Irina Papuc
Irina has a degree in Physics, and enjoys geeking out with the best of them. In her spare time, she works on an organic farm, reads comic books, and ponders the mysteries of the universe. In her unspared time, she is a writer and member of the social enterprise startup SolarCubed.
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Mars One Project: “Humans Will Live On Mars In 2023″
BY: Irina PapucIn what sounds like a page out of science fiction, Dutch entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp has his sights on sending the first humans to the Red Planet in 2023.
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IBM’s CityForward Unites Urbanites To Tackle City Issues
BY: Irina PapucUrbanist and author of the iconic city commentary The Death and Life of Great American Cities Jane Jacobs once said, “Design is people.” This philosophy of collaborative planning towards common goals resonates with IBM’s laterst philanthropic project, CityForward.com.
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Cards Against Humanity: The Party Game for Horrible People
BY: Irina PapucSelf-described as the “party game for horrible people,” Cards Against Humanity is a dark-humored, MadLibesque card game alternative not for the faint of humor.
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Kinect-Enabled Grocery Cart: Hitting A Store Near You?
BY: Irina PapucCurrently under development, the kinect-enabled grocery cart follows shoppers around the store and detects what items are placed in the cart and matches them to a pre-made shopping list.
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Can Technology Help You Develop Good Habits? These Startups Say ‘Yes’
BY: Irina PapucWhen you reach into the fridge at night for that guilt-free late night snack, do you sometimes feel watched, or detect a nagging inner voice telling you to stop?
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Kwangala Project Bridge And SolarCubed Bridge The Digital Divide In Developing World
BY: Irina PapucTechli caught up with two emerging social enterprise projects aiming to bridge communication with the developing world.
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Mocial is the New Social: Picking Howard Tullman’s Brain
BY: Irina PapucHow do we even begin to describe “mocial” to our grandparents? Could we ever really expound it? A mix of mobile + local + social, the term encompasses universal human concepts (“social,” “local,” the like) with vastly different connotations than their historical predecessors.
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Techweek Chicago 2012: This Year in Conference Swag
BY: Irina PapucLet’s face it: the only perk second to learning about awesome new startups at a tech conference is the swag, and Techweek had plenty of it. How do the goodies stack up, and what hidden messages do they reveal about the companies they represent? Also, who had the coolest swag?
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Semi Truck-Sized Camera Set to Capture Vanishing Cultures
BY: Irina PapucWhen we reflect on our childhood dreams, visions of Wild West exploits, adventures with exotic people, and working with cool magical contraptions come to mind. Dennis Manarchy is getting ready to do just that.
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Taking ‘TMI’ To a New Level: Do We Share Too Much Online? [Infographic]
BY: Irina PapucWith 800 million Facebook users worldwide and 2 billion “likes” per day, are we giving away too much online?
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Innovative Self-Replicating 3-D Printers Could Wipe Out Factories
BY: Irina PapucToday, emerging 3-D printing projects such as RepRap, Fab@Home, and UltiMaker could soon unleash a second industrial revolution, this one rendering many factories obsolete. Instead, the bulk of manufacturing could be done in the comfort of one’s home, and a broken piece is just a download and print away.
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This Is Why I’M Broke Founder Talks Bootstrapping, Reddit, And Not Buying Crap Online
BY: Irina PapucTechli caught up with Adam Freedman, founder of the online magazineThisIsWhyImBroke.com, to talk bootstrapping, reddit, and actually being frugal online.
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Does 4Chan Reflect Our Culture’s Morals When No One Is Looking?
BY: Irina PapucThe Guardian once described the 4Chan community as “lunatic, juvenile… brilliant, ridiculous and alarming.” Can we add to that racist and sexist?
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Vertical Urban Farm’s Technology Makes Food Out of Waste
BY: Irina PapucWaste equals food in John Edel’s vernacular. Edel is the founder of “The Plant,†an old meatpacking facility that will grow food sustainably while producing zero net waste.
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Emerging Startups Bridge the Gap Between Online and Offline Retail
BY: Irina PapucIn an age where the latest purchase is just a click away, several emerging startups are designing tools to bridge the gap between the real world and the ecommerce world.
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