Fuel Cells, Brain Cells, and Plastic: Friday Links and Round Up

21.Nov.14
by Emily Twaddell

Greetings from the interwebs.

Dan W: Touring the showroom for the Pacific Trash Vortex

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It’s not too early to be thinking about large-scale consumerism, is it? This is simultaneously fascinating (logistically, architecturally, etc.) and depressing (for humanity, wasteful consumerism, etc.).

Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell Sedan

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The Invo team all got to see the Toyota hydrogen car at PopTech, but the windows were tinted so that no-one could see the interior. Now everyone gets a look.

The mathematician who proved why hipsters all look alike

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As a solid mid-Boomer, I found this piece especially interesting. My older brother went to Bard College, wore his hair past his shoulders and laced-up Fryes, yet he carried the WSJ all over campus. Who knew there were contratrian neurons?

Highlights from this week

Yesterday we posted The Digital Life: UX Maturity, which extends the discussion presented in our 6-week article series.

On Wednesday we posted part 1 of the UX Maturity series, “Intuition.”

Monday’s Around the Studio gave an update on the global travels of the Graphic Advocacy poster exhibit.

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Topics: Ideas, Business of Design