Hello Bruce Sterling,
Prehistoric Facebook, lab-grown meat, candy-eating cows and a visionary new NANO Supermarket product collection: Welcome to another issue of the Next Nature Newsletter, from the website http://www.nextnature.net, where we explore the nature caused by people.
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CONTENTS
- Nano Supermarket Reveals New Product Line
- Next Nature TV: Sneak Peek
- Blog Highlights
- Job Position: Next Nature Network Seeks Zakelijk Medewerker
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NANO SUPERMARKET REVEALS NEW PRODUCT LINE
From sleek fashion to life-saving medicines, the NANO Supermarket presents nanotech products that could hit store shelves within the next decade. During Dutch Design Week, the NANO Supermarket will debut a new line of products to add to its visionary collection of speculative nanotechnologies.
These new products promise to provoke debate about the day-to-day applications of nanotechnology. Among the eleven fresh offerings are Biophilia, transgenic silkworms that weave silk scaffolding to grow human organs, and the Energy Belt, which converts excess fat into electricity. Other newcomers include glow-in-the-dark dog poop, gender-selecting condoms and a pill that turns sweat into perfume.
The NANO Supermarket bus will be at Dutch Design Week from October 20-28 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Opening event on October 20 at 15:00.
More info at http://www.nanosupermarket.org
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NEXTNATURE TV - SNEAK PEEK
We are currently test driving our new online TV channel featuring short films, lectures and other remarkable moving images on the nature caused by people. Have a sneak peak at the first episode and let us know what you think!
http://www.nextnature.net/tv/next-nature/
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BLOG HIGHLIGHTS
Cavemen Used Facebook Already
Prehistoric artwork preserves a record of a visual call-and-response between different groups of people between 4000 and 600 B.C.
http://www.nextnature.net/2012/05/cavemen-used-facebook-already/
Amazon Tribe Lacks Concept of Time
The Amondawa tribe, first contacted in 1986, doesn’t view time as independent of events.
http://www.nextnature.net/2012/07/amazon-tribe-lacks-concept-of-time/
Eating in Vitro: Meat, the Expectations
The Next Nature Lab is currently developing speculative visions of lab-grown meat. Read about why we’re doing it, and where to view our designs.
http://www.nextnature.net/2012/09/eating-in-vitro-meat-the-expectations/
As Corn Withers in the Drought, Farmers Fatten Their Cows on Candy
With corn prices soaring due to climate change, one farmer is feeding his cows on factory-discard candy.
http://www.nextnature.net/2012/08/as-corn-withers-in-the-drought-farmers-fatten-their-cows-on-candy/
Dyeing Salmon Pink for Farms and Profit
Deprived of naturally colorful foods like shrimp and plankton, the flesh of farmed salmon is normally pale. So how does their meat get so pink?
http://www.nextnature.net/2012/06/dyeing-salmon-pink-for-farms-and-profit/
Where Have All the Cucumbers Gone?
Comparing commercial seed catalogues from 1903 to 1983 reveals a staggering drop in crop diversity.
http://www.nextnature.net/2012/06/where-have-all-the-cucumbers-gone/
Plastic Junk Helps Ocean Animals (Sometimes)
Floating plastic trash in the ocean, far from being a death sentence for all animals, is playing a beneficial role for a lucky few.
http://www.nextnature.net/2012/05/plastic-junk-helps-ocean-animals-sometimes/
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JOB POSITION: NEXT NATURE NETWORK SEEKS ZAKELIJK MEDEWERKER
The Next Nature Network is seeking a business employee to help us reach the next level in the organizational game. Applicants must be fluent in Dutch and English.
For the full job description see: http://www.nextnature.net/jobs/
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The good people of NextNature.net are grateful to the TU/e, Mondriaan Foundation and Stichting Doen for their kind support.
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