![RIP YouTube [2005-2013], The End Of An Era!](https://i0.wp.com/inventorspot.com/files/imagecache/ContentHalfWidth/blog1/Screen_shot_2013-04-01_at_2.52.41_AM.png "RIP YouTube [2005-2013], The End Of An Era!")
Man, we were all fooled. We’re being told today, YouTube was launched in
2005 with one sole goal in mind — to surface the best video of all time. It’s
taken 8 short years, but the panel of judges are now ready to get down to
brass tacks and start the hard work, which according to Google will take
10 long years hence.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, sworn off using social networks
or have been on an extended vacation, you’ve probably been stumbling
over the marriage equality symbol that’s cyberventilating its way across
Facebook and Twitter. The pink equal sign on red background, with all
it’s various permutations is now considered the de facto logo of
supporters of gay marriage. And as such, according to Chris Gayomali at theweek.com, "it ticks all the requisite checkboxes. . . it’s simple, instantly recognizable, and well, everywhere."
Everyone in the States at this point in time is very familiar with the
term "sequester" as it applies to limiting the size of the U.S. federal
budget. British Airways, on the other hand is using the concept as
originally defined — "to cause to withdraw, into seclusion." British
Airways’ latest innovation is titled, ‘Innovation Lab In The Sky,’
and their sequestration will not be limiting at all, because their plan
is to expand upon talent and opportunities, with a little help from
their friends.
Ever since July 16, 1969, the rockets that pushed Apollo 11 into the atmosphere—and mankind to the moon—have been laying at bottom of the Atlantic ocean. Jeff Bezos has been keen to get them back, and now, thanks to his hard work and vast fortune of book money, they’re seeing the light of day for the first time in decades. More »
How innovative is Apple, really? The "3 Ways Apple Actually Innovates" video takes a different approach to this question in little more than a minute.
For those who have always wondered about how those X-Ray Specs from your youth worked, here’s everything you probably never thought to ask.
It’s been said that the selection process for deciding the next Pope is
cloaked in smoke and mirrors – before the actual white smoke rises. Like
a literal interpretation of a Greek Tragedy’s ‘Deus ex Machina’ – a
seemingly difficult challenge is overcome by the intervention of God –
where divine inspiration finally saves the day. Which poses an
interesting question, might the All Mighty think the time is right fora more aggressive Social Media Pope?
The Romans were undoubtedly master engineers. They were experts at civil engineering, building roads, improving sanitation, inventing Roman concrete, and constructing aqueducts that adhere to tolerances impressive even by today’s standards. Perhaps the best evidence of their aptitude is the fact that many of those structures still stand today, almost 2000 years later. They even began dabbling in technology vastly ahead of their time. Hero of Alexandria drew up plans for a rudimentary steam engine in his Spiritalia seu Pneumatica. He called it the aeolipile. More »
You see them hanging around, here and there. They’re everywhere, part of the landscape, it seems but you never really pay close attention to them until you blow through a red one. Here’s some interesting facts about traffic lights…
Art is a product of creation. Guns are a tool of destruction. Mexican sculptor Pedro Reyes brings these two opposing forces into harmony with his unique and inspiring work.
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