Author: timbatchelder

  • Using video to re-invent education (TEDTalks)

      An excellent overview of the potential of online video to re-invent education by hedge fund analyst and creator Salman Khan.   Salman Khan: Lets use video to reinvent education | Video on TED.com.   Related articles   Let’s use video to reinvent education: Salman Khan on TED.com (ted.com) An Olympic phenom gives out gold, silver…

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  • The next killer app: Online communal wisdom should be harnessed for drug development

    It seems a no brainer at this point. But it is about time that the life science industry utilized online communal knowledge for drug development The next killer app – The Boston Globe. Related articles Killer Apps May be Confusing US (sophisticatedfinance.typepad.com) Second Screen Killer App: Predictive Gaming is the “Future of Sports Television,” Turner’s…

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  • Artificial intelligence is already here (and in control)

    Just when many were convinced of the futility of AI in the immediate future, an interesting article in Wired shows just how embedded it is in our everyday life, from flash trading to self driving cars, fraud detection and more. The difference?  Let computers accomplish tasks we don’t want to do their own way instead…

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  • Quantified Self: New Personal Informatics Community

    Check this out. Quantified Self | Self Knowledge Through Numbers. Related articles National Informatics Center of India Hacked by Code Injector and Yash (news.softpedia.com) Using Education Informatics to Improve Library Services to Doctoral Students: An Embedded Approach by Lynette Ralph (bluesyemre.com) Information Technology improves patient care and increases privacy, informatics expert says (medicalxpress.com) Health Informatics…

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  • Health problems of victims of Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear plant take years to appear

    Popular movies like the new Chernobyl film point to a disturbing trend: Many of the residents of radiation exposure such as Chernobyl and Fukushima experience long term health problems such as thyroid disease, heart disease, heart valve/vascular disease that take decades to appear leaving them disabled and requiring disability benefits but with little sources of support.…

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  • Obama State Of The Union Speech 2011 Highlights Roles of IT, Biotech, Cleantech and Education in Recovery and Competitive Advantage

      The recent address by Obama was both very well delivered and full of important content on the strategic direction our country needs to take. The President highlighted the importance of expanding our investments in clean technology, biotechnology, IT and education, while trimming inefficiencies in other areas of the economy with unclear outcomes such as…

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  • Tech hiring on upswing due to personal informatics

    Tech hiring is on upswing, but not where you’d expect – The Boston Globe. Related articles Pathology Informatics Conference Moved to May 13-16, 2014 (labsoftnews.typepad.com) National Informatics Center of India Hacked by Code Injector and Yash (news.softpedia.com) Week 1: What is Social Informatics? (taylormharvey.wordpress.com)

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  • ExL Pharmaceutical Conferences

    ExL Pharmaceutical Conferences | Pharmaceutical Meetings | Pharmaceutical Events I have spoken at these conferences and they do a great job of staying abreast of the latest in digital media, KM and health informatics in pharma and life sciences. Related articles Commercial Effectiveness Of Pharmaceutical Sales And Marketing Conference, 27-28 August 2012, Boston, MA (medicalnewstoday.com)…

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  • Computers Read the News, and Trade on It

     Wall St. Computers Read the News, and Trade on It – NYTimes.com.

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  • A Hundred Million Calls to 311 Visualized

    What a Hundred Million Calls to 311 Reveal About New York | Magazine | Wired.com. Related articles Kvetching on 311: What New Yorkers Complain About (ritholtz.com)

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  • iPad penetrates biotech/pharma with social information access

    After years of regulatory hand wringing about the theoretical risks and benefits of social media in pharma, the Apple iPad and with it an entire ecosystem of interactive apps for science and medical information professionals is now achieving mass penetration of the pharma industry. Medical-Sector Companies Arm Sales Forces With Apple IPads – WSJ.com. Related…

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  • Time 50 best inventions of 2010 features synthetic cell, biotech, ipad, software

      The 50 Best Inventions of 2010 – TIME 3-D Bioprinter Sarcasm Detection Plus one really cool new carbonator… Related articles Monsanto Partners With Synthetic Genomics Monsanto Partners With Biotech in La Jolla (utsandiego.com) Where Would You be Today Without Inventions? (english.answers.com) First biotech IPO of ’13 jumps in encouraging debut (fiercebiotech.com) This Week in…

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  • FDA final rule on safety info, but still no word on social media

    FDA issues final rule on safety information during clinical trials This is an interesting announcement and reveals to me the fact that the FDA is coming to grips with the fact that the current process for reporting adverse events needs an overhaul including refining what qualifies as an AE and how they are reported. I…

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  • High Speed Science: NIH vs. 23andMe Smackdown

    via www.wired.com Another excellent article on turning the scientific method on its head using new web based social networking data mining methods versus hypothesis/testing. For example compares the conventional approach of NIH to that of 23andMe in studying Parkinson’s which lead to a reduction in research time from 6 years to 8 months. Related articles…

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  • Philadelphia University | M.S. in Sustainable Design M.S. in Sustainable Design

    Philadelphia University | M.S. in Sustainable Design M.S. in Sustainable Design. Related articles How Design is Shaped by Purpose Sefaira Concept – collaborative sofware for sustainable design Green 101: Pratt Institute in Top 10 Most Environmentally Friendly Colleges Special Guest Post: Embedding Sustainability A Call for Paradigmatic Shift in Design Education System Job Sustainability Analysis Features:…

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  • Adobe Design Center – Galleries, articles and tips on motion and interactive design

    Adobe Design Center – Galleries, articles and tips on motion and interactive design. Related articles Brand as Context in Interaction Design Coastermatic UX for Learning: Design Guidelines for the Learner Experience Design Management 01 – The History and Emerging Future of Design by HumanCentered ♥ / HOW Interactive Design Conference Four Ways To Break Into…

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  • SonicRim | Global Design Research

    SonicRim | Global Design Research. Related articles Sharp debuts custom Feel UX for AQUOS line Is UX Strategy Fundamentally Incompatible with Agile or Lean UX? Using Neuroscience to Inform Your UX Strategy and Design UX Strategy: The Heart of User-Centered Design How to Calculate the ROI of UX Using Metrics Stakeholder Research Precedes UX Research…

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  • Hoover’s | Sales Leads, Business Contacts, and Company Information. | Business solutions from Hoovers

    Hoover’s | Sales Leads, Business Contacts, and Company Information. | Business solutions from Hoovers. Related articles Hoover’s Webinar to Help Attendees Close The Year Strong — “Sales, Prospects, And Clients: Getting Back To Face-To-Face” Hoover’s Launches Jobseeker Report, Giving Those Seeking Employment Customized Reports on Prospective Employers Hoover’s Announces Free Webinar – “Let’s Keep Talking:…

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  • Selectminds: Social Recruiting and Community Management Software

    Social Recruiting and Community Management Software. Related articles Recruitment robots need impressing How To Build A Social Recruiting Platform On Twitter How to Sync Your Social Media Recruits Going Social Increases Your Chances of Getting Hired Bullhorn Growth Surges in 1st Half of 2012 92% Of U.S. Companies Now Using Social Media For Recruitment [Infographic]…

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  • MIT Media Lab: Reality Mining

    MIT Media Lab: Reality Mining This new center, part of the MIT Human Dynamics group, studies the ways we can use millions of sensors in portable devices already in common use to actually measure human behavior in real time. So, the end of psychology, the beginning of digital anthropology. Related articles Social Robots May Gain…

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  • Mzinga, Inc. | The Leader In Social Software & Analytics Solutions

    Mzinga, Inc. | The Leader In Social Software & Analytics Solutions. another web 2.0 instant social networking market research tool Related articles OmniSocial Launched By Mzinga Insight on social software and big data analytics IDC: Analytics a $51B business by 2016 thanks to big data Big Data is a Big Confusion Webinar: Demo of Survey…

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  • Online Community Software | Leverage Software

    Online Community Software |  Software. Another instant social networking market research Related articles ASI Acquires Social Community SaaS Provider GoLightly Report: New Chat Widget Launched that Allows Websites to Leverage Facebook Anytime Bring On the Decentralized Social Networking InCrowd Seals $2.2M Series A Leveraging Service Networking – Leah Busque Talks Marketplaces in this Sharing Economy…

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