Daniel Pisani's Blog (34)

I was going through the WomenWatch, and this story caught my attention. The story was about land grabbers; residents who claim land after the passing of someone else. It's really hard to sum it up into one sentence, so allow be to elaborate. Continue

Many people are all for electronic money because of the perks they bring. And I'll be the first to admit that at the rate that we're going, we're probably going to develop a way to completely integrate real and physical money or currency in the next 10 years. Hopefully, this will be the end result. I say hopefully, because a few want to make it a completely digital system. Right now, there are so many different electronic currencies, so I'll expect that number will go up exponentially as time… Continue

So I remember looking at a copy of Maclean's while at the dentist's office, and whilst skimming through, I caught a look at an article with an idea for the future of currency. This means this isn't completely my idea, but bear with me. He (I don't know the name of the article, nor the author) explains that we can start using this system of cards with tasks (just like on Evoke) that one accomplished and signed by a witness, can be exchanged for some form of "Kudos"…

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This challenge sort of opened my perspective on currency. The most important aspect I took away from it was that the form of currency used affects the way people see money and use money.… Continue

Just throwing a random idea out there. We can be more efficient in powering our vehicles. I know many will post blogs about adding efficiency to vehicles, but I'm sure that not too many people have thought of this: Continue

I've seen this idea in an ad from a WIRED magazine maybe two to three years ago. It was a straw that converted sea water into regular drinking water. I'm not 100% if those plans came to fruition, but that sounded like an amazing idea. So the straw works by simply sucking on it ahah. It uses various filters in real time to desalt and disinfect water, although salt water tends to be less contaminated than lake water.… Continue

Hmm, these future-y ideas seem kind of funny to me. It just sounds like those essays entitled "How I spent my summer vacations", y'know, the one's that we did in first grade. Granted, I could use a vocabulary greater than that of a first grader's. Continue

Here's something really cool that I found while searching the internet: Continue

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Hahah, the title feels a bit like some sort of Beatles reunion show or something. Anyways, I saw this mission a few weeks ago, and that gave me a few weeks to think about it. Continue

After reading Exhibit A, I must admit that I had a moment of inspiration. Some of the tips were a bit corny, although true. The one that I took the most away with was 'provide skills, not just finished technologies'. Continue

My choice for my social role model is Shaffi Mathers. I recently saw his talk on corruption and how to help fight it. I decided it was especially relevant since underdeveloped countries are facing corruption such as brides everyday. Continue