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Xeko
''Xeko'' is an out-of-print collectible card game revolving around endangered species. It was launched on Earthday 2006. It won the ''Creative Child Magazine'' 2006 Toy of the Year Award and the National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval in its first year. Four "Mission" sets have been released. ''Mission: Costa Rica'' and ''Mission: Madagascar'', based on biodiversity hotspots were released first. ''Mission: Indonesia'', was released in 2007, with the final release, ''Mission: China'', was released July 19, 2008. A total of thirty more missions were planned but never developed. ''Xeko'' was invented by Amy Tucker and designed by Tyler Bielman, a Seattle-based game designer. "''Xeko'' is dedicated to a bright green future and preserving some of our planet's greatest riches". In addition to attempting to raise awareness using the game itself, Matter Group (the company that produces ''Xeko'') has the following programs and processes in place: * ''Xeko'' Green Stars Program a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Tucker (game Designer)
Amy Tucker invented Xeko and established Matter Group after 12 years in high-tech and custom publishing, where she designed integrated-media programs for companies including Microsoft, Nintendo, and T-Mobile. As vice president of strategic development at Fluent Communications, Tucker crafted programs that included Microsoft’s first consumer e-commerce engine, Nintendo’s Pokémon website, and T-Mobile’s mobile content program. In 2004, Tucker took time off to travel and research, turning her creative vision and experience toward advancement in global sustainability, where she seeks to influence individuals, businesses, and policy makers in ways that support the long-term health of our planet. In 2005 Tucker founded Matter Group, an incubator for sustainability advancements, with close friend and business maven Sönny Spearman. A world traveler, artist, yogini, and snowboarder, Tucker serves on the Seattle Art Museum’s Contemporary Art Executive Council and guest teaches at Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Gagné
Michel Gagné (born 1965, Roberval, Quebec) is a Canadian cartoonist. Film Gagné studied classical animation at Sheridan College and worked for Sullivan Bluth Studios for six years, working on such films as ''An American Tail'', ''The Land Before Time'', ''All Dogs Go to Heaven'', '' Rock-A-Doodle'', and ''A Troll in Central Park''. While at Bluth's company, Gagné worked on his own short film, '' Prelude to Eden'', which was nominated for an Annie Award in 1996. After leaving Bluth, Gagné moved around and eventually settled at Warner Bros.' animation studio, where he worked on such films as ''Quest for Camelot'', ''The Iron Giant'', and ''Osmosis Jones''. More recently, Gagné designed the special effects for the Cartoon Network series '' Star Wars: Clone Wars''. He has also occasionally worked for Disney and Pixar. His short films, "Sensology", was short listed for an Academy Award in 2010. His graphic novel, ''The Saga of Rex'', is currently being adapted into an animated f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepenthes Madagascariensis
''Nepenthes madagascariensis'' (; from Madagascar) is one of two ''Nepenthes'' pitcher plant species native to Madagascar, the other being '' N. masoalensis''. Botanical history ''Nepenthes madagascariensis'' was the first ''Nepenthes'' species to be scientifically described; Étienne de Flacourt recorded it in 1658 under the name ''Amramatico''. He published a description of the plant in his seminal work ''Histoire de la Grande Isle de Madagascar''. It reads: It is a plant growing about 3 feet high which carries at the end of its leaves, which are 7 inches long, a hollow flower or fruit resembling a small vase, with its own lid, a wonderful sight. There are red ones and yellow ones, the yellow being the biggest. The inhabitants of this country are reluctant to pick the flowers, saying that if somebody does pick them in passing, it will not fail to rain that day. As to that, I and all the other Frenchmen did pick them, but it did not rain. After rain these flowers are full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matter Group
In classical physics and general chemistry, matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume. All everyday objects that can be touched are ultimately composed of atoms, which are made up of interacting subatomic particles, and in everyday as well as scientific usage, "matter" generally includes atoms and anything made up of them, and any particles (or combination of particles) that act as if they have both rest mass and volume. However it does not include massless particles such as photons, or other energy phenomena or waves such as light or heat. Matter exists in various states (also known as phases). These include classical everyday phases such as solid, liquid, and gas – for example water exists as ice, liquid water, and gaseous steam – but other states are possible, including plasma, Bose–Einstein condensates, fermionic condensates, and quark–gluon plasma. Usually atoms can be imagined as a nucleus of protons and neutrons, and a surrou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
