The Scoop
time trade circle
The principle of time banks is straightforward: you complete a task for someone, and the number of hours it took to complete the task is deposited into your account. You can then “cash in” those hours whenever you want for a task someone else is offering.
So, Professor Hoffman is Running Across the Country (For the Third Time)
Physics professor Jenny Hoffman is attempting to break the Guinness world record for fastest transcontinental run by a woman.
The Warren House: A Murder-Mystery History
Indeed, Warren House contains as much history as the departments that live there.
Claim, Explained
I asked around about Claim’s business model, but no one could tell me how it worked. Why was someone willing to bankroll my PB Cup Life Alive Açai Bowl? Who were these people? The answer was Harvard Business School alumni Samuel S. Obletz and Tap Stephenson — and, spoiler alert, the answer to “why” had nothing to do with stealing data.
Two Harvard Students, Two Contrasting Approaches to Human Augmentation
Although the two concentrators may seem to be operating in parallel, their paths are quickly diverging. Beneath the auspices of human augmentation, Cai and Nguyen have fundamentally different approaches to technology, ones that will shape their futures — and perhaps ours, too.
Cai Augmentation Lab Demo
Cai performing a demo for an Augmentation Lab project meant to simulate empathy by controlling arm movements via linked electrodes.
Poetry, Politics, and Prayers: Digitizing HLS’ Prison Periodicals
HLS’ basement houses several prison periodicals housed in Harvard’s archives, and when Jessica N. Chapel found them, they were in dire need of preservation.
The Angolite
In this Christmas edition of The Angolite, the cover portrays a tree decorated with prisoners hung by ball and chain.