Check out LinkedIn today’s series The Biggest Ideas of 2013 for a variety of thoughtful posts on living happily and productively, work-life balance, business, technology, how we think and a host of other topics. They’re short and worth a look when you need a bit of inspiration or encouragement.
Henry Ford Hospital West Bloomfield greenhouse producing food – and wellness – about hospital’s new $1 million hydroponic greenhouse. Dozens of kinds of vegetables and herbs — five types of kale, 23 kinds of tomatoes, five varieties of basil, eggplants, squash, hot and sweet peppers, fresh herbs, microgreens and …
Modernists At Play – the children of mid-20th century architects and designers talk about their childhoods. From this Metropolis post: Michael Gotkin, a landscape architect who is currently writing a book on modernist play environments, says the concept of children’s play was radically reinvented by artists, architects, landscape architects, …
Bill Doyle: Treating cancer with electric fields – excellent 15-min TEDmed talk about a newly approved method for treating cancer by disrupting normal cell division. This method takes time, but it’s without side effects. A person can live their normal life while being treated.
The Top 10 Smartest European Cities – first of two posts from Co.Exist written by Boyd Cohen. The next one will be The Top 10 North American Cities, out next month. In an attempt to improve the rankings, I developed a metric called the Smart Cities Wheel, which contains six …
Why Listening Is So Much More Than Hearing – NYTimes.com – great article on the importance of hearing, why listening matters, and the role of attention, especially in the digital world. Briefly explains a bit of the neuroscience behind both. Hearing, in short, is easy. You and every other …
Texas Tech’s College of Human Sciences is partnering with Sky Factory Australia to study the “effects of virtual skylights on hospital patients.” The initial study will generate brain maps of the neural pathways and regions associated with patient’s perception of the SkyCeilings™ unique imagery. Read about it in …
Interactive tool from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “illustrates the linkages between human health and ecosystem services—benefits supplied by Nature.” It shows the relationship between an ecosystem (say, a forest), the “service” provided by that ecosystem (air filtration), and its health benefits as described in studies. Saw it on …