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mobiquityinc.com October 26, 2012 A standard lab-coat pocket is about 8.5 inches by 7.5 inches. An iPad mini comes in at 7.87 by 5.3 inches, meaning that it is the first pocket-sized iPad (at least, if you’re into wearing lab coats) to hit the market.… http://flpbd.it/fp9Fn iPad Mini: To Doctors, Size Does Matter Related articles…
LinkedIn: The Quiet Force Transforming Biotech & Pharma Luke Timmerman, xconomy.com Luke Timmerman Mark Levin’s business is biotechnology, so it’s no surprise he knew zilch about a tech company called LinkedIn as recently as two years ago. But these days Levin sounds like he can barely do his job without… http://flpbd.it/TIANz Related articles LinkedIn: Revolutionizing…
Recruiter Job Demand Remains Strong www.recruiter.com, recruiter.com According to a new survey by WANTED Analytics, there were over 14,000 jobs posted online in September for recruiters and other staffing professionals. The number represents a 12 percent growth over September 2011, but a… http://flpbd.it/WuLdr Related articles Using Twitter As A Social Recruiting Tool (windmillnetworking.com) LinkedIn: Revolutionizing…
The Perks of Working From Home Jennifer Shore, mashable.com If you’re part of the 86% who drive to work every day, you can devise ways to lower your gas costs, save time and improve your health — by telecommuting. The current workforce totals more than 128 million people, and while eight out of 10… http://flpbd.it/nTXRQ…
Maggie Koerth-Baker, boingboing.net I really enjoyed reading a recent story in The New York Times Magazine about attempts to understand extreme longevity — the weird tendency for certain populations to have larger-than-average numbers of people who live well into their… http://flpbd.it/cEMb5 The infrastructure of longevity — a systems-level perspective of living to 100 Related articles…
New York City in post-storm darkness: photos by Randy Scott Slavin Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net NYC UNPLUGGED, a series by photographer Randy Scott Slavin documenting the darkness in New York City after Hurricane Sandy caused widespread power outages: New York City is always bright. Street lights, business marquees, ligh… http://flpbd.it/4inHF Related articles A Study of Shadows…
$40 device keeps your head from falling off your shoulders when you sleep on a plane Mark Frauenfelder, boingboing.net I can’t sleep for more than 30 minutes or so on a plane. After that, I’m awake for the duration of the flight, no matter how long it is. I wonder if this neck-propper-upper would help?…
CellScope Smartphone Device Allows Parents to Diagnose Ear Infections at Home inhabitots.com The U.S. National Library of Medicine says that ear infections are one of the most common illnesses in babies and young children. In fact, more than 3 out of 4 kids have had at least one ear infection by 3 years of age…
Investment in Digital Health Triples Over Past Year Richard MacManus, readwrite.com It’s not just mobile health (mHealth) that is growing fast. The overall digital health sector – which includes mHealth, B2B apps and consumer services such as ZocDoc – is also rapidly expanding. That’s if venture capital funding is… http://flpbd.it/eKNSC Related articles ZocDoc plans to…
TSA Taking Controversial X-Ray Scanners Out Of Big Airports And Shipping Them Off To Smaller Ones Chris Morran, consumerist.com Image from a backscatter machine According to reports, the TSA is removing backscatter full-body scanners, which use very small amounts of ionizing radiation, from major airports and replacing them with less-controversial millimeter… http://flpbd.it/CHJnN Related articles TSA…
The Sick Turn To Crowd Funding To Pay Medical Bills Eliza Barclay, npr.org Surely you’ve heard of crowd funding sites like Kickstarter that have helped thousands of filmmakers, musicians and painters leverage Facebook and Twitter to raise money for creative projects. But crowd funding isn’t just for hipste… http://flpbd.it/qq3h9 Related articles To Fund a Political…
An App To Tell You If There Are Genetically Modified Ingredients In Your Food BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com There are no laws that say companies have to tell you if they’re using genetically modified ingredients. If that doesn’t sit right with you, there’s now an app to help you sort out which foods’ genes have…
Marijuana Majority Website Highlights Celebs And Tech Leaders Who Support Pot Legalization Josh Constine, techcrunch.com Successful people, not just “lazy stoners”, want pot laws to change. That’s the message of new website Marijuana Majority, which displays over 600 influencers including Peter Thiel, Sean Parker, Paul Bucheit, and Dustin Moskovitz… http://flpbd.it/bDBXj Related articles Idaho braces for…
Book review: An Epidemic of Absence takes on the worms you’re missing Diana Gitig, arstechnica.com An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases could be co-marketed with the Thomas Rockwell’s children’s classic How to Eat Fried Worms. It begins with the author, Moises… http://flpbd.it/sV12A Related articles ‘Everything hurts’: inside the…
Daily Infographic: A Mesmerizing Map Of Water Currents On The Great Lakes By Emily Elert, popsci.com Researchers at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory borrowed some code from the designers who made this incredible wind map to create the world’s first beautiful water current map. The image above is just a snapshot—ch… http://flpbd.it/RccNm Related articles…
How Big Data Is Improving Healthcare Related articles Big Data To Become Powerful Driver Of IT Spending – Gartner (misco.co.uk) MIT Partners with hack/reduce to Bring Big Data to Healthcare (bostinno.com) New Report Shows How to Turn Big Data into Big Bucks (domo.com) Big Data Myths Persist (informationweek.com) Is Healthcare Big Data Ready For Prime…
Feds: 20% Of Weight Loss, Immune System Supplements Making False Claims Mary Beth Quirk, consumerist.com (nathanmac87) It’s not just that the federal government doesn’t want the marketers of dietary supplements to just make up what their products can do for consumers, according to a new study on the prevalence of weight loss and immune… http://flpbd.it/OJ7NI…
Check Your Genome Caleb Garling, wired.com berkeleylab/Flickr Gene mutations can predict how you’ll respond to certain substances. Here’s what genetic testing outfit 23andMe can tell you about how you might react to the drugs below. Drugs for which your 23andMe results can… http://flpbd.it/jyQOz Related articles Check Out The Geekiest Black Friday Deal Ever (GOOG) (embargozone.com)…
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