Category: Linguistic Search

ReconJet creates Google glass competitor with Apple connections

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

Google Glass competitor ships 50K units, gets Intel investment, and hints at Apple connection
John Koetsier, venturebeat.com

Google Glass com­peti­tor Recon Jet, which bills itself as the Google Glass for ath­letes and pro­fes­sion­als, has secured an invest­ment from Intel Cap­i­tal.

In per­haps big­ger news, the com­pa­ny announced that is has already shipped 50,000…

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Academia.edu wants to publish every science article online

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

Meet Academia.edu, a startup that wants to publish every science PDF online
Christina Farr, venturebeat.com

Just a few years ago, an entre­pre­neur with a goal to pub­lish every sci­en­tif­ic research paper on the Inter­net would have seemed ambi­tious, maybe even a lit­tle crazy.

How­ev­er, with the rise of online edu­ca­tion and lead­ing…

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Workplace monitoring and email etiquette

by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Does Your Boss Spy on You?
ehow.com

by Joanna Sloame(photo: Polka Dot RF/Polka Dot/Getty Images)The Answer’s Almost Always “Yes” — Here’s What You Should KnowEveryone knows that it’s a bad idea to complain about your boss on your company email, but most people have no idea t…

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The future of biometrics is personalization and experience

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Network Science

The future of biometric data tracking isn’t about devices, it’s about experiences
Ki Mae Heussner, gigaom.com

Every­where you look these days, there seems to be yet anoth­er sensor-enabled device or mobile app that wants to mon­i­tor every­thing from your heart rate and pos­ture to your brain waves and breath­ing pat­terns.

Dr. Leslie Saxon is the found…

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Phrases to avoid in email

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

5 Phrases You Should Never Use In An Email
BY DRAKE BAER, fastcompany.com

If you want to sound like an intelligent person rather than a cliché robot, that is.

It’s way eas­i­er to rely on clichés and clap­trap in your writ­ing than to expend the ener­gy on an orig­i­nal thought—one rea­son why the 70 emails you send …

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The Internet is your new memory

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

Meet Your Future Memory, The Internet
BY SARAH KESSLER, fastcompany.com

Wearable technology could help provide a near-perfect memory of your life. But that might not be a good thing.

“Mom, what was your first date like with dad?”

Mom: “Let me show you.”

That’s how Lee Hoff­man, the cofounder of an upcom­ing app…

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Is Apple 5s 64 bit chip any better for the typical anthropologist?

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Apple’s iPhone 5s, the A7 Chip, and That 64-Bit Question
John Paczkowski, allthingsd.com

When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5s on Tues­day, the com­pa­ny tout­ed as one of its tent­pole fea­tures the 64-bit desktop-class pro­cess­ing power of its new custom-made A7 chip. “The A7 is up to twice as fast as the previous-generation sys­tem at…

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The data factory is the next industrial revolution

by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Sequoia’s Sir Michael Moritz: The ‘data factory’ is the next Industrial Revolution
Jolie O’Dell, venturebeat.com

Early Bird Tick­ets on Sale

SAN FRAN­CIS­CO — Com­pu­ta­tion power, appli­ca­tions, device and ser­vices costs, and stor­age are expe­ri­enc­ing a dra­mat­ic upheaval not unlike the Indus­tri­al Rev­o­lu­tion of cen­turies past.

All that adds …

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How and why LinkedIn is becoming an engineering powerhouse

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

How and why LinkedIn is becoming an engineering powerhouse
Derrick Harris, gigaom.com

Most LinkedIn users know “Peo­ple You May Know” as one of that site’s flag­ship fea­tures — an onmipresent reminder of other LinkedIn users with whom you prob­a­bly want to con­nect. Keep­ing it up to date and accu­rate requires some heady data…

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Import.io wants to help turn web pages into data

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Import.io wants to help turn web pages into data — fast
Derrick Harris, gigaom.com

Web­sites are often full of good, struc­tured data. It’s just buried in, well, a web­site. Unless you’re going to man­u­al­ly enter that data into a spread­sheet or learn enough pro­gram­ming to build …

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Mysterious Apple office in Boston linked to voice tech

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Check out this interesting article

Mysterious Apple office in Boston linked to voice tech | Apple – CNET News.

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Extreme Reality turns skeletons into biometric signatures

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

Extreme Reality turns skeletons into biometric signatures | Cutting Edge – CNET News.

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