Magnus Nilsson’s Faviken Cookbook a How-To for the Amateur Forager

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Get instant pulse readings with iSpO2 for iPhone

Get instant pulse readings with iSpO2 for iPhone, iPad
by Jennifer Van Grove, cnet.com

Need a pulse check? iSpO2 — an iPhone and iPad accessory — gives you an immediate reading on your vitals.

LAS VEGAS—The iSpO2 by Masi­mo ports the hos­pi­tal check­up expe­ri­ence to iPhones and iPads and makes on-the-spot pulse read­ings…

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New registry to tally, track burn pit illnesses among vets

‘This generation’s Agent Orange:’ New registry to tally, track burn pit illnesses among vets
By Bill Briggs, NBC News contributor, nbcnews.com

An Amer­i­can flag dan­gles from the Tor­res home, the sign of a long bat­tle won: a new law — signed Thurs­day by Pres­i­dent Barack Obama — cre­at­ing a reg­istry of U.S. ser­vice mem­bers per­haps sick­ened or killed by burn pits used through­o…

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How the iPhone can streamline cumbersome medical care

Top Ten Medical Uses of the iPhone
internetmedicine.com

(SOURCE: John Ben­nett MD: www.internetmedicine.com)
Decem­ber 15, 2012

The cre­ation and wide­spread use of the iPhone has impact­ed many indus­tries, and now has affect­ed Med­i­cine in many ways. In many­cas­es the iPhone appli­fies the po…

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Anthropological indicators of air pollution emerging: nose hair length

This Weird Map Visualizes Air Pollution as Nose Hair Length
smithsonianmag.com

If there’s one thing nobody wants, it’s real­ly long nose hairs. Which is per­haps why Clean Air Asia has decid­ed to start visu­al­iz­ing each per­son’s air pol­lu­tion expo­sure as super-long, dis­gust­ing nose hairs. The group says:

The more…

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Made In China - Consumed All Over The World an...
Made In China – Consumed All Over The World and the meaning of the Ningbo/?? port town protests against air pollution… (Photo credit: Tjebbe van Tijen / Imaginary Museum Projects)

Tweet analyzer ranks trustworthy Tweets during emergencies

 

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Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net

In “Cred­i­bil­i­ty rank­ing of tweets dur­ing high impact events,” a paper pub­lished in the ACM’s Pro­ceed­ings of the 1st Work­shop on Pri­va­cy and Secu­ri­ty in Online Social Media , two Indraprastha Insti­tute of Infor­ma­tion…

Machine-learning algorithm develops heuristics for trustworthy tweets in time of emergency

Car deaths by time of day

Infographic: Showing When People Get Killed In Cars, Using Excel
By Kyle VanHemert, fastcodesign.com

John Nelson’s charts and maps on traffic fatalities are a reminder that a good data viz doesn’t always require graphic design chops—or software.

With the abun­dance of data visu­al­iza­tion projects we’ve seen over the last few years, it’s hard…

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Transit apps and commuter happiness

Study: Transit Apps Make Us Happier Commuters
By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com

A study of two crowdsourcing apps suggests that a better digital infrastructure for commuters could improve urban transit overall.

We know that we tend to be hap­pi­est when we’re com­mu­ni­cat­ing with and help­ing those around us. But could th…

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Description: F Train, Manhattan-bound, 17 May 2005 9:25am. New York’s subway ridership comprises much of the city’s newspaper readership base. Location: New York (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Black box apps record driving accidents

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Dashboard cams a key safety feature in Russia

Why Dashboard Cams Have Become a Crucial Safety Feature for Russian Motorists
core77.com

Here’s an interesting example of how cultural influences have led to the ubiquitous uptake of a product design. The country in question is Russia, and the product is the dashboard cam.The Internet is awash in well-captured car crash footage, and i…

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Improving education on environmental risks and fetus

Most Doctors Fail To Warn Pregnant Patients About Environmental Risks That Could Endanger Their Fetuses
Jennifer Chait, inhabitots.com

Image courtesy of ShutterstockA new nationwide survey, conducted by University of California, San Francisco researchers, shows that most doctors are not informing their pregnant patients about environmental risks they may encounter while…

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