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==Internet-based Cognitive Tools==
This is an experimental web site that combines two internet based cognitive tools, Wikipedia and Slashdot, to research ideas, present them for brainstorming, and evaluate the results.

''"The best way to get great ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away."''

==Completed Stories==
[[Raising Smart Kids|The Secret to Raising Smart Kids]]

[[Active Seti|Does Active SETI Put Earth in Danger?]]

[[Can Time Slow Down?]]

[[Googling Yourself?|Googling Yourself]]

[[Google Street View|Google Street View Raises Privacy Concerns]]

[[Domains May Disappear|Domains May Disappear After Search]]

==Slash Stories==
[http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/27/0336234 First New Nuclear Plant in US in 30 years] 837  comments

[http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/22/1244216 I, Spammer] 789  comments

[http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/15/0259219 Auto Mileage Standards Raised to 35 mpg] 721  comments

[http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/13/207235 Does Active SETI Put Earth in Danger?] 644  comments

[http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/23/1839245 Crime Reduction Linked To Lead-Free Gasoline] 614  comments

[http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/29/0631258 The Secret to Raising Smart Kids] 613  comments

[http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/13/1111214 Forty Percent of All Email is Spam] 606  comments

[http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/28/1929203 Apple Makes $831 On Each AT&T iPhone] 547  comments

[http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/13/2322241 Stopping Cars With Microwave Radiation] 521  comments

[http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/01/1219256 Google Street View Raises Privacy Concerns] 520  comments

[http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/07/2221256 New Explanation For the Industrial Revolution] 504  comments

[http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/1734254 New Wonder Weed to Fuel Cars?] 484  comments

[http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/28/1334258&from=rss  How the Pentagon Got Its Shape] 473  comments

[http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/03/1049254 Database Finds Fugitive After 35 Years] 458  comments

[http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/12/169208 Can Time Slow Down?] 441  comments

[http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/08/1635219 Making War On Light Pollution] 435  comments

[http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/06/1816237 Brain Changes When Viewing Violent Media] 417  comments

[http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/12/1923203 Gangs Extort Companies With DDoS Attacks] 414  comments

[http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/18/0237221 Evidence Found for Earliest Modern Humans] 409  comments

[http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/03/1825228 NJ Blogger Fights for Anonymous Free Speech] 404  comments

[http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/30/1520203 Media Research Exec Says Music Industry Is On Its Last Legs] 401  comments