5 Inspiring Speakers From the United Nations Youth Forum

Trevor Gowan2013-03-29 18:49:39 UTC

Youth representatives and young leaders in social media gathered Wednesday at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss what the future holds for young innovators.

The U.N. Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC, sponsored a series of panels centered around the campaign for Youth to "Innovate Your Future." Check out five out five of our favorite speakers in the gallery above.

The U.N. also announced the new Thunderclap campaign for youth to share their voices to inspire the world to improve lives with science, technology, innovation, and culture.

Homepage image by Trevor Gowan/Mashable

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Docked! Soyuz Takes Shortcut to Space Station

for Discovery News 2013-03-29 16:09:48 UTC

A Russian Soyuz capsule arrived in record time at the International Space Station on Thursday, shaving the standard two-day flight down to less than six hours.

The shortcut required some very precisely timed steering maneuvers, all of which occurred without problems. That positioned NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and his two Russian crewmates, Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin, to reach the station at 10:28 p.m. EDT, just five hours and 45 minutes after liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

“Everything is going good,” Vinogradov radioed to flight controllers as the Soyuz capsule neared the station.

“The closer the station, the better we feel,” he said.

On hand to meet the newcomers were station commander Chris Hadfield, with the Canadian Space Agency, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn and cosmonaut Roman Romanenko.

All previous station crews, whether flying aboard NASA’s now-retired space shuttles or on Russian Soyuz capsules, took at least two days to reach the station, which flies about 250 miles above Earth.

“In reality, it’s not very far to the space station, although with the velocities we’re talking about, it’s quite an achievement,” deputy station program manager Kirk Shireman said during a NASA interview.

Russia conducted three test flights with Progress cargo ships before clearing the Soyuz capsule carrying crew to attempt the express route.

“We’ll try it … with this crew. There are lots of things to learn and understand and then make a decision with subsequent flights whether we’ll do the four-orbit rendezvous,” Shireman said.

Meanwhile, Russian engineers already are looking into cutting the trip time to two orbits, Vinogradov said.

Aside from less time spent in the Soyuz’s extremely cramped quarters, the crew should be able to reach the station before any disquieting impacts of microgravity — nausea, dizziness, vomiting — set in.

“For the first four or five hours we are going to be fully operational, without any of the negative side-effects,” Vinogradov said during a prelaunch press conference.

The shorter trip also means biomedical experiments and equipment can reach the station sooner, improving science results.

Image courtesy of NASA/Carla Cioffi

This article originally published at Discovery News here

Topics: International Space Station, NASA, russia, space, US & World, World Discovery News is a Mashable Publishing Partner.

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Kung Fu Grandpa Will Kick You to Easter Sunday

Christine Erickson2013-03-29 19:12:41 UTC

While some people prepare for Easter inside of the grocery store, one man makes use of the space right outside of it.

A man in Richmond, Va. was practicing some Kung Fu moves in a Food Lion parking lot when a bystander couldn't help but cheer him on from afar. The enthusiastic commentator — known as Rev. Aamon R. Miller on YouTube — sets an imaginary scenario for what was happening outside of his car.

SEE ALSO: This 84-Year-Old Is No Match for Video Games

Was this man really whipping nunchucks next to his pickup truck in preparation for Easter Sunday? Probably not, but it's fun to pretend. One thing is for certain — no one is going to mess with this guy.

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Android-Powered PC Lets Parents Monitor Kids' Online Activities

Camille Bautista2013-03-29 22:07:21 UTC

When it comes to digitally-inclined children, a parent's biggest concern is safety. Kids' constant connection makes it difficult to keep track of how much time they're spending online or what content they're coming across — but one Kickstarter project is giving parents back the control.

MiiPC, a compact personal computing device, connects with most computer monitors or TV screens and lets parents track use from a mobile app. The device runs on Android's OS and each family member can utilize a separate desktop account. Check out the video, above, for more.

If your child is playing Angry Birds instead of researching a book report, you can keep them on course by specifying which apps and websites they can access. You can even log them out remotely or prevent future logins. Parents can also review a history of users' online use, and each account is personalized and can be controlled in real-time.

The idea is to provide a simple and effective way for families to take back control of online experiences, MiiPC's creators explain on the site. The PC reached its $50,000 funding goal in less than 24 hours and had raised nearly $100,000 at time of writing.

MiiPC is available for $99 with estimated shipping in August.

What do you think of MiiPC? Are there any devices or tools you use to monitor your kids online? Let us know in the comments.

Images courtesy of miiPC

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This Bra Dryer Makes Lingerie Laundry Easier

Camille Bautista2013-03-30 00:55:58 UTC

Drying bras is more complicated than you think. Pop them in the dryer and ruin the delicate pieces. Hang them on a line and you'll have to wait for hours. Luckily, one man has found the solution to our intimate first world problem with Ricasol, a bra dryer that solves your undergarment woes.

Using an infrared light to warm up the fabric, Ricasol evaporates moisture and preserves the garment's shape. To help maintain form, the warm air is close to human body temperature. The breast-shaped device dries your bra in 20 to 30 minutes on a flat surface and comes in a range of sizes.

You could just use a hair dryer for your delicates, but creators say the bra dryer takes half the time and safeguards details like lace or beading. Once you drape your bra over the panels and adjustable length straps, the appliance's control panel lets you select your bra type and amount of padding to automatically set air flow and temperature.

Alexander Farennikov designed Ricasol after a conversation with a female friend about the hardships of bra drying. Currently there's a waiting list for the device, which will cost $150-$200 once it becomes available.

Would you use this bra dryer? Let us know what you think in the comments.

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Band Hijacks Google Street View Car for Music Video

for The Daily Dot 2013-03-29 22:47:23 UTC

Gunnar & the Grizzly Boys may be the first folks to create art out of a Google Street View taping.

Unless they're lying to you. In which case they'd be just another band in the back of a pickup truck.

The Grand Rapids, Mich., sextet, an outlaw country outfit that likes "Fishing, Hunting" and "Ridin' in the Hillbilly Hummer and the Hummer Deluxe," just dropped a new music video for their Nashville name-dropping anthem "Could Be Me." In it, the band reportedly puts a friends' access to a Google Street View car to good use.

The video tracks the Grizzly Boys and a big group of their friends as they cruise down a snowy road in Michigan on the backs of three pickup trucks. Rather than appearing in standard video form, the camera's focus fades in and out, as if someone's pushing the forward arrow on a Google Street View map.

Gunnar & the Grizzly Boys say it's real—"To protect our friends at Google who bent the rules to make this video possible (and their jobs), we can't disclose when and where this was filmed," they wrote on the video's page—but a number of viewers are claiming false advertising.

"Just a camera car and clever editing," one YouTuber wrote. "Not a Google car."

"Google blurs faces, so it's fake, but entertaining," added another.

Neither Gunnar nor the Grizzly Bears returned the Daily Dot's request for comment.

Homepage image courtesy of YouTube, RobBlissCreative

This article originally published at The Daily Dot here

Topics: Entertainment, street view, Music, music video, Video, YouTube, YouTube Video Lead The Daily Dot is a Mashable publishing partner that reports on the most important and relevant topics from within, applying tried-and-true principles drawn from community journalism to the growing cultures of the Internet. This article is reprinted with the publisher's permission.

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China's Anti-Apple Smear Campaign Backfires

NowThis News 2013-03-29 17:11:59 UTC

The government of China launched a smear campaign against Apple in order to curb its popularity in favor of state-run companies. However, the Chinese people aren't biting, mocking these strategies on the Internet. In the last few years, Apple has doubled its Chinese sales.

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Topics: apple, Business, china, Gadgets, iPad, iPhone, Marketing, smear campaign, World NowThis News is video news for the mobile and social generation. It’s news, but fun. Download the free app: nowth.is/downloadforiOS

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Vine Grows the Ability to Embed Videos

Pete Pachal2013-03-29 18:53:25 UTC

Vine, with its easy way to create short GIF-like looping videos, has been a hit for Twitter, but its fans long for more features and functionality. Vine is answering that call a little bit today by adding the ability to embed Vine videos.

Previously, Vine users could embed tweets with vines, but now they'll be able to embed the Vine videos themselves, at full 600 x 600 resolution, on any website. Like so:

When you click on the Embed button on a Vine link, you can choose between a standard embed (above) or a "Postcard," which puts the Vine user's profile picture and the caption for the Vine in a white frame that surrounds the video (for standard embeds, that info appears via mouseover). For both standard and postcard embeds, you can choose between 600, 480 or 320 pixels for the resolution.

Vine revealed the upgrade in a blog post. Users can get the embed code for individual Vines either via the Vine website or through the iOS app by tapping the "..." in the lower right. The one caveat is the creator must have already shared the video outside of Vine.

How do you like how Vine is evolving? Let us know in the comments.

Image by Nina Frazier, Mashable

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