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Aerodynamic seed pods and a methane-catching cow muzzle are among the winning projects of the inaugural Terra Carta Design Lab competition, run by The Prince of Wales and former Apple designer Jony Ive. Launched last year ahead of the COP26 climate conference, the competition saw current and former students of London's Royal College of Art put forward "high-impact, low-cost solutions" for the climate crisis. The four winning projects were selected from 125 submissions and will each receive £50,000 in funding alongside personal mentorship from Ive, who is known for designing some of Apple's most iconic products, including the iPhone. He...

Many things keep me awake at night. I worry about my kids’ future. I worry about rising sea levels and declining democracies. But if I’m being honest, those worries aren’t the main cause of my insomnia. No, what robs me of the most sleep is an innocent-looking little grid of seven letters that pops up on my iPhone every day. I speak of the delightful and infuriating New York Times Spelling Bee. To be precise, it doesn’t pop up every day. That’s the problem. For some reason, the genial sadists at the New York Times puzzle section have scheduled the...

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The past several months have been busy ones for Intellifluence, even with incredibly beautiful weather. In Scottsdale, Arizona it was the tourist season with no shortage of car shows, golf tournaments, Western-themed events, and (most recently) bike week. We’ll be consistently above 100F soon in temperatures, but don’t worry about us because we’ll have the air conditioning cranked up and music blasting as we keep building the features you want in an influencer network. So what happened over the past four months? This article was first published on intellifluence.com. 4 billion aggregate audience reach. Periodically we look into the breadth...

On the ground this morning there was a light dusting of snow.  It wasn't enough to fully cover the ground, just enough to entice the dog to roll in it, as from the Spruce trees, the squirrels hovered, waiting for that handful of peanuts I would toss out every morning.  On such mornings, when I first awoke, I can't imagine that it is actually Spring, the landscape having the stillness of an unyielding force pondering a secret motive.The kitchen still smelled faintly of sweet and spice, my having baked a dozen banana chocolate chip muffins late last evening for my...