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Nokia's People First, a Concept Cellphone that Encourages Hacking

Nokia's fired out some interesting concept phones this year, but this newest "People First" design centers more on the functionality of the device than its physical shape. The idea is based around what Nokia calls "three human universals of the way people think about communication" which are time, lists and people. So instead of being the standard pile of multi-option menus, the UI relies on a scrolling history list, with the most relevant and recent things popping onto the top. More »

12:10 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Kit Eaton
6,941 views, 13 comments

Latest by foureight84: you can get lazier by allowing people to code their own os for the phone. more »

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Bellavista's Biodigesting Treehouses Are Endor on Earth

Finca Bellavista is an Endor-like treehouse village in the making, with paths and platforms perched on 150-foot trees. Located six miles from Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica, this sustainable rainforest community doesn't have stupid Ewoks or shield generators, but cute monkeys, site-wide Wi-Fi with internet sat link and biodigestors running on solar power. We interviewed Erica Hogan, the co-founder, and got all the details about this amazing Star Wars-meets-Myst place, right next to the paradise of Piedras Blancas rainforest sanctuary, and some of the most stunning beaches on the planet.

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9:30 AM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Jesus Diaz
33,555 views, 38 comments

Latest by smeee: Holy crap, i grew up in that area. Pavones is one of the best places to surf in the world. If you want to get away from life, go to any beach in that area. Life is slow in Costa more »

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E3 Online Community: Bad Cameraphone Shots, Drunken Commentary

Nothing portrays the glamor and glitz of E3 better than a bunch of dudes standing around drinking and avoiding eye contact. Thanks to E3 and iMeem, we now have an official E3 PARTAY-PHOTO-WEBSITE-COOLNESS-WOW-site where we can read such exciting news as: More »

1:54 PM on Tue May 9 2006
By johnb
183 views, 1 comment