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<blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">Your house keys become an overview for your home. Energy consumed, current cost of energy per day, broadband allowance used and simple weather. It also serves as the screen that displays any scheduled alerts or important information relating to other items on the shelf. The bins need to be emptied and Mr Cuddles, the household pet is out and there&rsquo;s something wrong with the fridge.</blockquote>
<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://journal.benbashford.com/post/4530562245">journal.benbashford.com</a></div>
<p>My head is spinning with how cool this would be both inside and outside the home. It also seems more tied into the way people already interact with their environments than <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGwvZWyLiBU" target="_blank">Nokia's vision</a>.</p>
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</div>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Street Art by French artist Oakoak – A Collection | Street Art Utopia</title><category term="design"/><category term="streetart"/><id>http://www.discobeta.com/blog/2011/4/19/street-art-by-french-artist-oakoak-a-collection-street-art-u.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.discobeta.com/blog/2011/4/19/street-art-by-french-artist-oakoak-a-collection-street-art-u.html"/><author><name>adam stewart</name></author><published>2011-04-19T23:04:58Z</published><updated>2011-04-19T23:04:58Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<div class="posterous_autopost">
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.streetartutopia.com/?p=2314">streetartutopia.com</a></div>
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</div>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Infographic of the Day: Just How Bad Is Your Commute?</title><category term="transportation"/><category term="urban planning"/><id>http://www.discobeta.com/blog/2011/1/24/infographic-of-the-day-just-how-bad-is-your-commute.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.discobeta.com/blog/2011/1/24/infographic-of-the-day-just-how-bad-is-your-commute.html"/><author><name>adam stewart</name></author><published>2011-01-25T00:27:43Z</published><updated>2011-01-25T00:27:43Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<div class="posterous_autopost">
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<p>Nice visual that brings in distance, cost and overall number of commuters by city.</p>
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</div>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Conservation of Matter: The Fall and Rise of Boston's Elevated Subway on Vimeo</title><category term="boston"/><category term="history"/><category term="transit"/><id>http://www.discobeta.com/blog/2010/12/27/conservation-of-matter-the-fall-and-rise-of-bostons-elevated.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.discobeta.com/blog/2010/12/27/conservation-of-matter-the-fall-and-rise-of-bostons-elevated.html"/><author><name>adam stewart</name></author><published>2010-12-27T22:40:05Z</published><updated>2010-12-27T22:40:05Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<div class="posterous_autopost">
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<div>This documentary follows the journey of 100,00 tons of  steel from the Boston Elevated Subway, which was erected in 1898,  demolished in 1987, then shipped eight thousand miles away to be melted  re-formed into steel bars. These then cross the ocean again, where they  are ultimately re-fabricated into a remarkable new structure in a  surprising location.  Workers, historians, preachers, politicians, on  lookers, artists, children, architects, and astrophysicists  on two  continents address the significance of the process as it unfolds.</div>
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<div>Have a watch, if you are interested in some Boston history. I didn't  know a whole lot about the elevated Orange Line.</div>
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</div>]]></content></entry><entry><title>MBTA signage now available for...wherever</title><category term="boston"/><category term="branding"/><category term="transit"/><category term="transportation"/><id>http://www.discobeta.com/blog/2010/12/13/mbta-signage-now-available-forwherever.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.discobeta.com/blog/2010/12/13/mbta-signage-now-available-forwherever.html"/><author><name>adam stewart</name></author><published>2010-12-13T17:31:59Z</published><updated>2010-12-13T17:31:59Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<div class="posterous_autopost">
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.underground-signs.com/">underground-signs.com</a></div>
<p>The MBTA has joined New York City's MTA as part of Underground Signs' inventory. Underground Signs is selling replicas of signs in all 270 MBTA stations. For a brand that's hurting, it's an opportunity for the MBTA to get some positive perception out there about their service and build on some of the ridership gains they've seen in the last year.</p>
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<p>Who will be the first U.S. city to have something this awesome? I'm betting it's not Dallas.</p>
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</div>]]></content></entry><entry><title>The Future of the Book</title><category term="books"/><category term="digital"/><category term="trends"/><id>http://www.discobeta.com/blog/2010/9/30/the-future-of-the-book.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.discobeta.com/blog/2010/9/30/the-future-of-the-book.html"/><author><name>adam stewart</name></author><published>2010-09-30T20:51:51Z</published><updated>2010-09-30T20:51:51Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<div class="posterous_autopost">
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<p>More chatter on where the book experience is headed.  This one from IDEO.</p>
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</div>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Creating a Bike Friendly City</title><category term="biking"/><category term="copenhagen"/><category term="sustainable"/><category term="transportation"/><id>http://www.discobeta.com/blog/2010/7/14/creating-a-bike-friendly-city.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.discobeta.com/blog/2010/7/14/creating-a-bike-friendly-city.html"/><author><name>adam stewart</name></author><published>2010-07-14T20:22:56Z</published><updated>2010-07-14T20:22:56Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<div class="posterous_autopost">
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<p>37% of people in Copenhagen commute to work by bike.  Wow.</p>
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</div>]]></content></entry><entry><title>The Largest iPhone Is Powered By Windows</title><category term="apple"/><category term="humor"/><category term="microsoft"/><id>http://www.discobeta.com/blog/2010/6/30/the-largest-iphone-is-powered-by-windows.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.discobeta.com/blog/2010/6/30/the-largest-iphone-is-powered-by-windows.html"/><author><name>adam stewart</name></author><published>2010-06-30T20:43:22Z</published><updated>2010-06-30T20:43:22Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<div class="posterous_autopost">
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<p>Irony, anyone?</p>
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