Category: Cognitive Science

  • Black box apps record driving accidents

    (via Automotive App of the Week: Witness Driving) Related articles Study Reveals Adults Are Texting While Driving Even More Than Teens (mashable.com) Syria Used Chemical Arms Repeatedly, Israel Asserts – New York Times (nytimes.com)

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  • Driving apps reviewed: do black box apps really work?

    (via Driving apps for iPhone reviewed – black box video – What Car?)

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  • Wirecutter picks best iPad case

    Not-Horrible iPad Cases Alexander George, thewirecutter.com Some peo­ple think the iPad is so gor­geous it doesn’t need a case. I dis­agree, and my favorite over­all case is Joy Fac­to­ry’s Smart­Suit 3. (Updat­ed 17 July 2012: I recent­ly looked at a num­ber of new cases, then spoke to Flo­rence Ion,… Not-Horrible iPad Cases | The Wirecutter…

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  • Wirecutter picks best laptop

    The Best Laptop Brian Lam, thewirecutter.com It’s pret­ty clear that the 13-inch Mac­book Air is the best over­all lap­top for most peo­ple, in the minds of many review­ers. (Last Updat­ed Octo­ber 31st, 2012: Apple released a 13-inch Mac­Book Pro with reti­na dis­play ear­li­er this… The Best Laptop | The Wirecutter http://flip.it/1ChEQ http://flip.it/sM7ua Related articles Monoprice’s…

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  • Wirecutter picks best camera under a grand

    The Olympus E-PL5 is our favorite camera under $950 (So Far!) Tim Barribeau, thewirecutter.com If you’re look­ing for a cam­era that’s pock­etable but still pow­er­ful, one that can change lens­es but won’t destroy your sav­ings account, one that’s not the bot­tom of the bar­rel, nor top of the line, then there are a cou­ple of…

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  • Americans have too much stuff

    UCLA Researchers Find American Families Have Too Much Stuff and Too Little Time inhabitots.com Fam­i­lies drown­ing in too much stuff is the focus of a new book, Life at Home in the Twenty-First Cen­tu­ry: 32 Fam­i­lies Open Their Doors, by researchers at UCLA’s Cen­ter on Every­day Lives of Fam­i­lies (CELF). To get infor­ma­tion fo… RT…

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  • Finding good Usernames

    (via How to pick a good username, @eschmidt0) Related articles Quake Kills at Least 156 in China, and Thousands Are Injured – New York Times (nytimes.com) Judge Places Musharraf in Court Custody – Wall Street Journal (stream.wsj.com) Denver pot holiday bringing crowds, tight security – Houston Chronicle (chron.com) Facebook Can’t even protect your username (techgosimple.blogspot.com)

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  • Can Instagram bounce back after row?

    bbc.co.uk Will the row over usage rights have long-term damage? RT @BBCWorld: #Instagram RIP? Can Facebook’s photo-sharing site bounce back? http://flip.it/rwqmi http://flip.it/F7r79 Can Instagram bounce back after row? Related articles Free follower on instagram (slideshare.net) Was Instagram a waste of Facebook’s money? (smartbrief.com) Ten FAQ’s About Instagram (3060writingfordigitalmedia.wordpress.com) On Instagram, Chechnya’s president criticizes America’s handling…

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  • Goodbye Sparrow: 8 Alternatives to Sparrow for Email

    lifehack.org So, you were look­ing for a great alter­na­tive to Apple’s Mail.app on OS X and iOS and stum­bled upon Spar­row. It was fast, han­dled mail in a com­fort­able and famil­iar Gmail fash­ion, and was full fea­tured. It was all good until you heard th… http://flip.it/WU03e Goodbye Sparrow: 8 Alternatives to Sparrow for Email Related…

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  • 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…

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  • Talented workers bring their own devices

    Worried Workers: BYOD Or You’re SOL [Infographic] Brian Proffitt, readwrite.com It is a common perception around the world that Americans, by and large, have problems relaxing. We don’t take what little vacations we do get and increasingly use technology to blur the line between work and home life. But a new study shows that… RT…

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