The Lucky Iron Fish: A Simple Solution to a Serious Problem The Problem: In Cambodia, much of the population lives on a diet of fish and rice and so suffers from iron deficiency, leading to anemia and other serious health conditions. The simple solution is to cook a small piece of iron in the same pot with a meal for 10 minutes, providing 75% of the iron a family needs. The dilemma was that people were happy to use the iron slab as a doorstop but wouldn’t toss it into the cooking pot. The Solution: Fashion the small piece of iron into the shape of a fish, a cultural symbol of hope and good fortune in Cambodia. Initial Results: After nine months of trials and tests, a 55% drop in iron deficiency was recorded. The Design: The Lucky Iron Fish was designed by Canadian science graduate Dr. To distribute the product and spread awareness, the Lucky Iron Fish company was established.
Die Biografie von Elon Musk – hier probelesen Elon Musk ist US-Unternehmer, Visionär und mehrfacher Milliardär. Neben seiner Rolle als PayPal-Gründer ist er in der Öffentlichkeit vor allem als Kopf des Elektroautobauers Tesla Motors, nach dem gleichnamigen Erfinder Nikola Tesla, und des Raumfahrtunternehmens SpaceX bekannt. Im Finanzbuch-Verlag ist nun die Biografie „Wie Elon Musk die Welt verändert“ erschienen. Sie gibt Einblicke in die Erfolgsgeschichte des Tech-Milliardärs, aber porträtiert auch den facettenreichen Mensch Elon Musk – von genial bis wahnsinnig. Die Kindheit des Elon Musk Elon zeigte alle Merkmale eines neugierigen, energiegeladenen Kerlchens. Ärzte machten eine Reihe von Tests mit ihm und beschlossen, seine Polypen herauszunehmen, was das Hören bei Kindern verbessern kann. »Nun, es hat nichts geändert«, sagt Maye. Andere Kinder reagierten nicht nett auf diese traumartigen Zustände. Bloomberg porträtiert Elon Musk in diesem 45-minütigem Video. Für Musk selbst waren diese Momente wundervoll.
For Children in Need, this Shoe Grows as They Do The Shoe That Grows started when founder Kenton Lee was living and working in Nairobi, Kenya in 2007. One day while walking to church, he noticed a little girl in a white dress next to him who had shoes that were way too small for her feet. That led to questions about why. And finally an idea: “Wouldn’t it be great if there was a shoe that could adjust and expand—so that kids always had a pair of shoes that fit?” And just like that The Shoe That Grows was born. A shoe that lasts five years and grows five sizes Over 2 billion people suffer from soil-transmitted diseases and parasites. There are over 300 million children who do not have shoes. The Shoe That Grows is a patented design of an innovative shoe that adjusts and expands. Small = Grows 5 sizes – From Kindergarten to 4th Grade Large = Grows 5 sizes – From 5th Grade to 9th Grade The Shoe is made with simple materials – leather, compressed rubber, and snaps.
12 Books Steve Jobs Wanted You to Read Toward the end of his life, Steve Jobs was open to the idea of an afterlife. Not long after his untimely death, a Buddhist sect claimed that Jobs had been reincarnated as a "celestial warrior-philosopher living in a mystical glass palace hovering above his old office." If that's true, perhaps in the moments that's he's not screaming "No! No! What strikes me most about Jobs's list is that, unlike Bill Gates's list, almost all the books are about a single individual overcoming enormous odds and obstacles in order to transform either the world, himself, or both. 1. 1984, by George Orwell What it's about: One man's desperate struggle against an all-pervasive state that is committed to controlling people's thoughts as well as their behaviors. Fun factoid: The book inspired the famous Apple "1984" Super Bowl commercial that preannounced the Macintosh. Best quote: "Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them." 2. 3. 4.
Can DIYbio Save Canada's Salmon? By Brian Berletic Do-it-yourself biology and open source biotech has been gaining ground as the next breakout technology for local hackers and makers. Just like 3D printing, what at first seemed like a novelty is quickly transforming into a set of practical tools and techniques communities can use to enhance their understanding and control over their lives and their living surroundings. A 2013 documentary titled Salmon Confidential followed biologist Alexandra Morton as she sought the cause of massive die-offs of British Columbia's wild salmon. Their work prompted a reaction from the Canadian government and regulatory bodies; and while that reaction was far from satisfactory, Morton's work has gained the attention of people around the world of potential problems that need to be overcome if wild and farmed fish are to be maintained as sustainable food sources. Some of the obstacles apparent in Salmon Confidential included Morton and her team's inability to perform tests themselves.
Dieses Jahr nehme ich mir vor, meine 16. Sprache zu lernen von Michael Youlden Seit seinem achten Lebensjahr lernt Michael Youlden zusammen mit seinem Zwillingsbruder Matthew Sprachen – über ein Dutzend sind es bereits. Wenn du dich also entschlossen hast, eine Fremdsprache zu lernen und ein paar Tipps brauchst, wie man es schafft, beim Sprachenlernen am Ball zu bleiben, dann bist du bei Michael an der richtigen Adresse. Ein beginnendes Jahr bringt frische Ideen und neuen Antrieb mit sich. Ob es darum geht, für die Reise deines Lebens zu sparen, endlich die verstaubten Umzugskisten auszupacken und das Gästezimmer einzurichten oder dich mal ordentlich hinter Italienisch zu klemmen – der erste Januar ist der beste Zeitpunkt dafür, zu entscheiden, was das Jahr 2015 für dich bereithalten soll. Ich etwa habe den Vorsatz gefasst, Kornisch und Bengalisch zu lernen, und werde auch die beiden Sprachen, die ich jetzt gerade lerne – Ungarisch und Albanisch –, weiter perfektionieren.
Drowning in Garbage — Some Creative Solutions Janet PhelanActivist Post Along with generally unstable governments and economic woes, the developing world has another, somewhat insidious problem: plastic pollution. International corporations, seeking markets in developing countries, bring along with them a particular form of “baggage”—waste products and refuse. Coca-Cola bottles, Frito bags, Twinkie wrappers—in large part, the packaging solution for multinationals is plastic. The developing world largely lacks the infrastructure in place to deal with this petrochemical polymer influx and plastic garbage has become a major environmental concern, with the impact felt world-wide. Case in point is the Eastern Garbage Patch, so dubbed by oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer. The garbage patch is thought to have developed due to a gradual accumulation of plastic refuse and was formed over a period of time as a result of the oceanic gyre’s rotational pattern. Plastic consumption often kills fish, birds and turtles. Says Roederer, LWH reports:
Want to Travel the World For Free? Here’s How To Do It, Using Only Your Own I... One year ago, Johan Lolos was like any other young, independent traveler. Backpacking round Australia and New Zealand the 27-year-old Belgian was enjoying the sights and occasionally uploading something to his Instagram account – @lebackpacker. After a few months however, he realised his shots were gaining a fair bit of attention. And when he started taking his Instagramming more seriously, uploading photos to his account on a daily basis, stuff started to snowball. Soon, he told Outside Magazine recently, he found his photos were being re-posted by the likes of Australia’s official tourism account and National Geographic. And as his follower count started to mount, Johan realised he could turn his passion into a job. “I’ve traveled all around Australia and New Zealand for more than a year. He’s currently employed by the tourist board in Wanaka, New Zealand. While he’s obviously massive online, Johan’s rapid rise has started attracting the attention of more traditional news outlets too.
How a group of neighbors created their own Internet service When you live somewhere with slow and unreliable Internet access, it usually seems like there’s nothing to do but complain. And that's exactly what residents of Orcas Island, one of the San Juan Islands in Washington state, were doing in late 2013. Faced with CenturyLink service that was slow and outage-prone, residents gathered at a community potluck and lamented their current connectivity. “Everyone was asking, 'what can we do?'” Doe Bay is a rural environment. Around that time, CenturyLink service went out for 10 days, a problem caused by a severed underwater fiber cable. Faced with a local ISP that couldn’t provide modern broadband, Orcas Island residents designed their own network and built it themselves. "I think people were leery whether we could be able to actually do it, seeing as nobody else could get better Internet out here," Sutton said. But the founders believed in the project, and the network went live in September 2014. “It wasn't that hard” Erin Bennett Network status map.