Jawbone Tracked Hundreds Of Thousands Of Up Users To Find The Most Sleep-Deprived States BY REBECCA GREENFIELD, fastcompany.com Jawbone anonymized sleep data from Up wearers and discovered some interesting trends about how we as a country snooze. For one, they do it better in Colorado (blame the weed?). You’d think that people would have some … Continue reading Jawbone uses big data to identify sleep deprived states
Mapping The Wealth Of U.S. ZIP Codes Shows The Haves Hiding From The Have-Nots fastcoexist.com This interactive graphic, which lets you see the economic stats for every ZIP code in the country, shows the emergence of “Super ZIPs”—communities where nearly everyone is wealthy. The Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel calls it the… http://flip.it/lf9p8 Related articles Mapping … Continue reading Visualizing the wealth of America by zip code
Is Your Pee The Right Color? [Infographic] By Kelsey D. Atherton, popsci.com Several times a day, human bodies release a stream of data about internal health. Unfortunately, the data comes analog, and so isn’t immediately accessible as useful information. Now an infographic from the Cleveland Clinic off… http://flip.it/IfZGH Related articles Is Your Pee The Right … Continue reading Infographic shows the health meaning of the color of your pee
Software Scans Journal Papers, Finds 1 In 4 Have Suspicious Images By Francie Diep, popsci.com Italian biologist Enrico Bucci originally developed his startup’s software to make scientists’ lives easier. The software is a search engine that automatically pulls images from published scientific papers. Say you’re study… http://flip.it/kf1lf
Hunt ghosts with Snooperscope smartphone night vision lens by Tim Hornyak, cnet.com This magnetic device lets you act like a creepy spy, observe nocturnal wildlife, or see Kinect infrared dots. Maybe you want to check out whatever it was that just went bump in the night. Or maybe you just want to see things in … Continue reading Snooperscope iPhone night vision lens
The 3D Scanner for Your iPad Will Digitize Reality By Alexander George, popularmechanics.com Technology Structure Sensor plugs in to any iPad and makes a detailed 3D image of your surroundings. First outfit your iPad with this smooth and appropriately futuristic-looking appendage. Then point your tablet in any direction an… http://flip.it/d6HvI Related articles Structure Sensor. A … Continue reading Structure sensor turns any iPad into a 3d scanner
New wave of online peer review and discussion tools frightens some scientists Chris Lee, arstechnica.com Sites like Publons and PubPeer hope to quicken the pace of scientific conversation. PublonsEarlier this year, I wrote a story about a new HIV/Aids detection kit that was under development. Since that time, the same group has published two more … Continue reading PubPeer, PubLons online peer review sites shake up science publication
2013 High-End Mirrorless Camera Comparison Guide Simon Crisp, gizmag.com It’s looking increasingly certain that interchangeable lens cameras have got a mirrorless future. In 2013 we’ve seen new models which can rival all but the very best of their mirrored counterparts in terms of features, build, and image quality. In… http://flip.it/YYHRA Related articles Canon launches Interchangeable … Continue reading High end mirror less cameras guide
The jobs of the future belong to data scientists and user experience designers Stacey Higginbotham, gigaom.com GE and design may not seem to go together, but as it connects its industrial products, medical devices and home appliances to the internet and rethinks its business for the connected age, the company is focusing on user interfaces … Continue reading The jobs of the future belong to data science and user experience designers
New algorithms can tell if you ride the bus, and how bad you drive Derrick Harris, gigaom.com Researchers from the University of Helsinki in Finland have developed algorithms they say are the best yet for determining how mobile phone users are getting around town — walking, driving, taking the subway or otherwise — by… http://flip.it/hxozG … Continue reading Big data can now tell how badly you drive, and if you ride
The Eye-Popping Images On Colossal Will Make Art Lovers Of Us All BY BRYAN LUFKIN, fastcompany.com Christopher Jobson’s knack for finding the most stunning, share-worthy pictures on the Internet make his site Colossal required browsing for anyone remotely interested in the visual arts. Between celebrity Twitter feuds, televised nip slips, … http://flip.it/FUUZv Related articles The … Continue reading Colossal finds most incredible images
The Simplest Way To Know What Everyone’s Doing At Work BY JANET CHOI, fastcompany.com In the modern—often remote—workplace, sharing work is essential to an efficient and collaborative team. Writing is the simple, powerful tool that can foster that culture of sharing. Here’s why. We share so much on our digital streams and fee… http://flip.it/YIFRR Related … Continue reading Why skilled writers are critical to the knowledge economy
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