Category: Health Informatics

  • CBI Social Media Pharma Conference Videos now available from Pixels and Pills

    via www.pixelsandpills.com More videos and tweets from the CBI social media conference by Pixels and Pills are now posted on their site. The importance of trust and authenticity in patient/professional/industry interaction thru new online channels is emphasized. CBI Social Media Tools Conference Agenda Related articles Upcoming Pharma Conferences: December 2012 (medmeme.com) Pharma Marketing to Physicians…

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  • Roadkill Cook-off and Festival

    Where else can you get Smeared Hog with Ground Hog Gravy A-La-Truck, Hardtop Hare,  squirrel gravy over biscuits, teriyaki-marinated bear or deer sausage. In years past, the Food Network, the Travel Channel and the Discovery Channel have all covered this wild and wacky festival! Roadkill Cookoff And Festival.  

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  • Eat Wild Massachusetts

    Excellent site for those interested in sustainable foods. Eat Wild – Massachusetts Related articles Drivers ‘could avoid red lights’ – Confused.com (confused.com)

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  • Mass High Tech New England Technology Directory

    Great source for information on Mass high tech companies and people. New England Technology Directory | Mass High Tech. Related articles Women Launch High-Tech Firms with Less Financial Capital than Men (kauffman.org) Updated and New Research on Immigration and Entrepreneurship (growthology.org) Top 10 states for High Tech businesses (hiscoxusa.com) Startup Watch: 5 to follow (Jan.…

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  • Eataly: Olympus of Italian slow food

    Eataly is an Italian food lover’s paradise. Think IKEA crossed with Whole Foods — on three levels with nine eating areas — featuring Italian and Piemontese foods, beverages, and kitchen-related products. Open since 2007, Eataly is aligned with the Slow Food movement, a nonprofit organization founded in the 1980s that has more than 100,000 members in…

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  • Skyscape: Mobile medical resources for iOS, Android & Blackberry

    Mobile medical resources for iOS, Android & Blackberry | Skyscape. Related articles 500+ Android And iOS Apps Now Available on Appy Pie Inc (prweb.com) Home Depot abandoning BlackBerry platform in favor of Apple’s iPhone and iOS (technologynewsworldwide.com) Opinion: An Apple iOS UI redesign? Nice, but not essential (electronista.com)

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  • Gleaning for the modern age: Applying social networks to distribute surplus food

     This man has revived the traditional practice of gleaning for the modern age: recycling produce that would otherwise be thrown out from large supermarket supply chains. Boston Area Gleaners | Harvesting Against Hunger. Oakes Plimpton Wicked Local Article Related articles Frontline Online: How can you help to reduce food waste? (theecologist.org) Surplus fruit picked across…

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  • Scientists Turn Digital Code into Life

    via online.wsj.com Okay it has finally happened. Computer science has become biology and digital DNA has been used to make the first synthetic cell. The potential applications are diverse from biofuels to medicine. But what about the risks? Related articles Shakespeare’s sonnets encoded in DNA (guardian.co.uk) Huge Amounts Of Data Can Be Stored In DNA (news.sky.com)…

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  • Google Ngram Viewer: Sciences vs. Religion

    Google Ngram Viewer. Related articles Google Labs’ NGram Viewer: what we learned from 5 million books (nextlevelofnews.com) Colossal is shrinking, but massive continues to grow (diginsider.com) Optimal algorithm for finding all ngrams from a pre-defined set in a text (cs.stackexchange.com) Semantics: Ecohydrology vs. Hydroecology (snowhydro1.wordpress.com) Digital Signage in the Workplace Trends (themarlincompany.com) The Rise of…

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  • EMF levels in hybrids: fact or fiction?

    A recently concern has emerged over the EMF emissions of hybrids which contain a powerful (AC) electric motor and may subject occupants to unhealthy EMF levels. However Consumer Reports conducted testing and found that in reality conventional cars often have just as high EMF levels (though from a slightly less dangerous DC motor). Mythbuster: EMF…

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