Scanadu’s Medical Tricorder Will Measure Your Vital Signs In Seconds BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com No more searching the medicine cabinet for the thermometer or being worried that your blood pressure is too high. Just hold this device up to your temple for a moment and you can start to track your health. It was less…
The Tricorder X Prize: The Biggest Thing In Home Health Care Since The Thermometer? Cormac Foster, readwrite.com The Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize promises to turn everybody into a Doctor McCoy by 2016. It could change everything about the way we practice medicine. But are we ready for it? If you’re a redshirt thinking you might…
This Is the Real Political Map of America—We Are Not That Divided Jesus Diaz, gizmodo.com This is the real political map of the United States of America after the presidential election. A fascinating view, much different from the maps you saw that night, which showed an artificial, binary divide. But these maps… This Is the…
Dropcam Updates Their iPad App So You Can Watch Your World In Split-Screen John Biggs, techcrunch.com I’ve used a few wireless, always-on webcams in my day and I’ve found Dropcam to be the best. Suddenly, however, Dropcam just got better. Dropcam cameras connect wirelessly to the Internet, allowing you to connect to them remote… http://flpbd.it/hgblr…
New Jackar 34mm f/1.8 MFT lens. admin, 43rumors.com The Hong Kong located company Jackar Optical just announced a new 34mm f/1.8 Micro Four Thirds lens. The lens has manual and mechanical smooth focus and aperture rings. You can read full specs and more at Snapshooter.jackarlens.com. Image… http://flpbd.it/s0WzN Related articles Olympus OM-D EM-5 | Street Point…
Turn Your Smartphone Camera into a Pocketable Photographic Memory Adam Dachis, lifehacker.com Several apps exist to help you remember the many things you’d otherwise forget, but perhaps none are quite as useful and efficient as your camera. Typing takes time. Snapping a photo only takes a moment, and there are so many ways you ……
The Wealth & Health of Nations tumblr.com An interactive graphic on “The Wealth and Health of Nations” by Mike Bostock, the graphics editor at the New York Times and creator of the D3 JavaScript Data Visualization Library. This is a recreation of the famous GapMinder… http://flpbd.it/66nDz Related articles Comparing the Perception of Wealth Inequality in…
Mapping Racist Tweets in Response to President Obama’s Re-election Matthew Zook, floatingsheep.org Note: for questions about the methodology/approach of this post, see the FAQ (added 16:20 EST 11/9/2012). Note: as of 11:00 EST 11/10/2012, we have disabled commenting on this post. During the day after the 2012… http://flpbd.it/nZi5W Related articles Judge who sent racist email…