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No More News
How does a democracy work without ?in-depth? news? It doesn?t. While most of the population will not care about access to high-quality news, there are always some who read to find out what?s really going on, and why. Dictatorships, totalitarian regimes and underdeveloped countries don?t have the luxury of investigative journalism, and the news-as-entertainment in highly capitalist regimes isn?t really informative either - it?s bread and circuses. An informed citizenry, said Jefferson, is necessary for a democracy to function.

A Prius can power your home in a snowstorm
The recent snow and ice storms in the northeast left hundreds of thousands of residents without power. In Harvard, Massachusetts, however, one Prius owner found a way to keep the lights and electricity going by using his hybrid as a backup generator. John Sweeney ran his fridge, freezer, wood stove fan and even his television and lights using his Prius for three days while the power was out in his town. By using an inverter to convert the car?s DC power supply into household AC, Sweeney was able to generate 120 volts The New York Times wrote about this a year ago. The battery in the Prius is able to provide an uninterrupted power supply as long as the engine turns on and off periodically to recharge it. Any car battery can be used this way, but only hybrids start automatically when they need to recharge their battery. As long as the Prius has enough fuel, it can produce three kilowatts of continuous power. That?s enough to maintain the basic household electrical needs. After three days, Mr. Sweeney?s Prius used up a mere five gallons of gas to power the electricity in the Sweeney household - a bargain and a real smart grid solution.

LoveTweet!
A small project using Twitter's API for a real-time feed of tweets with love.

Wibe7.tv
A new way to search and view videos from Youtube.

Voike
A voice blog and social media mash-up that allows you to record your voice, music, sounds words, pictures and thoughts by phone, post it in on your Voike account, blog or social networking environment like Facebook. You can also email these voice messages to others, send them to someone's phone and share them with others on Voike.

EventBox
A Mac OSX application that allows you to manage and connect with social networks in one place. Currently supporting Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, RSS, and Reddit. More to come.

Tweetree
Tweetree puts your Twitter stream in a tree so you can see the posts people are replying to in context. It also pulls in lots of external content like twitpic photos, youtube videos and more, so that you can see them right in your stream without having to click through every link your friends post.

KIDO?Z
An AIR application designed and built for kids to safely watch videos, play games and browse websites. The system blocks links, scripts and any other attempts that lead to sites and content which have not been approved, preventing them being viewed by children. [beta]

Ramamia
Web-based simple and private family sharing. Share photos, events, messages, and websites with your family.

GrabUp
Makes the process of sending screenshots or screen grabs easy and instant. Mac only.

ReviewBasics
"Content review made easy." Lets you exchange ideas and gather thoughts on creative, interactive, motion, and written content. Comment, annotate, and markup images, documents and videos.

Pingg
Free stylish online invites. Design your invitation and event web page, send via email or Pingg will print, stamp and mail it for you. Easily manage RSVPs, reminders, thank-yous and more.

answerJam
It's a community of anonymous members sharing their secrets, revealing their dreams, venting their frustration and asking and giving advice.

Maestro.fm
A social music site where you can listen to public playlists, and connect your music library to Maestro to create playlists and share with friends.

BrightKit
A Twitter toolbox to manage multiple Twitter profiles, pre-schedule tweets, and measure your success. BrightKit lets you manage your entire Twitter experience from one easy-to-use interface. [Beta]

Qu-s
Wish you had a sticky handy to jot down some notes about what you just read while surfing on the web, or write down an idea that popped into your head while on the computer. I would like to share with you, Qu-s a downloadable app for the MAC OS that can turn your Desktop into a Noteboard or buy it for $16.95.

Perkler
Perkler is all about simplifying the loyalty and rewards experience for you, the consumer. To do that they developed a bunch of features that allow you to manage your programs, find new programs and perks and connect with other perk lovers.

GlobalScholar
An online tutoring platform, where parents and students can safely connect with trusted educators who provide one-on-one tutoring, homework help or self-paced learning. "Can be used by schools and school districts to enable teachers and administrators to more efficiently and effectively create, manage and align content, assessments, curriculum, standards and supplemental learning to drive educational performance."

Gist
"Where your inbox meets the web. Control information overload. Emails, links, attachments, blog posts, news - all relevant data is organized and prioritized by contact. Rank importance and fine-tune your experience to pinpoint specific news about your most important people and companies. Be the first to know about relevant news that gives you more opportunities to reconnect."

Twitlonger
When 140 characters just isn't enough for your Tweets, you can write what you need and a link to what you said will automatically be posted to your Twitter account.

Geomoda
A new global fashion community showcasing trends and personal style. Once you're a member, you can post a photo of your daily style, your friend's outfit, someone fashionable you see on the street, or a Creative Commons photo. Members can save, comment and vote for looks they like. Request an invite on the site. [Disclosure: this is project by Emily Chang's partner, Max Kiesler, and their company, Ideacodes]

TinyAlbum
Free online photo sharing. Create albums, upload photos and share with friends, protect with private albums, and enjoy unlimited uploads.

Joblighted
Joblighted is a single page jobs aggregator. It highlights new jobs since your last visit. Filter jobs by freshness, source, location and keywords. And allows you to subscribe to filtered RSS feeds.