links for 2007-09-24

Interesting list of sites, some on specific topics, which can be used in tandem with wikipedia

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Whatever the reason, rewards turn play into
work and work into drudgery. Worse, when rewards corrode intrinsic
motivation, workers have no other reason to put out an effort. This
pattern, in turn, confirms supervisors’ beliefs in the nee

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World’s Smallest hand stitched Teddy Bear

The world’s smallest guitar ­ carved out ofcrystalline silicon and no larger than a single cell ­has been made at Cornell to demonstrate a newtechnology that could have a variety of uses in fiberoptics, displays, sensors and electronics.

Thewhole caris no more than 4 nanometers across. That’s slightly wider than a strand of DNA.

35mm×19mm×19mm

Art in nanotechnology

Had there never been an Apple, the IBM PC may never have emerged, which then set off the tidal wave of innovation + standardization that allows us to have cheap PC technology today.