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Posted at 11:20 AM ET, 05/28/2012

Is this the Web’s great Leap forward?

The next big thing on the Web may have nothing at all to do with the Web itself, but, rather, how we interact with it. The shrinking sizes of our mobile screens — combined with the growing number of things that we are asking these tiny screens to do — is leading to a massive wave of new innovation in new human-computer interfaces. If the desktop Web gave us the mouse, the mobile Web gave us the touch screen, then the next generation of tiny screens and mobile devices may give us the gesture-based interface, where our hands and fingers are able to manipulate the Web in 3D.

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Categories:  Business, Dominic Basulto, Invention, Morning Read, Technology, Video

Posted at 12:23 PM ET, 05/25/2012

A siren song, Facebook’s special, TED , Gatsby and immortality: The week that was in innovation

It’s Friday! That means it’s time for our weekly Storify wrapping up the week on Ideas@Innovations.

It’s worth noting that this is the only place to see my collection of the best in the week’s videos. Also, it's sharable, and it’s not landing in your inbox like other newsletters.

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Categories:  The Lunch Break, Video, The Arts

Posted at 10:06 AM ET, 05/25/2012

Updated: SpaceX Dragon capsule makes history; captured by international space station (Live video)

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Categories:  Morning Read, Technology, Video

Posted at 05:31 PM ET, 05/24/2012

About Nick Hanauer’s TED talk: Eric Ries on why rich people are not ‘job creators’ (Flashback)


People looking for jobs wait in line to speak with potential employers at the Brooklyn Job Fair on April 13, 2011 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (N.Y. job fair / Getty Images)

There was a bit of a dust-up last week over a TED talk — a dust-up that has carried well into this week.

The talk was delivered by Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer and ran contrary to the conventional wisdom/political talking point (depending on how you want to look at it) that the rich are “job creators.”

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Categories:  Video

Posted at 02:52 PM ET, 05/24/2012

Updated: SpaceX Dragon capsule one day closer to attachment with International Space Station

Update 2:52 p.m. : According to NASA spokesman Allard Beutel, the plan is, if SpaceX gets the go-ahead, the International Space Station is expected to use the robotic arm to retrieve the Dragon capsule at a little after 8 a.m. ET. Then the capsule is expected to attach to the station at around 11:05 a.m. Allard stressed that all times were approximate and dependent on a series of go/no go calls. Beutel provided the information on a call Thursday.

The capsule is expected to detach from the station on Thursday around 3:30 a.m. Later that morning, at about 10:30 a.m., Dragon is expected to break orbit and splashdown is scheduled for around 11:40 a.m.

The capsule will then be recovered, since part of the contract between NASA and SpaceX is that the capsule not only take cargo to the space station, but bring cargo back as well. Anything not considered critical. Allard Beutel, spokesperson for NASA.

Original post: The Dragon capsule completed its fly-by of the International Space Station on Thursday morning, executing a series of maneuvers to show that the capsule was fully under control. NASA posted video of the fly-by Thursday:

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Categories:  Invention, Video, The Lunch Break

 

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