Google Maps can now generate 3D feature from bird's eye view satellite images

Super impressive, no need for people to make the city 3D anymore. Now I hope they will make efficient use of the GPU to render this smoothly.

Glowsticks + toilet = awesome

A tasty meal?

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Delightful propaganda

Space Soundwaves

Finnish Education

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2011/10/31/whats-wrong-with-education-its-not-teacher-pay/ 

But there’s something wrong about that teachers’ pay point. Teachers’ pay across countries is detailed here. On a PPP basis (that is, adjusting for different prices in the different countries) teachers’ pay in Finland is half that in the US and two thirds that in the UK.

Designer vs. Engineer