We have some cool ideas about what Siri can do.

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On the plus side, the same market forces driving the competition for top new talent are also spurring the search for hot, young entrepreneurs with cool ideas to back.

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Ford is partnering with news outlets like The Wall Street Journal on a voice-activated app to provide the latest headlines, and with BeCouply, which suggests cool date ideas.

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It has been interesting how many disruptive and innovative products are ipad stand coming through Kickstarter, the crowd-funding site for cool, new ideas.

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We also have some great suggestions for non-consumerist gifts of time and if you're crafty, don't forget to check out our DIY guide for cool make-it-yourself gift ideas like these useful texting gloves and this curiously strong solar charger upcycled from an old Altoids tin.

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Recently, the scientific entrepreneur Nathan Myhrvold, whose company Intellectual Ventures has invested in several geoengineering ideas, said that we could cool the earth by stirring the seas.

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Other ideas include drilling into the aquifer beneath the city and pumping cool water along the tunnels (a method already used to cool the Royal Festival Hall), or installing chillers in the trains that would freeze blocks of ice while the trains were above ground which would then keep them frosty on the underground sections.

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