Olympus BioScapes 2012

An enchanting look at this year's winning scientific images captured with microscopes

Each year as part of the Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition, the world’s most impressive images and movies of life science subjects taken by microscope are put on show. The work of this year’s more than 2000 entrants delivered striking snapshots of human, plant and animal cells in brilliant light, judged on aesthetics, technique and scientific relevancy. For the first time in the competition’s nine-year …

Positively Dog Training

Masterful advice in an iPad e-book for raising obedient pups

In the right hands, a clicker and a bag of treats can work wonders on an unruly pet. “Positively Dog Training” is a digital book from Open Air Publishing that hopes to provide some teacher training for new masters in the business of sitting, staying and house-breaking. Accompanying instructional writing by author Maggie Marton are video segments starring Denise Herman, a long-time trainer who schooled …

Orp Smart Horn

Saving lives with a teched-out bike horn

Taking back the road one head-turning honk at a time, the Orp Smart Horn hopes to curb biker incidents with a redesign of the classic bike bell. Currently raising funds through Kickstarter, the “Smorn” is the brainchild of Tory Orzeck, founder of Portland’s Fuse industrial design studio, who saw a need following a sharp spike in bike-related accidents. Rising gas prices, health concerns and eco-consciousness …