-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
I’ve been playing around with the new Google N Gram viewer and the emerging field of culturomics, the application of high-throughput data collection and analysis to the study of human culture. It’s interesting to see that Timothy was more common in 1920 and that information has grown faster than knowledge In 500 Billion Words, a New…
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…
Hilarious. Monkey Business: Can A Monkey License Its Copyrights To A News Agency? | Techdirt. Related articles Iran claims to have sent a monkey into space (thetimes.co.uk) Discounted Rates on Food and Travel Deals in Australia Now Available on DealMonkey (prweb.com)
Spotlight (software) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. a great search tool. The new emphasis on text mining of unstructured files means you can just put all your files into one large folder and then with good tagging and search find them more quickly than if they are meticulously categorized Related articles Text Analysis and Text…
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…
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…
Just when many were convinced of the futility of AI in the immediate future, an interesting article in Wired shows just how embedded it is in our everyday life, from flash trading to self driving cars, fraud detection and more. The difference? Let computers accomplish tasks we don’t want to do their own way instead…
Check this out. Quantified Self | Self Knowledge Through Numbers. Related articles National Informatics Center of India Hacked by Code Injector and Yash (news.softpedia.com) Using Education Informatics to Improve Library Services to Doctoral Students: An Embedded Approach by Lynette Ralph (bluesyemre.com) Information Technology improves patient care and increases privacy, informatics expert says (medicalxpress.com) Health Informatics…
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…
Insight Sciences 
You must be logged in to post a comment.