"Waffles the Terrible fails a lot."

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[Leigh Christie] is a researcher at MIT, and he’s developed an interesting solution to heating people, not buildings.

His TEDx talk, “Heating Buildings is Stupid,” demonstrates the MIT SENSEable City Laboratory’s efforts to tackle energy issues. Their research focuses on finding an alternative to the staggering waste of energy used to heat large spaces. Although TED talk articles are a rarity at Hackaday, we think this idea is both simple and useful. Also, [Leigh] is the same guy who brought us the Mondo Spider a few years ago for the Burning Man exhibition. He’s a hacker.

Anyway, what is it? The system he’s devised is so simple that it’s brilliant: a person-tracking infrared heat spotlight. Using a Microsoft Kinect, the lamp follows you around and keeps the individual warm rather than the entire space. [Leigh] has grand plans for implementing what he calls “Local Heating” in large buildings to save on energy consumption, but smaller-scale implementations could prove equally beneficial for a big garage or a workshop. How much does your workspace cost to heat during the winter? Hackerspaces seem like the perfect test environment for a cobbled-together “Local Heating” system. If anyone builds one, we want to hear about it.

Check out the full TEDx talk after the break.

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America's Christmas-light fruitcakes would be wise to take a lesson from the Japanese. At a resort called Nagashima Spa Land about 60 miles east of Kyoto is an eye-bugging display of 7 million gleaming LEDs, revolving around a dreamlike Mount Fuji that looks like it was given a Dairy Queen swirl in a rainbow sea of ectoplasm.

The Nabana no Sato light show is a wintry celebration of the natural beauty of flowers and nature, as interpreted through factory-produced strands of electric wire and plastic. Visitors fork over cash for the chance to enter a hallucinatory landscape of burning trees, swimming photon dolphins, and a lifelike projection of the mysterious northern lights. The Japanese-culture site Spoon & Tamago recently deemed it the "absolute largest display of lights in all of Japan," picking out for wonderment its endless tunnel of golden sparkle-sparkleness that should "make you feel like you’re walking under the Milky Way":

The arguable centerpiece is the shimmering Fuji, constantly transforming in color to become a lava-pouring monster, a brooding cloud-covered formation, and an astronomical portent with the Sun balanced on its peak like a blinding crown. It's even better than the real thing, if you happen to be a circus ringleader or under the influence. Take a look at a few of its various guises (more are shown here):

Yes, those are animated cetaceans leaping out of the glowing "water" in the third photo. The rest of the park is spectacular, as well, particularly the aurora borealis. How long before Norway sues for copyright infringement?

The architects of this illuminated wonderland must also be weather nuts, because in addition to the magnetic storm in the skies they've included a rainbow:

And spring is in the air with this blossoming tree – perhaps a cherry?

For folks who will never make it to this lovely, machinated glen, here are a couple more scenes from various years inside the park of lights:

Images by Nagashima Spa Land via Kyodo News PR Wire

starkidkay1230:

I literally just threw my phone.

I have fond memories of making peanut butter balls with my mom and sister every holiday season. The women in my family are all big peanut butter and chocolate fans, so it seems like a natural holiday dessert to splurge on. In fact, I know when they see this post they’ll be running to the kitchen to make this version! You can’t beat how easy peanut butter balls are to throw together during those hectic last-minute preparations.

This year, I came up with a lighter version of my childhood favourite. Rather than using 2 cups of powdered sugar and plenty of butter like the old recipe, I turned to a few lighter ingredients to do the same job.

This version contains much less sweetener than classic recipes, but I promise you won’t even notice the difference, especially once the chocolate coating is in place!

The secret to achieving a similar dough (without all the powdered sugar) is a little trick I picked up from making homemade nut butter in my food processor. I noticed when I added too much maple syrup into the machine, it would cause the nut butter to seize up (i.e., get really thick). After that point, no matter how much I processed the nut butter, it never returned back to it’s creamy, drippy state. A similar thing happens when you add water to melted chocolate.

For this recipe, I used this knowledge to my advantage by stirring the peanut butter and maple syrup vigorously, until the mixture “seized” and thickened up. Well, it worked like a charm! All I had to do after that was add a couple tablespoons of coconut flour for additional thickening powers. Coconut flour is quite dense and drying, so just a little bit did the trick. No powdered sugar necessary. Yes!

Tip: If you are new to coconut flour and don’t want to buy a whole bag, try buying a small amount from a bulk food bin. I’m pretty sure Bulk Barn carries coconut flour.

At first, when you stir in the maple syrup, it will look quite runny and you’ll think there’s no way it’s going to thicken up, but it does. Just keep on stirring! It took me probably 30 seconds of stirring and letting it sit a couple minutes helps it firm up too (the coconut flour absorbs a lot of moisture). The timing will depend on how thick (or thin) your brand of peanut butter is (I only recommend using 100% all-natural peanut butter with nothing else added). It’s quite possible you might need a touch more (or less) coconut flour than what I used. I’m not sure if other sweeteners will work the same way that maple syrup does, so I can’t vouch for the results if you swap out the maple syrup.

Once it thickened up, I stirred in some sea salt to enhance the flavours and rice crisp cereal for a crunchy texture. Oh my….simply irresistible!!

Watch them disappear almost as quickly as they were made.

In his latest book, Average Is Over, economist Tyler Cowen argues that we need to reshape the way we think about jobs, and in turn, our careers, in the wake of this rapid technological change.

As most industrialized nations outsource and automate jobs, labor becomes more abundant and employment harder to come by. In a world of Amazon drones, who needs postal workers? When the Google self-driving car hits the mass market, will we no longer need taxi drivers? 

Yet the challenge for creators is more subtle: rather than being replaced by robots, we have to worry about competition on a global scale. (As online education becomes ubiquitous how can the art school graduate in Brooklyn ask for the same fee as the Photoshop master in India?) 

So how can we best prepare ourselves for this new career dynamic, where we must stave off outsourcing at every turn? We asked Cowen to break down the bulletproof “soft skills” needed for next era of careers:

1. Own your life choices, and don’t let comparison make you envious.

One side effect of the rise of automation is that everything we do can and will become measureable. We are already able to see the bloggers with the most views, the creative with the most Twitter followers. But soon, even service jobs will be subject to what Cowen calls “hyper meritocracy,” where everything is measured, tracked, and ranked. As a result, comparison to our peers, and the subsequent anxiety that comes with that, is inevitable. We’ll always know where we stack up, and employers will be able to compensate us accordingly.

The upshot of this is that survival in the new career landscape offers an interesting choice: Will you “live to work,” and do everything it takes to max out these measurements to impress your employers? Or do you prefer to “work to live,” to maximize your leisure and family time? Cowen explains:

2. Don’t learn to code, learn how to work with technology.

A common refrain from those in the tech industry is that everyone should learn to code. There are a multitude of organizations (e.g. Code Academy, Treehouse, and Udacity among many others) set up to help mid-career professionals pick up this new skill as well as a growing demand that we include programming in our primary school curriculum. 

If becoming a programmer is appealing to you, great. But seeking employment based on any one “hard skill” is an outdated way of thinking. The rapid evolution of technology forces us to constantly reconsider which hard skills are in demand. (And we should). Staying on top of the hard skills needed is a necessity in the short term, but one of the best ways to position yourself for success in the long term is to focus on the soft skills needed no matter what technology you are working with. 

“There is often this naive reaction a lot of people have,” says Cowen. “They say, ‘Now I need to take X number of years off, learn all the skills of computer programming and become a programmer.’ Very often that’s a bad way to go. It’s people who integrate technical skills with knowledge of a concrete area and who understand marketing, presentation, and persuasion.” 

In other words, if your job gets better with technology you’re in good shape. Think of the doctor that can use complicated computer-aided readouts to produce an accurate diagnosis, or the sales person that can sift through client data to work more efficiently. 

“Take Mark Zuckerberg who, of course, has been a great programmer,” says Cowen. “There is much more to Facebook than that. It’s appealing, it gets people to come back, and he was a psychology major. It’s that integration that’s important.” 

The smartest workers will be able to leverage technology to their advantage and be able to recognize the big-picture ways to utilize it. The technology will change. The means of accessing will change. But strategically implementing it will remain in constant demand for tomorrow’s workforce. 

3. Become a first-rate leader and collaborator.

It’s impossible to outsource great leadership. As jobs and companies become more specialized and competition more fierce, top companies will increasingly fight for workers that show leadership chops.

“Computers are very far from being able to manage human beings and motivate them and set expectations and inspire,” says Cowen. “So that’s a big sector of managing — making people feel good about themselves, getting other people to cooperate. That’s really a growth sector if you cannot do the technical things.”

Cowen points out that executives, managers, supervisors, and financial professionals captured 70 percent of all salary gains from 1979 to 2005. In other words, it’s the leaders and big-picture thinkers that are thriving the most. 

“Very often the people ‘in the field’ do not think conceptually about their own operations,” says Cowen. It’s increasingly difficult to think of the big picture while in the tunnel vision of a specific role.

Because of this hyper-specialization, creative teams will need workers who they enjoy collaborating with. As we all become more specialized, the problems we are solving will become increasingly complex. This means that collaboration across different areas of expertise will become even more important. One person alone cannot design the self-driving car.

“There won’t be much room for a ‘rebel without a cause’ or, for that matter, a rebel with a cause,” writes Cowen. 

4. Learn to market your work.

Even if you have the skills and connections, success still means getting your work noticed. No matter what field you are in, marketing your work will only get harder in the decades to come. To paraphrase Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian: On the Internet, a funny cat video is always a click away. Those who can authentically and effectively do battle with Buzzfeed listicles and Instagram photos will always be in demand. Cowen says:

“Marketing” in this context is different than taking a class at your local college. It’s about having a deep, entrenched understanding of your subject matter and target audience. The kind of high-level analytical thinking required to do this work can never be automated and will always be in demand.  

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This Wild West landscape painted by Cowen and others can be a bit frightening, but with uncertainty comes opportunity. Top performers in every field are getting paid better than ever. We’ve seen the rise of digital nomads and solo entrepreneurs for those who like to go their own way. And, most importantly, an increased emphasis on job-agnostic “soft skills” means that we can quickly switch careers to match our interests and beliefs. It’s easier than ever to tailor-make a career and lifestyle that aligns with what makes us happy.

The creatives that succeed will be the ones that embrace these changes and use them to generate more opportunity and more chances to truly impact our world. To quote William Gibson: “The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.”

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How about you?

What “soft skills” do you think are most in demand?

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A group of South Korean scientists have developed a microscopic robot that can both detect and treat cancer. The nanorobot is powered by a special, genetically-modified bacteria that can detect substances and proteins associated with cancer growth. Once it reaches a cancer cell, the 3-micrometer robotic device automatically sprays anticancer drugs. The robot opens the doors for a more targeted approach to fighting cancer, which is likely to have fewer side effects than conventional treatments like chemo or radiation, which attack the entire body.

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After years of research indicating that antibacterial chemicals in common household products may be causing health problems in consumers, the US Food and Drug Administration has finally decided to ask for proof that these substances are safe. If manufacturers can’t provide information on the safety of these compounds, they may be forced to remove them from their products completely.

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Cairo woke up to a white, wintry surprise Friday morning when snowfall blanketed the typically hot and dry capital for the first time in over a century. Excited Egyptians eagerly took to Twitter, posting incredible pictures of the unusual winter wonderland and sparking others to question if climate change was to blame. The rare precipitation coupled with the recent cold snap also brought snowfall to other countries including Turkey, Syria and Israel.

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BabyCenter.com has released the baby naming trends for 2013. The results reveal that out of the 500,000 parents surveyed, 9 named their kid Cheese. Yes, Cheese. As in cheese. If you peep the graph below, you’ll see that this is a 450 percent increase of Cheeses from past years. As in, people have been naming [...]
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A new study in the journal Scientific Reports estimates that melting ice will cause sea levels to rise 2 feet within the next 70 years, and a whopping 8 feet by the year 2200. Scientists believe that sea levels will most likely continue to rise until the sea is 25 to 30 feet higher than it is today, wiping many coastal cities and island nations completely off the map.

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The Sriracha hot sauce plant in Irwindale, California has been ordered to cease production due to the presence of microorganisms in the beloved sauce. The Los Angeles Superior Court ordered Huy Fong Foods company to stop making Sriracha, in addition to its Chili Garlic and Sambal Oelek, until it can better control not only the microorganisms, but also the irritating odors affecting locals.

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It doesn’t matter how often I see dogs poking their doggy heads out of a car window, it always makes me do a double-take. If they have their drooly tongues hanging out too, I better hold onto the wheel! There’s no need to question why LA-based photographer Lara Jo Regan created Dogs in Cars. The series features canines [...]
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Revelers at this year’s New Year’s Eve celebration at South Bank in London will actually be able to taste the annual fireworks display! Thanks to food scientists Bompas & Parr, for the first time Londoners will be treated to multi-sensory fireworks that they can see, taste and smell as they ring in the new year. While the colorful fireworks light up the sky, the crowd will be showered with sweet smells and edible confetti that comes in sumptuous flavors such as peach, banana and orange.


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When Al Gore went vegan, no one was particularly surprised that the long-time environmentalist aligned his diet with his convictions. But Jay Z and Beyoncé’s decision to switch to plant-based meals has gotten the world listening to more than their tunes. The famous couple began the “22 Days Challenge” this Tuesday, pledging to cut out all animal products from their diet for “a spiritual and physical cleanse.”

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Humanity just found an incredibly valuable resource hidden under the ocean floor, and it’s more precious than fossil fuels or minerals. Scientists discovered vast aquifers of fresh water underneath the sea. A study published in the December 5th edition of the journal Nature reveals the existence of nearly 120,000 cubic miles of low-salinity water beneath South Africa, North America, Australia, and China. This figure amounts to a volume 100 times greater than all of the fresh water used since the beginning of the twentieth century.

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Because all the best holiday parties have an open bar and who has the self control to stop drinking free drinks, this is the Bytox Hangover Prevention Patch. Just place the 100% safe and natural patch to a dry and hairless place on your body, provided there is such a space, you moist, hairy beast. [...]
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Artist Carolina (Caro) Fontoura Alzaga challenges the “necessity for the new” by creating magnificent Victorian style chandeliers from trashed bike parts sourced from local Los Angeles shops. Many of the pieces in her new CONNECT Series are massive, cascading structures that take months to produce in her downtown studio. Read on to see her creative process, and the painstaking effort that goes into these amazing upcycled chandeliers.

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These are a bunch of the different geometric patterns created by artist Simon Beck marching around in the snow of France. How he knows what the design he's creating will look like from above when he can only see it at ground-level is beyond me, but I suspect he does the same thing the people who make crop-circles do: leaves it to the aliens. There's no way one dude trudging around in the snow made these. Just kidding, I'm sure he did. I only say that because I made a similar snow design this winter so I know it's possible. "You make a giant penis." How did you know? "I drove by your house this morning." Magnificent, isn't it? Nature's perfect shape. Keep going for a bunch more of Simon's work.

Because Netflix is a shameful homewrecker, according a recent study 51% of people in relationships will watch their and their partner's "couple's" shows behind the other's back. But I thought you said you hadn't seen this one before! "I lied." I can't believe it! Are you really leaving for work in the morning or do you just spend all day f***ing other people?

In a study of 2000 adults, 51 percent said they either had or would commit the act of betrayal. Of those who confessed to cheating, 41 percent refrained from sharing spoilers with their significant other [and another 14 percent will rewatch the episode and fake not knowing what's going to happen]. 21 percent admitted to watching the next episode while their partner was sleeping next to them in bed.

Wow, watching while their partner is asleep in the bed next to them? That is LOW. I mean, that is DESPICABLE. That...is something I do all the time. You know how many times I've had to feign surprise at a plot twist? Every single one. Although sometimes I'll pretend to "guess" what's going to happen before it does just to look smart. I'm probably the worst kind of person in the world. Thanks to lilco, who would never watch a shower behind her lover's back because of taste and decency.

Two researchers recently read Ian Fleming's 14 original James Bond stories to study Bond's drinking habits. What they found was that 007 could very well be on his way to an early, alcohol-related death. You know, provided an evil villain doesn't get him first. Because I would put my money on that. Or exploding from too much sex with all those hotties.

Researchers found Bond's weekly alcohol consumption totaled 92 units a week, which is more than four times what doctors recommend. A real person would not be able to carry out such complicated tasks and function as well as Bond does while maintaining such habits, they conclude. A unit of alcohol is defined as 10 milliliters or 8 grams of pure ethanol in the United Kingdom. For some perspective on that, a bottle of wine is nine units, and a pint of beer is three, according to this study. They found that in "From Russia with Love," on the third day of the story, Bond drank about 50 units of alcohol -- the highest daily consumption in the collection of stories. It also appears that the spy's alcohol intake dropped around the middle of his career, but then picked back up gradually toward the end. We advise an immediate referral for further assessment and treatment," the study authors wrote, as well as "a reduction in alcohol to safe levels."

So like, these researchers realize the James Bond series is fictional and not a biography, right? Because they're acting like he's a real person. That makes me worry. Probably not the kind of people you want making a diagnosis. My doctor either. "Your graphs are off the charts." Huh? "Take these." Skittles? "But make sure to pick out the purple ones first." Thanks to E V I L A R E S, who's so evil he's playing the supervillain in the next Bond film and has every intention of making it 007's last.

Note: Originally posted in July but moved here because the internet is cyclical and it's going around again. Entering part of the Konami code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A -- and then keep pressing A) on any page of Vogue's UK website will make a sexy velociraptor in a different hat appear and shoot across the page. I've been doing it for fifteen minutes straight. This is probably the most time I've spent on a women's fashion and lifestyle website since I was reading sex secrets on Cosmo last night. PROTIP: If a sex move you've been wanting to try is defined on Urban Dictionary, your lover probably isn't gonna be thrilled about it. Thanks to Alex, Lauren S, Matty W, Kt, carpe_ , Ford, TheDead and Michelle, who are convinced dinosaurs are the future of fashion and they are CORRECT.

This is the series of Batman graffiti that Redditor sneakylawyer (aren't they all?) found while "urban exploring" (read: smoking weed in abandoned buildings) around Belgium. Apparently all the murals were painted by a guy named Pete. Although I suppose we can't rule out the possibility they were painted by somebody else who just signed the name Pete to throw us off his trail. I do that sometimes. Like when an apartment neighbor's music is too loud I'll usually write a real passive-aggressive note then tape it to their door signed with the name and apartment number of the person who lives on the other side of them. Plus sometimes I'll fill a Ziplock bag with flour then push it half under their door in the middle of the night and stomp it. Keep going for the actual paintings.

Because, hey -- it's worth a shot, the Chinese government-run media recently released an article citing five "surprising benefits" of the smog covering its largest cities. Mmmm, air so good you can taste it. Drumroll sad trombone please:

1. It unifies the Chinese people. 2. It makes China more equal. 3. It raises citizen awareness of the cost of China's economic development. 4. It makes people funnier. 5. It makes people more knowledgeable (of things like meteorology)

LOL, your cough makes you funnier. But seriously, anybody who's ever lived in a smoggy city knows there's really only one real benefit of air pollution: the sunsets. I live in Los Angeles and a lot of times the sky is like, LASER RED before the sun goes down. So red sometimes I wonder if it's actually on fire, and it might be. Thanks to E V I L A R E S, who's so evil if he wishes his superpower was to breathe smog.

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The National Library of Norway has just announced plans to digitize its entire library of hundreds of thousands of books by the mid-2020s. A new law will require all published content in the country, in all formats and media, to be deposited in the library to be scanned and made searchable online. The finished project will be a complete record of the country’s language and literature stretching back to the Middle Ages.

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Bad news for banana lovers: the tasty fruit is on its way to becoming a thing of the past. A nasty fungus that has been decimating bananas in Asia and Australia has jumped to Jordan and Mozambique. Scientists fear that it is just a matter of time until it finds its way to Latin America, where 80% of bananas are grown. The report, released in Nature Magazine, says that “[e]xpansion of the disease worldwide could be disastrous,” meaning that we may be kissing the bananas we know and love goodbye.

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Life in today’s mega cities is both tantalizing and troublesome – and by the year 2050, the percentage of the world’s population living in cities will rise from 50 to 80%. Due this growth, the problems of loneliness, dwindling resources, climate change, economics and poor health are set to spiral. In the face of this adversity, Andreas M. Dalsgaard’s new film The Human Scale seeks to inspire a generation of city dwellers to demand better solutions and living environments.

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