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President Barack Obama has scrapped US plans to return astronauts to the moon. The plan forms part of a cost saving initiative designed to reduce the country’s fiscal deficit.
Twenty years ago today, FW de Klerk addressed South Africa’s parliament and stunned it and the rest of the world by ending 41 years of Apartheid.
China has warned that its relationship with the US would suffer if American President Barack Obama were to agree to meet with exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama.
The remains of an aircraft bomb has been uncovered allegedly contradicting Israeli claims that it hadn’t attempted to bomb a flour mill in Gaza during the conflict last year.
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Tod Machover thinks the next breakthrough will come when composers can design music tailored to a listener’s brain activity.
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Imagine a performance where the furniture were characters. It’s called “Death and the Powers.”
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Tod Machover thinks back to his first composition, and describes his process for ingesting music.
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The invention behind the popular video game began with guinea pigs Yo-Yo Ma and Penn and Teller.
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Tod Machover thinks the institution emphasizes skill so much that students forget why they got into music in the first place.
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Composer Tod Machover reflects upon a childhood filled with piano lessons and computer graphics.
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A conversation with the composer and inventor at MIT Media Lab.
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One of the most intolerable hang-ups is wondering whether something will “work in the real world.” As Jason Fried explains, it’s a depressing place where everything is slow, difficult, and […]
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The founder of 37signals defines cloud computing, its role in the future of computing, and the overblown anxiety around its security.
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The founder of 37signals identifies the most promising opportunities for growth in programming.
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With its constant commotion, unnecessary meetings, and infuriating wastes of time, the modern workplace makes us all work longer, less focused hours. Jason Fried explains how we can change all […]
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The tech-capital of the US is gushing with venture capital money. The problem? Many start-ups develop too strong a penchant for “free” and never actually become businesses. Jason Fried explains […]
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The notion that advertising revenue can save content is looking increasingly untenable. Jason Fried explains why drug dealers and bakeries may have had the best business model all along.
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In a world obsessed with innovation and complexity, the value of simple solutions to essential problems is disastrously obscured.
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A conversation with the co-founder of 37signals.
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If we want to help advance a shift in the scientific community, we need to create a safe place for young people with good ideas.