Real people doing genuinely cool things for real

[magma]

To break the utter monotony of post after post about people who say they can save humanity, but are apparently either too lazy or abject liars, how about some people who are doing fucking awesome things for real?

Elon Musk - the man behind PayPal and Tesla Cars is currently running the world's most advanced private space programme - with sights set on settling humans to Mars before our generation is dead.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 ... ocket-mars

And he's married to Tallulah Riley who went to school with a friend of mine.

[HRKRT]

Hook us up.

[theedman]

Looks pretty damn awesome

Edit* http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... -shed.html

She's sort of slightly improved an already available technology and brought it to the masses of third world countries that really need it

[firky]

Big up unpaid carers, they do it out of love and devotion and not out of duty.

[lloydnoise]

no links but a friend of mine was recently in Serbia and met a girl in her mid-twenties who has helped develop some breakthroughs for the ongoing Fusion project in France.

That's hot right?

[nicenice]

But are they harnessing the power from the resonating magnetic waves coming from the sun and applying it to jewellery so I can feel more important?

[HRKRT]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1502820.stm

dont know if this is a repost

This guy proved that kids in the slums learn better by themselves. He put computers in walls around slum projects and set the kids tasks, and they figured out how to use the internet very rapidly to discover answers. this amazing scheme is hopefully going to be used to educate children in slums around the world.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4457278.stm


Here this orchestra in Venezuela gave instruments to kids coming from impoverished backgrounds, drug addicts and youths from gangs, and created an orchestra as a means of escape for them. the scheme was so successful that its being repeated in 23 countries around the world


For the Radio 4 fam there's currently a program on the iplayer about it being rolled out into Scotland that i'm looking to check out later. Think this is one of the simplest and most amazing schemes of poverty reduction out there, and I'm considering donating my old violin that i never touch anymore to it.

[lloydnoise]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1502820.stm

dont know if this is a repost

This guy proved that kids in the slums learn better by themselves. He put computers in walls around slum projects and set the kids tasks, and they figured out how to use the internet very rapidly to discover answers. this amazing scheme is hopefully going to be used to educate children in slums around the world.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4457278.stm


Here this orchestra in Venezuela gave instruments to kids coming from impoverished backgrounds, drug addicts and youths from gangs, and created an orchestra as a means of escape for them. the scheme was so successful that its being repeated in 23 countries around the world


For the Radio 4 fam there's currently a program on the iplayer about it being rolled out into Scotland that i'm looking to check out later. Think this is one of the simplest and most amazing schemes of poverty reduction out there, and I'm considering donating my old violin that i never touch anymore to it.

wicked links, both of those make me feel warm inside

[nicenice]

Big up unpaid carers, they do it out of love and devotion and not out of duty.

People that do anything for other people without asking for anything back are amazing people.

[magma]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10836132

Nice one.

[stappard]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1502820.stm

dont know if this is a repost

This guy proved that kids in the slums learn better by themselves. He put computers in walls around slum projects and set the kids tasks, and they figured out how to use the internet very rapidly to discover answers. this amazing scheme is hopefully going to be used to educate children in slums around the world.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4457278.stm


Here this orchestra in Venezuela gave instruments to kids coming from impoverished backgrounds, drug addicts and youths from gangs, and created an orchestra as a means of escape for them. the scheme was so successful that its being repeated in 23 countries around the world


For the Radio 4 fam there's currently a program on the iplayer about it being rolled out into Scotland that i'm looking to check out later. Think this is one of the simplest and most amazing schemes of poverty reduction out there, and I'm considering donating my old violin that i never touch anymore to it.

wicked links, both of those make me feel warm inside

the results are genuinely thrilling too

[ashley]

Big up unpaid carers, they do it out of love and devotion and not out of duty.

This.

I can't even help people with their email without wanting to smash their computer to bits using their face.

Don't know how I would cope helping people with disabilities. Especially people with dementia. I think I would just cry with sympathy.

Out to carers all damn fucking day and every day. I always donate to charities (and tv programmes) that help carers get a break they deserve, especially those doing it involuntarily.

[Intended Malice]

MIT Student Develops $3 Cutting-Edge Healing Device, Field Tested in Haiti





http://www.fastcompany.com/1616025/mit- ... ping-world

This, however, would be drowned in bureaucratic red tape by the FDA before it saw the light of day in the US.

[metalboxproducts]

Parson?

[lloydnoise]

Parson?

they're probably genuinely cool in his head

[Alty]

People who give their money to charity rather than spend it on space programmes, e.g. Bill Gates

[DRTY]

people that re-home animals when stnuc decide that they no longer want them.

as was said above, people that voluntarily care for people, saints!

[metalboxproducts]

people that re-home animals when stnuc decide that they no longer want them.

as was said above, people that voluntarily care for people, saints!

Voluntary workers now have to pay for the privilege to volunteer! Slightly insulting really. Down with CRB checks!

[DRTY]

people that re-home animals when stnuc decide that they no longer want them.

as was said above, people that voluntarily care for people, saints!

Voluntary workers now have to pay for the privilege to volunteer! Slightly insulting really. Down with CRB checks!

What?!

[metalboxproducts]

Criminal Records Bureau check

http://www.crb.homeoffice.gov.uk/