Chilean Knowledge Society, British Red Phone Box & Smart Socks
Chile, keen to become a knowledge society, creates a ministry of science
Scientists in Chile have welcomed last week’s decision by Congress to create a science ministry. Many researchers hope that a dedicated ministry will give science more prominence and better-coordinated policies—provided the ministry’s budget matches the government’s ambitions to “bring Chile towards an information and knowledge society.”
Though daunting at first, investing in public markets is one of the best ways to grow long-term wealth.
The Red Phone Box, a British Icon, Stages a Comeback
Once unwanted relics, the booths are being retooled in imaginative ways, including as cellphone repair shops, tiny cafes and defibrillator sites.
These Smart Socks Keep Tabs on People With Diabetes
Diabetes patients are at an increased risk of amputation, so Siren’s Neurofabric socks track the temperature of patients’ feet and alert them about worrying temperature differences.
The gig economy is much smaller than many people thought
Over the past decade, the much-vaunted freelance economy has spawned dozens of platforms designed to help people launch their unrealized dreams of independent work: from TaskRabbit to Fiverr to Upwork to Handy to the much-maligned Uber, to name just a handful.
One thing it doesn’t seem to have created, though, is many full-time freelancers.