Category: Linguistic Search

Coursera helps to mitigate the pain of calculus with elearning

by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

Free Coursera Calculus course with hand-drawn animated materials
Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net

Robert Ghrist from Uni­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­va­nia wrote in to tell us about his new, free Cours­era course in single-variable Cal­cu­lus, which starts on Jan 7. Cal­cu­lus is one of those amaz­ing, chewy, chal­leng­ing branch­es of math, and…

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Digital tracking reveals the relation between birds and cigarette butts

by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Sustainable Design, Systems Science

What birds are doing with your cigarette butts
Maggie Koerth-Baker, boingboing.net

Nico­tine is one of nature’s bug zap­pers. Seri­ous­ly. Lots of plants have evolved to pro­duce bug-repelling chem­i­cals as part of their defense mech­a­nisms and tobac­co hap­pens to be one of those plants.

So when city-dwelling birds use the…

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A taxonomy of Mitt’s fabrications

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

A taxonomy of Mitt Romney’s lies – Salon.com
By Benjamin Wheelock, salon.com

A close look at the most diverse and resilient species this side of the Galapagos

“Jeep — now owned by the Ital­ians — is think­ing of mov­ing all pro­duc­tion to China.”

“The pres­i­dent said he’d cut the deficit in half. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, he…

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Why conservatives ignored the data

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

10 right-wingers who got the election hilariously wrong – Salon.com
By AlterNet Staff„ salon.com

So much for hunches and gut instincts. Maybe in 2016, these would-be pollsters will read Nate Silver like adults

We real­ly had a con­test between the reality-based com­mu­ni­ty, and a con­ser­v­a­tive move­ment that had con­vinced itself that…

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How information science empowered Obama’s reelection

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

When the Nerds Go Marching In
James Fallows, theatlantic.com

How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama’s reelection

The Obama cam­paign’s tech­nol­o­gists were tense and tired. It was game day and every­thing was going wrong.

Josh Thay­er…

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Creativity and social science critical to reform government gridlock

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

Innovating Policy with Creativity and Social Sciences
core77.com

Today’s glob­al finan­cial and social crises demand inno­va­tion not only in pub­lic ser­vices, but with­in the whole bureau­crat­ic, admin­is­tra­tive sys­tem of pub­lic gov­er­nance. In order to respond effec­tive­ly to a chang­ing con­text of…

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Twine: finally a device to begin the Internet of things

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy, Systems Science

On Sale At Last: Twine, Your Gateway To The Internet Of Things
By John Pavlus, fastcodesign.com

The hit Kickstarter product hopes to popularize “the Internet of things” with thoughtful product design.

A year ago, two MIT Media Lab grad­u­ates raised half a mil­lion dol­lars on Kick­starter to cre­ate Twine, a cigarette-pack-sized chunk of…

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Frog predicts tech trends of 2013

by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Metadata Masterdata

frog’s 20 Tech Trends for 2013
core77.com

Click for full-sized image. Download the full poster here.With 13 offices spread across the world, the designers, strategists and technologists that make up the world of frog have a unique global perspective on trends that effect business,…

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Google gDrive and Gmail take on Dropbox

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Gmail Facelift: New Features of Gmail
Steve Dotto, lifehack.org

Google is taking dead aim at Web 2.0 services like Dropbox as they expand the capabilities of Google Drive and integrate it more tightly with their other services like Gmail.
There is a new refined Gmail compose screen, which opens the door to…

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Designer bacteria decode your health via your poo

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Metadata Masterdata

E. chromi Designer Bacteria Will Color Your Poo According to Your Illness | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
natural run says:, inhabitat.com

E. chro­mi is an exper­i­men­tal col­lab­o­ra­tion between design­ers and sci­en­tists work­ing in the field of syn­thet­ic biol­o­gy. Royal Col­lege of Art grad­u­ates’ James King and Daisy Gins­berg, togeth­er with Uni­ver­si­ty of Cam­bridge’s…

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Cancer survivor uses social media to improve medical help

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy

Drew Olanoff, Cancer Survivor, gets Tattoo of Biggest Donor’s Twitter Handle
Jay Scott, huffingtonpost.com

The name Drew Olanoff may be one that you have heard before. If you are a twit­ter afi­ciona­do (like me!), you may have once uti­lized the hash­tag #blamedrewscancer. If you haven’t, well here are a few things you should know: after being diag­no…

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FDA approved iPhone EKG machine

by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy

This $200 iPhone Case Is An FDA-Approved EKG Machine
Co.Design, huffingtonpost.com

Most iPhone cases just pro­tect your phone from drops. If you’re get­ting fancy, it may have a fish­eye cam­era lens or a screen-printed back. But what about diag­nos­ing coro­nary heart dis­ease, arrhyth­mia, or con­gen­i­tal heart defects? The…

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