Mims's Bits

Crowd Fusion CEO Brian Alvey on the Future of Work

All of Crowd Fusion's 30+ employees work at home.

02/10/2012 Christopher Mims

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Why do you think oDesk and eLance is popular? This has been happening for years. Nothing to see here. Move along.

- jsebring 08:44 PM 02/10/2012

Potential Energy

Amyris Gives Up Making Biofuels

Humbled by production challenges, the company plans to scale back production goals, it told investors Thursday.

02/10/2012 Kevin Bullis

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Which Countries Grew the Most GM Crops in 2011?

The area used to grow genetically modified crops keeps growing, fueled by rapid increases in developing nations.

02/09/2012 Mike Orcutt

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160 Million not 160

- Talopp 10:33 PM 02/10/2012

This is all based on marketing numbers from the industry themselves. So the Guardian and Technology Review are just repeating...

- tmcmurph 10:33 AM 02/10/2012

GMO Crops are *no megatrend*. Also, consuming more and more meat from factory farm animals fed with GMO feeding stuff made of...

- petithérisson 07:28 AM 02/10/2012

arXiv blog

Ultrafast Trades Trigger Black Swan Events Every Day, Say Econophysicists

The US financial markets have suffered over 18,000 extreme price changes caused by ultrafast trading, according to a new study of market data between 2006 and 2011

02/09/2012 kfc

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Reading comprehension?  Yes, stock prices can drop 50% in a few MILLISECONDS. That's what the article is about.  And my comment...

- mesocyclone 09:37 PM 02/10/2012

That's not true.  Stocks do not jump 50% in seconds.  You also set your ask price when you want to sell, and it only sells if...

- Spicoli 08:30 PM 02/10/2012

You can't lose any money until you sell so how is anyone day trading taking it from you?  All the bouncing around averages out...

- Spicoli 08:27 PM 02/10/2012

Guest Blog

Why 3-D Printing Isn't Like Virtual Reality

Before you dismiss it as a fad, consider the evolution of 2-D printing.

01/27/2012 Tim Maly

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Now everyone can be an artist.... What a great toy... Not to mention, making reproductions... and ...counterfits.  rhansing

- rhansing 02:10 PM 02/02/2012

Whether Maly or Mims has the time frames for 3D printing right only matters to people who have to make large bets investing in...

- geo.h.adams@gmail.com 01:50 PM 02/01/2012

Isn't called 'Additive Manufacturing'? I have searched for videos and the like for 3d printing and all I could find were vids...

- jonathaned555 11:01 AM 01/31/2012

The Great Bio-Divide

At TEDMED - the gap is yawning between hopes and visions and reality in biomedicine

10/31/2011 David Ewing Duncan

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When you have top is  telling you how many kids you ought to have we have problem, Looks like they know my income. Chinese did...

- firozalimulla 05:15 PM 02/10/2012

In 1961 when Tanzania got independence, the president immediately change the Colonial policy to the Social Policy that was from...

- firozalimulla 05:18 PM 02/06/2012

What have we created surprises me. Election Sarah Palin hates Obama as she is now in FOX news, election rigging all over the...

- firozalimulla 02:22 AM 02/05/2012

Delta-V

How NASA Will Track Satellite on Collision Course with Earth

Pieces of the defunct satellite are expected to fall back to Earth, but where and when remains uncertain.

09/22/2011 Brittany Sauser

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Q1. Since tyrants will always be marginally crueler to win any power struggle, how can the good people win without surpassing...

- firozalimulla 12:37 AM 02/01/2012

Today 12th January 2011, Zanzibar was taken by the main land Tanganyika to form Tanzania; President Karume wanted all the...

- firozalimulla 03:30 PM 01/11/2012

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