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  • Eco disaster redistributes tech to those in need

    Rogue Hurricane Sandy volunteers are redistributing wealth By Liat Clark, wired.co.uk Politics New York­ers weary of urban inequal­i­ty have taken it upon them­selves to pil­fer equip­ment from lux­u­ry devel­op­ment sites in the after­math of Hur­ri­cane Sandy, and redis­trib­ute it to those in need. The group is oper­at­ing… RT @WiredUK: Rogue Hurricane Sandy volunteers are redistributing…

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  • iPhones becoming your roaming physician on call

    One day smartphones will know your body better than you do By Guest Author, wired.co.uk Technology This is a guest post by Mark Cur­tis, chief client offi­cer at design con­sul­tan­cy firm Fjord. Smart­phones, tablets and the range of apps that run on these devices are trans­form­ing the health and lifestyle sec­tor, and a… RT @WiredUK:…

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  • Funf: computational social science in your pocket

    Open-source Funf platform taps into Android’s huge knowledge about you By Daniel Cossins, wired.co.uk Magazine This arti­cle was taken from the Novem­ber 2012 issue of Wired mag­a­zine. Be the first to read Wired’s arti­cles in print before they’re post­ed online, and get your hands on loads of addi­tion­al con­tent by sub­scrib­ing… http://flip.it/FiWXt Related articles Why…

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  • Bankers realize food speculation is causing global food insecurity

    Banks consider quitting food speculation due to role in global hunger By Brandon Keim, wired.co.uk Business Finan­cial giant Bar­clays is con­sid­er­ing an end to food spec­u­la­tion, a con­tro­ver­sial prac­tice linked to sud­den, dan­ger­ous spikes in glob­al food prices. Rich Ricci, head of Bar­clays’ cor­po­rate and invest­ment bank­ing… http://flip.it/eCcTF Related articles Millions face starvation as world…

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  • DIY history digitizes ethnomedical recipe books

    DIY History crowdsources the transcription of 17th century cookbooks By Carren Jao, wired.co.uk Culture “We are what we eat,” the old say­ing goes. If so, there’s no bet­ter way to digest cul­ture than to comb through painstak­ing­ly hand­writ­ten cook­books. Now, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa Libraries has made the task expo­nen­tial­ly eas­i… RT @WiredUK: DIY History…

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  • DIY history identifies forgotten bio prospecting knowledge

    How to make calves’ head soup, and other culinary treats from the past By Carren Jao, wired.co.uk Culture The Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa Libraries has made the task expo­nen­tial­ly eas­i­er with the launch of DIY His­to­ry, a crowd­sourc­ing ini­tia­tive that allows vol­un­teers to tran­scribe the Sza­th­mary Culi­nary Archives, cen­turies’ wort… http://flip.it/m6bBi Related articles BioCurious DIY BioPrinter…

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  • Google ends free Apps for Business service By Sarah Mitroff, wired.co.uk Business I kick myself for not sign­ing up for Google Apps ear­li­er. I want­ed a cus­tom email address using my web­site’s domain name and the eas­i­est option is sign­ing up for a free Google Apps for Busi­ness account. The 7-year-old ser­vice… http://flip.it/c0hiH

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  • Google ends free Apps for Business service By Sarah Mitroff, wired.co.uk Business I kick myself for not sign­ing up for Google Apps ear­li­er. I want­ed a cus­tom email address using my web­site’s domain name and the eas­i­est option is sign­ing up for a free Google Apps for Busi­ness account. The 7-year-old ser­vice… http://flip.it/c0hiH

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  • Google ends free Apps for Business service By Sarah Mitroff, wired.co.uk Business I kick myself for not sign­ing up for Google Apps ear­li­er. I want­ed a cus­tom email address using my web­site’s domain name and the eas­i­est option is sign­ing up for a free Google Apps for Busi­ness account. The 7-year-old ser­vice… http://flip.it/c0hiH

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  • Bio design used to create deceptive robots

    Deceptive robots created thanks to squirrel and bird bluffing By Philippa Warr, wired.co.uk Technology By look­ing at decep­tive behav­iours in squir­rels and birds a team at the Geor­gia Insti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy have cre­at­ed robots capa­ble of deceiv­ing one anoth­er. The military-funded project, led by Ronald Arkin of the… RT @WiredUK: Deceptive robots created thanks to…

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  • The linguistic analysis and prediction of Parkinson’s

    Max Little knows how to detect early symptoms of Parkinson’s. Just call him By Madhumita Venkataramanan, wired.co.uk Magazine This arti­cle was taken from the Decem­ber 2012 issue of Wired mag­a­zine. Be the first to read Wired’s arti­cles in print before they’re post­ed online, and get your hands on loads of addi­tion­al con­tent by sub­scrib­ing… RT…

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  • Ethnographic documentary filmmaking with a kinect

    How a Kinect hack is turning documentary film on its head By Tom Cheshire, wired.co.uk Magazine This arti­cle was taken from the Decem­ber 2012 issue of Wired mag­a­zine. Be the first to read Wired’s arti­cles in print before they’re post­ed online, and get your hands on loads of addi­tion­al con­tent by sub­scrib­ing… RT @WiredUK: How…

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