Category: Cognitive Science UX Research

  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Technical Writing Email Discussion List Home | TechWhirl

    Technical Writing Email Discussion List Home | TechWhirl. Related articles The Insider’s Guide to Technical Writing (matthewhelmke.net) Be a warrior with Technical Communications Suite 4! (techcommgeekmom.com) Higher Education in Technical Communication- Is it worth it? (technicalwritingtoolbox.com) Technical Writing as a Calling (heroictechwriting.wordpress.com) Copyright on the Internet – Part 1 – Cooks Source (heratech.wordpress.com)

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  • Blogdigger: how to make sure your blog shows up on search

    Blogdigger : Blog Search Engine – Search Blogs. Be sure to confirm your blogs are up to date on them. See also day pop, live journal, slashdot, naymz, ziggs, findmeon, claimID, naggist, goloco.org, geni Related articles Google Launches Industrial Strength Blog Search (firstdigital.co.nz) Ping and Distribution Sites I use : BlogBuzzer (elaineossipov.wordpress.com) tgapp-smallpress 0.3.3 (pypi.python.org)…

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  • Best Credit Cards – Reviews, Offers, Applications | Card Ratings

      Best Credit Cards – Reviews, Offers, Applications | Card Ratings. best ratings site for credit cars Related articles Credit Cards Go Social & Why You Should Care (cardhub.com) The credit card to clear your overdraft – Confused.com (confused.com) Credit Card Application Study – 2012 (cardhub.com) Simple Steps to Build and Protect Credit Ratings (dailymorningcoffee.com)…

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  • Computational Linguistics: links and info

    Computational Linguistics. Related articles Can Computer Speak? (debaprasad.wordpress.com) Crossed conversations (bit-player.org) VigLink’s Principal Data Scientist Selected to Present at the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL-2012)’s TextGraph Conference Workshop (viglink.com) Translation as Object Linguistic Review (socyberty.com)

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  • CBI Social Media Pharma Conference Videos now available from Pixels and Pills

    via www.pixelsandpills.com More videos and tweets from the CBI social media conference by Pixels and Pills are now posted on their site. The importance of trust and authenticity in patient/professional/industry interaction thru new online channels is emphasized. CBI Social Media Tools Conference Agenda Related articles Upcoming Pharma Conferences: December 2012 (medmeme.com) Pharma Marketing to Physicians…

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  • Cognitive Surplus: From Couch Potato to Weekend Warrior?

    via www.wired.com Clay Shirky author of Here Comes Everybody has cranked out another book on the use of social networking, this time turning his microscope on our spare time outside of work. His theory? That the amateur, DIY collaboration made possible by social networks is now leveraging time that was previously spent vegetating in front of…

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  • EMF levels in hybrids: fact or fiction?

    A recently concern has emerged over the EMF emissions of hybrids which contain a powerful (AC) electric motor and may subject occupants to unhealthy EMF levels. However Consumer Reports conducted testing and found that in reality conventional cars often have just as high EMF levels (though from a slightly less dangerous DC motor). Mythbuster: EMF…

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  • TAP® – Thornton Adjustable Positioner: the search for usability in sleep apnea therapies

    TAP® – Thornton Adjustable Positioner :: The TAP® prevents snoring and sleep apnea.. Related articles Snoring ‘may be linked to bad behaviour’ (time4sleep.co.uk) Sleep Apnea FAQ (topdentists.com) What Are Sleep Apnea Causes? (topdentists.com) Is It Snoring or Sleep Apnea? (topdentists.com) Sleep Apnea Tied to More Brain Damage in Women Than Men (nlm.nih.gov) Understanding Sleep Apnea…

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  • SomnoMed: new oral appliances for sleep apnea to increase usability and compliance

    Sleep apnea patients have long suffered from a lack of ethnographic research and usability studies of the conventional therapy, the CPAP. Many find it very uncomfortable to use and thus compliance is low. Fortunately new research is showing that oral appliances have much higher usability. SomnoMed Home. Related articles Available Sleep Apnea Treatments (topdentists.com) Is…

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