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Please read my latest blog post Health 2.0: Crowd-Sourcing Life Sciences on the Maxiom Group blog. Related articles NYC plays matchmaker to hook up healthcare groups with startups to commercialize tech tools (medcitynews.com) Speed dating for startups: NYC and Health 2.0 pair health organizations with entrepreneurs [GigaOM] (gigaom.com) Crowd Sourcing: The Time Has Come (pharmexec.com) How To…
I’ve been a speaker a these conferences and they do a good job of covering new developments in life science and social media. IIR USA – Events Deliver Business. Related articles Viva the Healthcare (Social) Revolution! (gigipeterkin.com) Profiles of Drug Companies “Doing it Right”: AstraZeneca (medmeme.com) #ePharma Annual Summit: leveraging innovative digital marketing strategies (pharmastrategyblog.com)…
Stanford’s Online High School Raises the Bar – NYTimes.com. Related articles StartX, Stanford’s nonprofit accelerator, nabs $800,000 funding grant (venturebeat.com) Inside Stanford’s creativity factory (management.fortune.cnn.com) The Way of the Future: Coursera (jaypgreene.com) Home Schooling As the 21st Century Model for Public Schools? (etcjournal.com) Dear Candice, I’m Sorry About The Internet – LockerGnome (lockergnome.com) The…
Recently I’ve become aware of more and more concern about the electromagnetic soup we are embedded in from all of our various gadgets. While Europe has taken a much more cautious approach on this, the USA as always, has let free enterprise rule. Here is a fairly balanced Wiki article on this topic. Needless to…
How language transformed humanity | GrrlScientist | Science | guardian.co.uk Interesting TED Video and article suggesting that language has driven all biological and cultural evolution and is our most powerful neurological social technology allowing us to implant a thought into someone’s mind without the need for surgery according to Mark Pagel. Language created social learning…
Introduced by noted anthropologist and dean Katherine Newman the graduation ceremony for JHU Krieger School of Arts and Sciences featured Thomas Lovejoy, founder of Nature series on PBS and the Biodiversity Chair at the Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment based in Washington, DC. Lovejoy noted that “human creativity is without limits” and critical…
I just returned from alumni weekend at Hamilton College and was amazed at the evolution of this school since I completed my studies there. A new science center that looks like an Apple store, expanding visibility for its expertise in writing, media and communications, a dynamic network of alumni and new e-learning platforms connecting it…
For years, other countries have been far more cautious about the impacts of electromagnetic radiation on human health than in the US and far too little is known about this as we increasingly expose ourselves to these fields. In parts of Europe for example there are much stricter regulations on exposure to EMFs than in…
Recently a YouTube video explaining the biochemistry of sugar has elevated public awareness of thousands of Americans enough to question heir intake. Much of the research, this speaker notes, points to sugar as a direct toxin, including more recent discoveries on its effect on insulin signaling and cancer. Of course anthropologists have long documented the…
Cities have been the engines of civilization for millennia, serving as places where the arts, commerce, and ideas flourish. But as we are reminded in a recent article, the close social interactions that make a city so productive also proved ideal for tuberculosis, measles, the plague, and many other diseases. In European capitals, circa 1800,…
Anthropology has long documented that most traditional medical systems use indigenous plants often with psychoactive, spiritual effects. Recently researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have been studying the effects of psilocybin, a chemical found in some psychedelic mushrooms, that’s credited with inducing transcendental states. Now, they say, they’ve zeroed in on the perfect…
Nice new center that will work to build clean energy ventures. Executive Leadership Center: Leading Clean Energy Ventures. Related articles United States Aims To Win Clean Energy Race (earthtechling.com) The New Sustainable Energy Factbook: A Strong Case for Consistent Policy (thinkprogress.org) Department of Defense: Clean Energy Tied to National Security (climateandsecurity.org) Greenpeace report urges 100%…
I’ve been using this device for some months and it is excellent for visualizing your movements including sleep habits. Fitbit. Related articles Check yourself with the new Fitbit One (bestbuymobile.com) Fitbit Ultra Wireless Activity and Sleep Tracker (bestbuymobile.com) Staying healthy is finally addicting, thanks to Fitbit! (bestbuymobile.com) Fitbit Ultra Wireless Activity Plus Sleep Tracker Review…
3D printing: The printed world | The Economist. Related articles Inhabitat’s Week in Green: LED wine sellar, a ‘Breathing Bike’ and 3D-printed embryonic stem cells (engadget.com) personalfactory: “For 3D printing we are developing a… (seattle-gadgets.tumblr.com) 3D Gun-Printing Technology is Getting Worryingly Better (gizmodo.com.au) The end of the Oyster Buffet: eventually 3D printing might kill all…
Nice idea: turn all those gym rats into power plants! The Green Revolution – Where Fitness Meets Clean, Renewable Energy. Related articles The Green Revolution. (veggiefitness.wordpress.com) Kazakhstan launches renewables push (upi.com) Could A Donut-Shaped Island Create Permanent Renewable Energy? (fastcoexist.com) In Australia, Wind Power Is Already Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels, And Solar Is Right Behind…
Most people have no idea that you can easily put biofuels into most engines in your home right now. No, your house will not smell like a MacDonalds. However I have found that while local oil company advertises they are a “green” “biofuel vendor” in truth they only put a tiny percent of biofuels in their…
Farmigo Nice new startup created by an anthro major who was VP of user experience at SAP and then decided to do something more sustainable and went on to start a web 2.0 company to help organic farmers expand their reach. Related articles Online farmer’s market enables local, subscription-based food communities (springwise.com) Farmigo takes the farmers…
These things look indestructible. Icewall One – Designers of the Igloo Satellite Cabin, PolyPod Snowcamper and other polar field equipment . Related articles Will Apple kill off the iPod Classic? (reviews.cnet.com) Line 6 Pod HD Pro? or Avid Eleven Rack? (gearslutz.com) Halley VI research station, Antarctica – review (guardian.co.uk)
This is really kind of sad…To improve drug safety, FDA should check its mixed-up files – The Boston Globe. Related articles FDA Issues New Cautionary Guidelines for Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants, Parker Waichman LLP Reports (prweb.com) DrugRisk Announces Updated Information on Mirena Lawsuits (prweb.com) FDA’s Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food and Current…
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…
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.…
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…
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)
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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