IBM Predicts: Cognitive Computers That Feel And Smell, Within The Next Five Years By Clay Dillow, popsci.com The computing giant’s annual list of technology predictions for the next five years foresee computers that can taste, see, smell, hear, and touch. At the end of each year, IBM releases its “5 in 5”—five technology predictions that … Continue reading IBM Predicts: Cognitive Computers That Feel And Smell
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Basis Band goes on sale, taking wearable fitness tech to the next level
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Sauna Savu – Modular Design sauna
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Stealthy Gen9 Rolls Out BioFab for Large-Scale Gene Manufacturing
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The Slow Medicine Movement
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God’s Hotel Book Review
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Magnus Nilsson’s Faviken Cookbook a How-To for the Amateur Forager
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Get instant pulse readings with iSpO2 for iPhone
Get instant pulse readings with iSpO2 for iPhone, iPad by Jennifer Van Grove, cnet.com Need a pulse check? iSpO2 — an iPhone and iPad accessory — gives you an immediate reading on your vitals. LAS VEGAS—The iSpO2 by Masimo ports the hospital checkup experience to iPhones and iPads and makes on-the-spot pulse readings… http://flip.it/wJG9a Related … Continue reading Get instant pulse readings with iSpO2 for iPhone
Lumoback Posture-Monitoring
Start-Up Behind Lumoback Posture-Monitoring Gadget Raises $5M Liz Gannes, allthingsd.com Lumo BodyTech, which makes a wearable waistband that tracks posture and movement and vibrates when the wearer slouches, has raised $5 million in Series A funding led by Madrona Venture Group. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based start-up double… http://flip.it/mi6cM Related articles Posture Police (wired.com) LUMOback Posture … Continue reading Lumoback Posture-Monitoring
New registry to tally, track burn pit illnesses among vets
‘This generation’s Agent Orange:’ New registry to tally, track burn pit illnesses among vets By Bill Briggs, NBC News contributor, nbcnews.com An American flag dangles from the Torres home, the sign of a long battle won: a new law — signed Thursday by President Barack Obama — creating a registry of U.S. service members perhaps … Continue reading New registry to tally, track burn pit illnesses among vets
How the iPhone can streamline cumbersome medical care
Top Ten Medical Uses of the iPhone internetmedicine.com (SOURCE: John Bennett MD: http://www.internetmedicine.com) December 15, 2012 The creation and widespread use of the iPhone has impacted many industries, and now has affected Medicine in many ways. In manycases the iPhone applifies the po… http://flip.it/0JXBc
Anthropological indicators of air pollution emerging: nose hair length
This Weird Map Visualizes Air Pollution as Nose Hair Length smithsonianmag.com If there’s one thing nobody wants, it’s really long nose hairs. Which is perhaps why Clean Air Asia has decided to start visualizing each person’s air pollution exposure as super-long, disgusting nose hairs. The group says: The more… This Weird Map Visualizes Air Pollution … Continue reading Anthropological indicators of air pollution emerging: nose hair length
Tweet analyzer ranks trustworthy Tweets during emergencies
Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net In “Credibility ranking of tweets during high impact events,” a paper published in the ACM’s Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Privacy and Security in Online Social Media , two Indraprastha Institute of Information… Machine-learning algorithm develops heuristics for trustworthy tweets in time of emergency Related articles Machine-learning algorithm develops heuristics … Continue reading Tweet analyzer ranks trustworthy Tweets during emergencies
Car deaths by time of day
Infographic: Showing When People Get Killed In Cars, Using Excel By Kyle VanHemert, fastcodesign.com John Nelson’s charts and maps on traffic fatalities are a reminder that a good data viz doesn’t always require graphic design chops—or software. With the abundance of data visualization projects we’ve seen over the last few years, it’s hard… RT @FastCoDesign: … Continue reading Car deaths by time of day
Transit apps and commuter happiness
Study: Transit Apps Make Us Happier Commuters By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com A study of two crowdsourcing apps suggests that a better digital infrastructure for commuters could improve urban transit overall. We know that we tend to be happiest when we’re communicating with and helping those around us. But could th… RT @FastCoDesign: Study: Transit Apps … Continue reading Transit apps and commuter happiness
Black box apps record driving accidents
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Dashboard cams a key safety feature in Russia
Why Dashboard Cams Have Become a Crucial Safety Feature for Russian Motorists core77.com Here’s an interesting example of how cultural influences have led to the ubiquitous uptake of a product design. The country in question is Russia, and the product is the dashboard cam.The Internet is awash in well-captured car crash footage, and i… RT … Continue reading Dashboard cams a key safety feature in Russia
Improving education on environmental risks and fetus
Most Doctors Fail To Warn Pregnant Patients About Environmental Risks That Could Endanger Their Fetuses Jennifer Chait, inhabitots.com Image courtesy of ShutterstockA new nationwide survey, conducted by University of California, San Francisco researchers, shows that most doctors are not informing their pregnant patients about environmental risks they may encounter while… RT @inhabitat: A troubling survey … Continue reading Improving education on environmental risks and fetus
Countries where climate change kills
The 10 Countries Where Climate Change and Pollution Is Killing the Population Timon Singh, inhabitat.com When you hear about the effects on climate change on global populations, some of the places that might immediately spring to mind might include the low-lying island of Tuvalu or Haiti, which is increasingly bearing the brunt of ever-more powerful… … Continue reading Countries where climate change kills
Sunbed tanning deaths strike teens
Teens Dying From Sunbed Tanning Curb $5 Billion Industry By Jason Gale -, bloomberg.com Teenage girls trading the risk of deadly melanoma for a year-round tan have helped spur a global backlash against the sunbed industry. Health officials from Brasilia to Sydney are banning tanning salons amid evidence that they cause… RT @BloombergNews: Teens dying … Continue reading Sunbed tanning deaths strike teens
Epic marketplace analyzes health data
How Online Marketer Peered Into People’s Health Histories bloomberg.com Photograph by Getty Images There are few things as creepy in online marketing as digging into someone’s health history, without their knowledge, to advertise to them. Yet that’s precisely what New York-based Epic Marketplace is… RT @BloombergNews: How an online marketer peered into people’s health histories … Continue reading Epic marketplace analyzes health data
Gun deaths set to surpass traffic deaths soon
American Gun Deaths to Exceed Traffic Fatalities by 2015 By Chris Christoff & Ilan Kolet -, bloomberg.com Guns and cars have long been among the leading causes of non-medical deaths in the U.S. By 2015, firearm fatalities will probably exceed traffic fatalities for the first time, based on data compiled by Bloomberg. While motor-vehicle… RT … Continue reading Gun deaths set to surpass traffic deaths soon
iPads swarm healthcare
Is Your Doctor’s iPad Good For Your Health? By Neal Ungerleider, fastcompany.com Surgeons, doctors, nurses, residents, and other medical professionals all regularly use iPads on the job. The practice has inspired a cottage industry, health care innovation, and privacy concerns. Slowly but surely, iPads are changing the fa… RT @FastCompany: Is your doctor’s iPad good … Continue reading iPads swarm healthcare
Brooklyn clinic provides direct care for freelancers
A Brooklyn Clinic For Freelancers Looks To Change The Insurance Industry BY KATHARINE GAMMON, fastcoexist.com The health insurance from the Freelancer’s Union has been a godsend to the city’s workers in the gig economy. Now it’s opened a brick and mortar doctor’s office where freelancers can go to get cutting-edge health care. In a brick … Continue reading Brooklyn clinic provides direct care for freelancers
Tim Ferriss and the quest for instant permanence
Raiding the Medicine Cabinet to Become Superhuman Peter Rubin, wired.com If you’ve read Tim Ferriss’ books, you know he’ll do almost anything to himself in the name of self-improvement. And if you thought he took this too far in The 4-Hour Workweek and The 4-Hour Body, just wait until The … Raiding the Medicine Cabinet … Continue reading Tim Ferriss and the quest for instant permanence
Personally experiencing the nightmare of health IT
Robots, iPhones, and Windows XP—a personal journey through hospital IT Sean Gallagher, arstechnica.com On the Sunday after Thanksgiving, I rushed my wife to the emergency room at Baltimore’s Sinai Hospital. What she thought was just the stomach bug du jour turned out to be a life-threatening condition that would take her to nearly every corn… … Continue reading Personally experiencing the nightmare of health IT
Visualizing cancer: it’s gone viral
Cancer Rates Around The World [Infographic] By Emily Elert, popsci.com Global patterns reveal the myth of a “disease of affluence” Cancer is often considered a “disease of affluence”—a malady that mostly afflicts people in the world’s wealthiest countries, often as a consequence of… Cancer Rates Around The World [Infographic] http://flip.it/Pc75S http://flip.it/qUUIU Related articles Light-activated, acid-producing … Continue reading Visualizing cancer: it’s gone viral
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