle in traffic. But underneath their shiny surface lurks all manner of exciting machinery that needs some demystification. That's where we come in. In this class, we just focus on a few key aspects of cars, and our interactions with them, while learning a bit about the physics and mechanics behind how it all works.

Here's what we'll do:
• Breaking in! How to break into a car, and how car locks work - including exciting door-panel removal.
• Breaking out! How to escape from a locked car trunk. Each student will have a chance to learn and perform this exciting feat.
• Breaking... the law! How to hotwire and start a car with some simple tools.

This is a hands-on class, with an actual car to break in and out of.

One class highlight: Mark F. and three kids being stuffed into the trunk to test their escape skills. They made it out alive!

Many thanks to Machine Project ringmaster Mark Allen for making this class happen. Please tell us you'll teach safe-cracking next.

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