Charging Your Devices With Sound?
Hey, you guys wanna get blinded with some science? South Korean engineers have found a novel way to charge your mobile phone – noise. Basically what Dr. Sang-Woo Kim and his team has found is a way to convert sound … Continue reading →
HarperCollins Plans To Publish Novel Submitted To Social Network for Teen Writers
Thanks to HarperCollins’s crowdsourced social network, one teen writer from Ireland will get the chance to see her novel, The Carrier of…
Google Aids Borders With Local Availability Tool
Early this week, Borders announced a new version of its website on which users could (sometimes) employ Google Books to preview a novel. Now, the two organizations are building on that relationship, as would-be Borders shoppers should be able use Google Product Search to determine whether a local store has a given piece of merchandise […]
Minnesota’s Governor to Hold Town Hall via Facebook
The governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty, has found a novel use for Facebook: conducting town hall meetings. On Wednesday, March 31, at 7:15 p.m. ET, the governor will use his Facebook Fan Page to make a major announcement and to gather feedback from his fans on “helping Republicans win the 2010 elections.” Facebook’s been a […]