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Due to the incredible complexity of our current healthcare reform and the challenges of explaining the need to reform it, Dan Roam has visualized it using a series of napkins… Clive Thompson on the Power of Visual Thinking | Wired Magazine | Wired.com. Related articles US Healthcare on a napkin (pharmastrategyblog.com) Drawing with Dan Roam…
Excellent even that merges marketing with social science and technology expertise. FutureM – Events Calendar. Related articles Event Recap: FutureM (grasshopper.com) 15 Email Marketing Lessons for Small Businesses from FutureM 2012 (blogs.constantcontact.com) Traditional Marketing is Dead! What’s Your Engagement Strategy? (blogs.constantcontact.com) The Future of Marketing, Part 1 #FutureM [Speakeasy #22] (blogs.constantcontact.com) Build Community for a…
A number of bug food related ventures from small dinners to larger mail order businesses are popping up in the NY and Rhode Island areas. Take http://www.smallstockfoods.com/ a company providing bug food consulting and catering. Buggy fare has been featured at the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans and at events like BugFest at the North Carolina Museum…
Schumpeter: Declining by degree | The Economist . Related articles Creative Destruction (1minutetheory.com) Is Innovation the Way Out? (theauthorportal.com) Star Trek Tractor Beams Are Here – Schumpeter Next Wave of Innovation? (armstrongeconomics.com) imabonehead: Schumpeter: Davos Man and his defects | The Economist (economist.com) Schumpeter on Keynesians (cafehayek.com) Schumpeter Never Sleeps: StumbleUpon cuts 30% of staff…
Car-sharing: Wheels when you need them | The Economist . Related articles Car2Go ups car-sharing ante by going all-electric (reviews.cnet.com) Membership opens for EV car-sharing service in San Diego (reviews.cnet.com) Your Car: Which Parts do ‘Chop Shops’ Want? (allstate.com) 2013 Nissan Juke Nismo First Look – 2013 Chicago Auto Show (automobilemag.com)
In contrast to utopian ideals of some, the Internet like most other domains of social conduct is rapidly being divided into closed networks, haves and have nots. MySpace has been branded “lower class” and in Brazil wealthier citizens are migrating to Facebook from Orkut (Google’s social network) and branding those who still use the older…
A good critique of some of the risks and issues of today’s exploding use of online social media. Jaron Lanier argues it is creating a wealth of fake, fragmented social relationships, endlessly rehashed content and demeaning true human talents. And this is coming from a hardcore techie who developed VR. However his parents relocated to New…
The problem with current speech recognition software (and why it is still maddeningly inaccurate sometimes) is that it cannot learn and receive immediate feedback from users as occurs in natural speech. Now, computational linguists are developing new approaches which allow this to happen, leading to much higher accuracy rates. Monitor: Correct me if I’m wrong……
For a long time the process of identifying suspects in criminal cases was a rather frighteningly imprecise one of line ups relying on human’s often variable ability to remember specific facial features. Now, using evolutionary and anthropometric sciences, this article shows how new software can allow identification using a gradual process of increased recognition more…
TV like all other forms of primate communication is subject to analysis by behavioral science and, in this case, linguistics shows that almost all television consists of handful of stories recycled again and again…. Scott Brown on the Building Blocks of Prime Time | Wired Magazine | Wired.com. Related articles Applied Linguistics and its Role…
Just when you thought Miller Lite was the pinnacle of the US beverage industry, the same interest in local, organic and clean tech is creeping into this sector as well with the increasing prevalence of micro distilleries. Filter: Micro-Distilleries Lead the Geek Booze Craze | Wired Magazine | Wired.com. Related articles Prichard’s Distillery Opens Their…
Nice place with a great view of the ocean. Perfect for a beer and fish sandwich after a day of kayaking on the coast… Menu | Sea Dog Brew Pub, Hull MA | Seafood, Burgers, Steaks and More!. Related articles Sea Dog pubs pop up in Florida; owner believes tourism will drive success (bangordailynews.com) Hopcat…
Robert Sapolsky a bio anthropologist is leading the search for a stress vaccine using evolutionary science. Under Pressure: The Search for a Stress Vaccine | Wired Magazine | Wired.com. Related articles Researchers create needle-free vaccine out of sugar (itv.com) Vaccine effectiveness tied to sleep habits (time4sleep.com) NaturalNews – FDA Approves First GMO Flu Vaccine Containing Reprogrammed…
The founder of Flickr has now moved on to create a new web service that will map tastes and recommendations. What You Want: Flickr Creator Spins Addictive New Web Service | Wired Magazine | Wired.com. Related articles Women In Tech: Up & Coming Female Entrepreneurs (grasshopper.com) CrowdSource CEO, Stephanie Leffler, Earns ’40 Under 40′ Nod…
via www.computerworld.com Good overview of SAAS, social computing and e-health Related articles easyJet: IT shouldn’t block business users from buying SaaS apps (computerworld.co.nz) Fujitsu Introduces Cloud Service for Senior Care (sys-con.com) Newest release of SaaS Maker™ ‘Cloud Toolkit’ Helps Entrepreneurs Build Big Software Without Venture Capital Dollars (prweb.com) How Doctors Use Social Media (medmeme.com) Online Dos…
A fundamental discovery of social sciences is that in organizations it is often individuals who communicate across organizational boundaries that hold true organizational power rather than individuals who may hold power institutionally. Well, Linkedin has just developed an app for that. There are now some neat ways to see how the power of one’s network…
I’ve been a big fan of e-Ink because it allows a very low energy cost, low EMF design for reading. However this comes with drawback for people who need monitors with higher resolutions or brightness. Now there appears to be a type of display that does both… E-Ink Is Dead, Pixel Qi’s Amazing Transflective LCD…
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