Category: Linguistic Search

  • Juan Downey: Energy anthropologist and artist

    I really like this guy’s stuff. A self proclaimed “energy anthropologist” this video artist travelled deep into South America to find a primal, invisible forms of energy which he documented. Juan Downey, like all the best avant-gardists going right back to the 19th century, had a utopian streak.  He spent seven years traveling back and…

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  • Johns Hopkins researchers identify health benefits in hallucinogenic mushrooms

    Anthropology has long documented that most traditional medical systems use indigenous plants often with psychoactive, spiritual effects. Recently researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have been studying the effects of psilocybin, a chemical found in some psychedelic mushrooms, that’s credited with inducing transcendental states. Now, they say, they’ve zeroed in on the perfect…

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  • Intelligence agencies, mired in inefficiencies, begin to adopt social science and crowd sourcing methods

    As with other fields such as medicine, after years of massive costs and sometimes ineffective methods, resulting in catastrophic failures such as 9/11, new leadership at our intelligence agencies such as Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper are adopting digital and social science methods such as crowd sourcing, data science, knowledge management.  Social scientists have…

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  • Dan Zarrella: Social media science and Twitter linguistic analysis

    Dan is an interesting guy with a strong web and social networking background. He is a social media scientist and has designed a number of linguistic tools to analyze online behavior. My Bio | Dan Zarrella. Related articles Science Of Twitter 2013 (slideshare.net) 5 Proven Social Media Call-to-Action Tips [Research] (heidicohen.com) Nieman Journalism Lab &…

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  • Walk Score City Rankings: figuring out where you can live (and walk around)

    This is a great way to assess places you might want to live by how friendly they are for walking about. Boston, DC, NYC and San Fran are all tops which is encouraging but a little surprising given the crazy drivers I have encountered. Still, this probably refers to the downtown areas which feature older…

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  • Robochrist Industries: a robotic performance art troupe

    Robochrist Industries is a robotic performance art troupe and direct offshoot of Survival Research Laboratories   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robochrist_Industries Related articles A Robot With A Chainsaw! (i-programmer.info) Improv Comedy Resource Page – Costume SuperCenter (costumesupercenter.com) Lego robot teams battle it out in Sacramento (sacbee.com) New York Dance Troupe STOMP Gives Victoria A Preview (vicnews.com) First steps in appreciating performance art…

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  • If you’re going to do good science, release the code

      If you’re going to do good science, release the computer code too | Technology | guardian.co.uk.   Related articles   Berners-Lee calls for computer science education at a younger age (vg247.com) Entertainment Industries Council Inc. Celebrates the Importance of Science, Engineering and Technology during High-Tech Month with Special Interviews and Feature Reports (prweb.com) High…

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  • Alibaba.com: The world’s largest online B2B marketplace

    Manufacturers, Suppliers, Exporters & Importers from the world’s largest online B2B marketplace-Alibaba.com. As cited in the 4hour work week Related articles Alibaba boss Jack Ma to step down (bbc.co.uk) A couple of Americans in China take on Alibaba with social… and, er, customs data (pandodaily.com) Alibaba Billionaire Ma Steps Down as CEO Before Possible IPO (bloomberg.com)…

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  • Digital Anthropology becomes a science

    Using new online data sources and massive scale intelligence on social activities, this article argues that anthropology is being reinvented as a hard science. Digital Anthropology becomes a Science – broadstuff. Related articles What role does “digital” have within Anthropology? – Part I (chi.anthropology.msu.edu)

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  • Finding a good deal on a house in the Boston area with online databases

    More bang for your buck – The Boston Globe. Great comparison of Boston area towns. Some of the best deals are Stoughton which ranks in top 10 for overall ratio of cost and quality of school  (MCAS score and home cost) Related articles Valentine’s Day in Boston Offers Something for Everyone, All Weekend Long (prweb.com)…

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  • To improve drug safety, FDA should check its mixed-up files

    This is really kind of sad…To improve drug safety, FDA should check its mixed-up files – The Boston Globe. Related articles FDA Issues New Cautionary Guidelines for Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants, Parker Waichman LLP Reports (prweb.com) DrugRisk Announces Updated Information on Mirena Lawsuits (prweb.com) FDA’s Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food and Current…

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  • Mac OSX Spotlight as a file management tool

    Spotlight (software) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. a great search tool. The new emphasis on text mining of unstructured files means you can just put all your files into one large folder and then with good tagging and search find them more quickly than if they are meticulously categorized Related articles Text Analysis and Text…

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