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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…
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…
Clearly one of the better thinkers out there on the human-machine interface. ASIS&T 2010 Annual Meeting | Keynote Speaker. Related articles Identify Your Military Skills: ASI List (military.answers.com) Keynote Speaker, Dr. Alan Hirsch, M.D., F.A.C.P., to Present at ScentWorld 2013 (prweb.com) VideoPropulsion Ships Cost-Effective Intelligent DVB ASI to IP Gateway for Cable Headends (prweb.com) Latest…
New MS in sustainability engineering Online Engineering Master’s Degree, UW-Madison. Related articles Wisconsin must leverage its strong patent production for growth (jsonline.com) UW-Madison and UW-La Crosse again make Kiplinger’s best value list (jsonline.com) University of Wisconsin Flexible Option Opens Enrollment (prweb.com)
home — UCLA Online Master of Science in Engineering. Related articles Nanoscale capsule effectively kills cancer cells (nanowerk.com) Cyndy Garvey Sues UCLA for Master’s Program Screw Job (thehollywoodgossip.com) Tiny capsule effectively kills cancer cells (scienceblog.com) Tiny Capsule Effectively Kills Cancer Cells (bioresearchonline.com) Spelman College SpelBots Demonstrate Cutting-Edge Robotics at UCLA (prweb.com)
Engineers are boning up on behavioral science and human factors with the increasing number of professional masters degrees. Professional Master’s in Applied Systems Engineering (PMASE) | Home | Georgia Institute of Technology. Related articles Georgia Tech’s Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions Lab Receives a National Institute of Building Sciences ‘Beyond Green’ Award (prweb.com) Top-rated Colleges in Georgia…
Cool ideas for sustainable architecture from the world of mobile housing Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers • View forum – Tiny Houses on wheels.
Interesting book against the increasingly reductionist view of our lives Rage against the machine – Boston.com. Related articles Infographic: CEO Gadgets (ceo.com) This Sleep Gadget Is A Right Lark (time4sleep.com) Is ‘Gadget Paranoia’ Blowing Your Buzz? (businessinsider.com)
Blender Store. Crazy open source 3D modeling software Related articles The Best Open Source Multimedia Software: Video & Audio Editors, 3D Rendering, etc. (digitizd.com) Looking Back on One Year of RIM Open Source Repositories (devblog.blackberry.com) Open Source and the BlackBerry PlayBook OS Platform (devblog.blackberry.com) Getting to Know Open Source BlackBerry PlayBook Development (devblog.blackberry.com)
I love this program. Finally more schools are merging liberal arts and technology to make cool things.. The Grill: NYU’s Rob Faludi wants your toaster to befriend your smoke alarm. Related articles Rihanna To Visit NYU This Spring In Wake Of Students’ “Diamonds” Tribute (nyulocal.com) No More Choosing Roommates For NYU Freshmen (newyork.cbslocal.com) Large-Scale Machine…
conversation matters A recommendation of Kate Pugh Related articles The Evolution of KM from Content to Tools to True Productivity (km.iltanet.org) Chicago Vacations (orbitz.com) Maui Vacations (orbitz.com) The Green Power Hike (mexinhkeng.wordpress.com) President Obama’s State of the Union speech will stress jobs – New York Daily News (nydailynews.com)
fizy. Fizy: Simplistic Online Music Search Engine and Player Related articles Yandex the Russian Search Engine Overtakes Bing Worldwide (news.softpedia.com) Search Engine Reputation Managers Is Now Offering A Complimentary Online Reputation Audit For Businesses (prweb.com) Yandex Tops Bing, Becomes World’s Fourth Most Popular Search Engine (techweekeurope.co.uk) Bing falls to 5th global search engine, surpassed by…
Increasing research shows that for human health, ensuring that one’s digital information is deleted when no longer needed is just as important as retention. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-08/st_thompson Related articles IDC Releases Alarming Trends for the Digital Universe (brandenwilliams.com) Power and dumb machines are the biggest challenges for big data (alexrudloff.com) Librarian entrepreneurs (mbanks.typepad.com) @datamineruk: What is ‘Open…
www.wired.com Great article on the new iPad which argues it represents a major shift in communication away from the conventional computer towards an always on, always connected, keyboard-less, mouse-less, cloud based, multi-sensory, gesture based social networking device. Related articles Kindle Fire HD: 10 Critical Specs and Review of Amazon Kindle Fire 2 Revealed by Tablet…
via www.gartner.com This rather exciting conference coming up in March covers the frontiers of digital business, enterprise 2.0, cloud computing, collective intelligence and other stimulating subjects. Related articles Business Intelligence Trends | Three Upcoming BI Trends | Domo | Blog (domo.com) Worldwide AD Market To Top $9bn In 2012 – Gartner (misco.co.uk) Many CIOs moving…
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