[SnipURL] Interesting Snips for week of 19 Mar, 2010

[SnipURL] Interesting Snips for week of 19 Mar, 2010

* PEPSI: "REFRESH EVERYTHING"


Crowd-sourcing for refreshing ideas. [ http://cl.lk/homeplus ]





* SHE JUST STOOD THERE

Young Chinese girl does nothing to freak the hell out of people. [ http://cl.lk/quietfreak ]





* NEW ENERGY SOURCE: NANOTECHNOLOGY

Courtesy MIT researchers. [ http://cl.lk/nanoenergy ]





* IPAD IS PRECIOUS

And forever. This version costs US$ 20,000. [ http://cl.lk/thewhatipad ]





* A NEW SOLUTION FOR BEDBUGS: GUARD DOGS

Bedbug-sniffing dogs, adorable yet stunningly accurate, are the new and

furry front line in an escalating and confounding domestic war. [ http://cl.lk/bedbugdog ]





* ARE YOU READY FOR THE TOILET OF THE FUTURE?

Potty scientists weigh the metrics. [ http://cl.lk/futureloo ]





* WHY JAPAN KEEPS FIGHTING THE WHALE WARS (AND WHY NOT)

A side of national pride makes a blubbery dinner go down a lot easier. [ http://cl.lk/notthecove ]





* MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Lady Gaga and Beyoncé in the same tripe. [ http://cl.lk/lg_telephone ]





* BEST JOBS IN AMERICA

Infographic detailing CNN's recent story. [ http://cl.lk/bestjobs_usa ]





* JAPANESE AD OF THE WEEK

Where else would you see this as 'marketing'? [ http://cl.lk/hairyhair ]





* EXIT ENVY

The big red word, the little green man, and the international war over

exit signs. [ http://cl.lk/exitsign ]





* THE EICHMANN FILES

Classified documents could be released after 50 years. [ http://cl.lk/eichmann ]





* BUILDING A BETTER TEACHER

What makes a good teacher? There have been many quests for the one

essential trait, and they have all come up empty-handed. Among the

factors that do not predict whether a teacher will succeed: a

graduate-school degree, a high score on the SAT, an extroverted

personality, politeness, confidence, warmth, enthusiasm and having

passed the teacher-certification exam on the first try. [ http://cl.lk/betterteacher ]





* CONSUMERS HEAR DIFFERENCES IN MALE, FEMALE VOICES

In marketing, men may have more impact, women are more soothing. [ http://cl.lk/vocaldiff ]

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Some interesting websites snipped in the last week:

* THE RIDDLE OF EXPERIENCE VS. MEMORY
Daniel Kahneman on TED. [ http://cl.lk/ut8u9 ]


* TILL BED DO US PART
Korean man finds a fluffy partner. [ http://cl.lk/ut8sf ]


* GOOGLE RESPONDS TO PRIVACY CONCERNS...
...with unsettlingly specific apology. [ http://cl.lk/uqyuz ]


* MISS UNIVERSE: THE SCORE
It's like they're not even trying. [ http://cl.lk/miss_universe ]


* THE SECRET ABOUT THE "CLOSE" BUTTON IN ELEVATORS
For those of who always suspected. [ http://cl.lk/udqqg ]


* WHAT'S IN A NAME
Supermarket products from around the world... [ http://cl.lk/supermkt ]


* ANTARCTICA YIELDS RELICS OF A DWARF PLANET
You might not think of rocks as hot and runny (unless you're the Human
Torch), but when you gather enough of anything together the pressure and
heat provided by gravity will melt it. [ http://cl.lk/dwarfplanet ]


* RIDICULOUS AMAZON SUGGESTS
Because Amazon is such a megastore, things sometimes get interesting. [ http://cl.lk/amz_suggests ]


* CREATIVE SIGNAGE
Romanian street warns drivers of 'drunk pedestrians'. [ http://cl.lk/drunksignage ]


* THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE
And you only get to... [ http://cl.lk/picktwo ]


* IS YOUR PHONE SMART?
Any mobile can be a "smartphone". [ http://cl.lk/smarttext ]


* TRANSFORMATIVE APPS
The goal is to place the right mobile software applications ("apps")
into the hands of warfighters as needed. [ http://cl.lk/transapps ]


* TWITPICS FROM SPACE
A Japanese astronaut shares live pics with the rest of us. [ http://cl.lk/spacetwits ]