This week in PopTech: Algorithms, influence and consumption
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Friday, April 29, 2011 UTC
There's always something brewing in the PopTech community. From the world-changing people, projects and ideas in our network, a handful of this week's highlights follows.
- MIT economist and co-founder of the Poverty Action Lab Esther Duflo (PopTech 2009) has been named one of TIME's 100 most influential people of 2011.
- The Curiously Complex Lifecycle of Symbion Pandora is a brand new animated CreatureCast from 2011 Science Fellow Casey Dunn and his team that features a little animal that lives on the appendages around a lobster's mouth, which the lobster actually uses to feed itself.
- Have you ever wondered about what Pop sociologist and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell (PopTech 2004, 2007) consumes for media? Wonder no more. The Atlantic Wire has the scoop.
- TechReview looks at Quid, 2010 Science Fellow Sean Gourley's project mapping innovation, and wonders if an algorithm can spot the next big thing.
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Hey Emily, Thanks for the post! This was a really fun project to make. Just wanted to point out though that lobsters don’t use Symbion pandora to feed themselves. Symbion pandora lives on lobsters’ mouthparts to feed on bits of what the lobster is eating. cheers, Nati (creaturecast contributor)
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