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According to a recent Forbes article, Microsoft OneNote is an edtech game-changer. Source: “It illustrates just how powerful the education technologies of the future can and will be.” – K-12 Tech Decisions
Marketplaces connect producers of value with consumers of value and collect a fee for facilitating the interaction. It’s possible to set up a marketplace in under 48 hours with commercially available consumer technology. Source: How To Launch A Digital Marketplace In Two Days | Inc.com
In yet another example of the impact of antiquated “records management” on health regulation Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality is struggling to obtain data on city’s lead service lines. Source: After news reports, state asks Flint for lead service line info | Michigan Radio
The design jobs of the future are pretty interesting – have you even heard of all of these career paths? Some surprised us. Source: What are the most important design jobs of the future? – The American Genius
The plug-in reportedly alerts users when they type in self deprecating words and phrases. Source: Just Not Sorry: Chrome plug-in to help make employees more assertive in emails
The rate of data creation today is already simply mind-boggling. And it’s speeding up more every day. IDC’s latest Digital Universe study predicts about 1.7 megabytes of new information will be created every second for every human being on the planet by 2020. Consumers create the vast majority of new data in the world today…
Concerned about what you’re sleeping on? Consumer Reports has sorted through several organic mattress labels, and we judged only a few to be meaningful. Source: Organic Mattress Labels You Can Trust – Consumer Reports
When it comes to food purity and ingredient quality, there is no golden age for us to restore. Source: There have always been shady people cutting your food with garbage | Grist
The Sony a7S II is known to have amazing performance in low light and at high ISO. To see just how powerful its low light capabilities are, a Greek photogr Source: Here’s How the Sony a7S II Compares to the Human Eye in Low Light
As has become clear in China, the economies of scale once offered by increasing the size of cities have broken down in urban agglomerations over 10 million people, where their size has now become an encumbrance to further growth, and a menace to the health and safety of their residents. Source: Around The World, The…
If you’ve ever supported a friend or family member fighting cancer or another acute, life-changing disease, you probably know about CarePages and CaringBridge. The Source: Crowd funding comes to cancer care
In an unlikely collaboration with Amazonian shamans, medical researchers seek a cure for autoimmune disease. Source: Scientists Put Shamanic Medicine Under The Microscope
Source: IBM Watson’s personality reader is creepily accurate | The Memo
Canadian startup Vitality Air is selling bottled air from the Rocky Mountains and it can’t keep up with demand from Chinese customers in smog-choked cities. Source: 4,000 Bottles of Fresh Air Shipped to China, Company Struggling to Keep Up With Demand
Audience engagement doesn’t require tricks, just a few simple speaking strategies. Source: ‘YouTube Voice:’ The linguistics behind the phenomenon | Marketplace.org
Recurrent neural network for generating stories about images Source: Generating Stories about Images — Medium
Farm Forward’s new Buying Poultry app aims to steer consumers toward turkeys (and other poultry) that fits their values. Source: Want to Find Sustainable Poultry? There’s an App for That | Civil Eats
While you may think that body language is the biggest giveaway, new research has discovered you can tell more by relying on a single cue. Source: Everything You Think You Know About Detecting Lies Is Wrong
As the U.N. climate summit in Paris gets underway this week, a French startup has launched a live map of air pollution to show which cities are suffering the worst. (Hint: Check out China!) Source: At COP 21, Plume Labs launches live map of air pollution around the world | VentureBeat | Big Data | by…
Scientists will be able to use the site to access previously sequenced genomes. Source: FDA Unveils New Site To Tailor Medical Treatment To An Individual’s DNA
Climate scientists used to think their work was key to stopping climate change. But increasingly, they’ve realized that climate science barely matters at all in the fight. Source: Climate Scientists Used to Just Get Angry. Now They’re Taking Action | WIRED
Source: New NASA satellite maps show human fingerprint on global air quality
Source: Humans Sleep More Efficiently Compared To Other Primates | Anthropology.net
It would be harder to find buzzier buzzwords these days than “Big Data” and “Smart Cities” and “Open Government.” Source: With air pollution app, Plume Labs wants to prove that big data and open government can save lives | VentureBeat | Big Data | by Chris O’Brien
The internet is an engine for turning us all into bores, says Tom Stafford. Source: BBC – Future – The web has deluded you, and don’t pretend it hasn’t
From bar furniture to noise levels, modern pubs push consumption to the max – and these design and marketing tricks have affected one generation more than most. Source: BBC – Future – Why do the British drink so much?
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