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Your Dog Knows To Steal Food When Nobody’s Watching
By Colin Lecher, popsci.comGood news: your dog understands you! Bad news: watch the Kibbles ‘n Bits.
You’ve probably always felt like your dog understands you, and it does—well enough to work out the best way to swipe some food from you.
Researchers from the…
What The Average American Porn Star Looks Like [Infographic]
By Francie Diep, popsci.comOne man’s study of 10,000 porn actors reveals their most popular names, roles, hair color and other characteristics.
Your average American porn star, it turns out, is likely to be a brown-haired California-born woman named Nikki Lee. That’s …
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How Ikea Creates Massive Demand For The Ektorp Sofa: It Thinks About Moms
By Gregory P. Shea and Cassie A. Solomon, fastcompany.comIKEA has made very clear choices about who they will be and to whom they will matter, and why. Can you say the same for your brand?
Göran Carstedt, president of IKEA North America, summoned his top executives to a large meeting room to…
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The owner of a monkey that was confiscated by the authorities after it escaped and ran around the car park of a Canadian Ikea wants her pet back.
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Owner wants ‘Ikea monkey’ back
Deceptive robots created thanks to squirrel and bird bluffing
By Philippa Warr, wired.co.ukTechnology
By looking at deceptive behaviours in squirrels and birds a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created robots capable of deceiving one another.
The military-funded project, led by Ronald Arkin of the…
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Tiny Housetruck Video Tour
Steven, tinyhouselistings.comSeveral years ago John Labovitz realized that he wanted to live a much more simple life. He realized that living in a small (well, tiny) home would be the catalyst for the simple life he was searching for.
He began visualizing and…
Standing Desks on the Cheap: The IKEA Guide
lifehacker.comThe standing desk revolution has been rapidly spreading over the past few years, and it’s no surprise why. Switching to a standing desk can improve circulation, alleviate back pain, reduce stress, and strengthen muscles. But the…
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