Inspired by Malcolm Gladwell's 2005 bestseller "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking," the Brooklyn Museum has launched an experiment.
By The New Yorker February 17 , 2011Inspired by Malcolm Gladwell's 2005 bestseller "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking," the Brooklyn Museum has launched an experiment.
Soria launched an experiment two years ago, attempting to farm the larvae by transplanting nests and providing abundant food sources for the ants.
At the end of the millennium, he launched an experiment that he described as the "perfect analogy of what the Internet will be": dozens of strangers living in a downtown bunker for a month, with food, drink, a full arsenal of weapons, and cameras in everywhere, including the shower and the loo.
Last year, with a grant from Gordon Moore's philanthropic foundation (Moore co-founded Intel), Prakash and some of his graduate students launched an experiment in mass microscopy, mailing fifty thousand free Foldscopes to people in more than a hundred and thirty countries, who had volunteered to test the devices.
With help from the Environmental Defence Fund, an American lobbying group, it has also launched an experiment in emissions trading within the firm to help it reach that target.If oil companies forge ahead, the momentum for change created by the UN process may survive even as bureaucrats bicker.
Last year, First Round quietly launched an experiment called the First Round Capital Common Application.
At the beginning of the year, Gunther launched an experiment in autonomy at Meddius, one of a trio of companies he runs.
For example, in January 2013 the government launched an experiment that allows a large group of existing beneficiaries to return to work without fear of ever losing their right to return to benefits.
