Massachusetts – Page 3 – Insight Sciences

Matchmaking takes a high tech approach

November 11, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

Match.com advert (Photo credit: Adam Pilarski)

Matchmaking takes a high tech approach – The Boston Globe.

High tech meets cross cultural reality: biodata approaches take tradition family based decisions about marriage which account for education, income, genes, background, occupation, and interests and were once decided by families

Traditional Matchmaking Goes On-Line With the First of its Kind Hosted Video Conference Dating (prweb.com)
App Turns Online Dating Into Mobile Matchmaking Game (mashable.com)
America’s Top Matchmaker Vs Online Dating Machines (prweb.com)
New Online Matchmaking Service Uses Movie Ratings to Make Perfect Matches (prweb.com)
My Lovely Parent online dating site: for when your mum needs a matchmaker (guardian.co.uk)
Tawkify – offline internet dating, kind of (sociable.co)
Autom is a robot buddy that wants to help with your diet (geek.com)

Losing heat, seeing blue: get a thermography study of your house

November 11, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Thermography - Temperaturbild (Thermo-Flickr) — Thermography – Temperaturbild (Thermo-Flickr) (Photo credit: gynti_46)

Losing heat, seeing blue – The Boston Globe.

I must get an infrared thermography done of the house. This article has some good vendors. They charge around 300 bucks which is the same as renting it for a week plus they come with expertise and create an 80 page report of all the problems areas.

Innovation Products will be Hosting a Snell Level I Infrared Thermography Training Course in Anaheim, CA, on Sept. 20-23 (prweb.com)
FLIR Thermal Imaging Cameras (gotopac.com)
Tridon Industries Helps Customers Stop Seeing Red and Save More Green with New Thermography Service (prweb.com)
What Is Breast Thermography? (everydayhealth.com)
Why Dung Beetles Like to Chill on Poop Balls (news.discovery.com)
Is a New Heat Sensing Bra the Breast Medicine? (abcnews.go.com)
Breast Cancer in Men, Women, & What You Want To Know… (drjulissa.wordpress.com)
Thermography: Not a Perfect Alternative to Mammograms (larahentz.wordpress.com)
Free breast cancer screenings throughout October (woai.com)
N0.16m bra could detect breast cancer (vanguardngr.com)

Through website, patients creating own drug studies

November 11, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

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Through website, patients creating own drug studies – The Boston Globe.

Leading Health Website Offers New Approach to Comparative Medicine (prweb.com)
Healthy Big Data: Putting Patients In Control (servicesangle.com)
Crowd-sourcing a cure for cancer (bbc.co.uk)
Would You Want to See Everything Your Doctor Writes About You? (theatlantic.com)
The Mass. healthcare market is “ferocious.” Here’s one hospital’s chief marketer’s strategy (medcitynews.com)
Why We’re Still Waiting on the ‘Yelpification’ of Health Care (theatlantic.com)
Crowdsourcing a cure for my brain cancer (newscientist.com)
Brother Against Microbe (opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)
Harvard Medical School takes Medicine 2.0 by storm (healthtrain.blogspot.com)

Online video based learning: a brief intro

November 11, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

Want a free education? A brief guide to the burgeoning world of online video lectures. – The Boston Globe.

Academic you tube sites

Asia eLearning Market to Reach $11.5 billion by 2016 (sacbee.com)
[eLearning] (bluestockingsblog.wordpress.com)
Asia eLearning Market to Reach $11.5 billion by 2016 (prnewswire.com)
Twitter Used as an Educational Tool within the Context of Rapid eLearning (creativitytalks.wordpress.com)
Learn27: Taking Learning from Isolation to Collaboration (virtual-strategy.com)
e-Learning symposium 2013 (hastac.org)
Brainshark Named Top Video Solution in Best of Elearning! Awards (virtual-strategy.com)
Trends in eLearning – Media synchronization [Ellis Pratt] (ecademy.com)
Training Magazine Network Now Bringing You eLearning Learning (elearningtech.blogspot.com)

Born to party: bio anthropological perspectives on party affiliation

November 11, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

Born to party – The Boston Globe.

Republicans are actually more afraid of outside intruders while Democrats are more collaborative and less paranoid. This research shows that Republicans have a biological difference and startle more easily. It draws upon an emerging field of evolutionary anthropology and psychology.

Boston Globe endorses Barack Obama over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (boston.com)
Boston Globe Joins The MassKnowsMitt.com Chorus (ourfuture.org)
New Language and Culture Series on Anthropology News (aaanet.org)
Anthropology of Mid-Sized Startups (ribbonfarm.com)
Young, tech-savvy residents changing political landscape (tbo.com)

From maverick to misguided renegade: Inside the McCain campaign

November 11, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Left to right: Todd Palin, Sarah Palin, Cindy ... — Left to right: Todd Palin, Sarah Palin, Cindy McCain, and John McCain. Rally in Fairfax, Virginia on September 10, 2008. Photo by Rachael Dickson. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

From maverick to misguided renegade – The Boston Globe.

Interesting summary of the media tactics of the current McCain campaign.

America and Democracy Are Not For Sale Boys (planetpov.com)
Plouffe: Mitt ‘throwing spaghetti’ at wall (politico.com)

E-mails suggest Pfizer tried to suppress study on drug

November 11, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy

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Pfizer Expansion in Cambridge (Photo credit: Office of Governor Patrick)

E-mails suggest Pfizer tried to suppress study on drug – The Boston Globe.

Here we go again. Not just Vioxx and the ghost writing scare but now also Neurontin. Emails can get your company in a lot of trouble

Pfizer’s Arthritis Treatment Wins Approval From US FDA – Bloomberg (bloomberg.com)
Pfizer’s Xeljanz story reveals why new drug development requires luck, money, endurance (medcitynews.com)
Can The Boston Globe and MIT hack the future of news together? By @JustinNXT (nextlevelofnews.com)
Pfizer caught “gaming the system,” loses Viagra patent in Canada (arstechnica.com)
FDA hands Pfizer blockbuster approval for rheumatoid arthritis drug tofacitinib (fiercebiotech.com)
Supreme Court of Canada rules Pfizer’s Viagra patent is invalid (vancouversun.com)
State pharmacy board director fired in wake of meningitis outbreak (bizjournals.com)

Cybercafes.com. Internet cyber cafes guide all over the world.

August 28, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

cybercafe ecafe nancy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Cybercafes.com. Internet cyber cafes guide all over the world..

AG’s office: Internet cafe gambling operations to return $750,000 to the state (boston.com)
Merimee : Cameroon (kiva.org)
From PHCN With Love – By @Naijatechassist (jstsaying.com)
Surf the Web in the Solara at Wellington Cyber Cafe (livesolara.com)
Gambling in Cyber Cafes (wilmingtonnewsweekly.typepad.com)
Gambling in Cyber Cafes (wmtauro.typepad.com)
Luka Magnotta, Accused Canadian Cannibal, Attracting Female Fans (VIDEO, PHOTOS) (huffingtonpost.com)
Arianna Yolibeth : Nicaragua (kiva.org)
Stakeholders steadfast on changes in IT Rules (thehindu.com)
Chinese gamer returns dozens of spacebars stolen from internet cafe (theverge.com)

Northern Lights Electric, Inc. Massachusetts Electrician residential and commercial electrical work Licensed in MA, RI, NH, VT

August 28, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Northern Lights Electric, Inc. Massachusetts Electrician residential and commercial electrical work Licensed in MA, RI, NH, VT.

When electricity goes wrong you can throw a lot of money away

Electricians London (amyperry80.typepad.com)
Step-By-Step Rapid Programs Of Business Electrician Toronto (ajbelljournalism.com)
Los Angeles Electrician: Best way to get rid for your electrical problems (macybusson.typepad.com)
3M Tape Manufacturing: Made in America & Supporting Electrical Training, a Feature of “Industry Today” on Industrialinfo.com (sys-con.com)
Electricians and electrical contractors insurance – Confused.com (confused.com)
Basic electric security Precautions for Children (politics4all.com)
Job Seekers Can make a career in Electrician with Electricians Perth (perthelectrical.wordpress.com)
Perth Electrical,Electrician Perth,Electricians Perth,Electricians in Perth (perthelectrical.wordpress.com)
4 Significant Requirements To Become An Electrician (ruralstops.blogspot.com)
Electricians in Perth : Should We Choose Electricians Job for Career? (perthelectrical.wordpress.com)

School of Management Boston University: KM and BI center

August 28, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

School of Management | Boston University.

BU offers specialized training in business intelligence and KM systems.

Will Boston University’s School of Management Ever Compete with Harvard Business School or MIT Sloan? (bostinno.com)
What “Cool” Looks Like at Boston University (bostinno.com)
Boston University Seeks to Hire Graduate Tax Program Director (taxprof.typepad.com)
Boston University graduate student dies in fall in Turkey (bostonherald.com)
How BU’s B-school plans to take on Harvard and MIT (management.fortune.cnn.com)
Admissions Tip: Off-Campus Information Sessions (clearadmit.com)
Apple Approves “GMAT Pill HD” – The First True On-The-Go… (prweb.com)
How Colleges Are Becoming Entrepreneurial (techcrunch.com)
Entrepreneurship on the Move (unleashing local entrepreneurship through mobile incubation centre) (slideshare.net)
This Is What A Healthcare Startup Investor Looks Like: Meet Joanne Chang (forbes.com)

State is thinking big on energy

August 27, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Health Informatics, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Network Science, Systems Science

State is thinking big on energy – The Boston Globe.

Great article on what MASS has invented, and will..

MassChallenge’s tech, energy & consumer product startups (slideshow) (bizjournals.com)
How New York Is Going Green (abcnews.go.com)
Why Boston Is One Of The World’s Smartest Cities (fastcoexist.com)
Boston TechStars Fall Session Kicks Off With 13 Startups (nibletz.com)
“Independent” watchdog on energy loans turns into big Obama donor (hotair.com)
San Diego Startup: Cream Of The Crop San Diego Changes The Job Game With Transparency & More (nibletz.com)
Ashland:Cleaner air, greener parks (ashlandnewsweekly.typepad.com)
New Connecticut Whole Foods Market to Generate On-Site Power with Fuel Cell Technology from UTC (utcpower.com)
Solar-powered hydrogen refueling station planned for Michigan (reviews.cnet.com)
Science May Have Eliminated The Need To Wash Cars [Car Tech] (jalopnik.com)

Foreclosed houses in Central Mass hit 100k

August 27, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy, Systems Science

Slump in Mass. home sales has wilted even the subsidized market – The Boston Globe.

Price for condos/houses in Worcester have hit 100k. People I think we can now safely say that the market has been corrected. Please exit the aircraft.

TurboTax – How to Report a Foreclosed Rental House on Your Taxes (turbotax.intuit.com)
Only Half of Fannie Mae’s Previously Foreclosed Homes Are On The Market Or Being Prepared For Sale (nalert.blogspot.com)
Man Buys Home for Cash, Gets Foreclosed Anyway (blogs.lawyers.com)
14 Tips for Buying a House in a Short Sale or Foreclosure (blogs.lawyers.com)
Foreclosed homes: Now, they’re hot properties (csmonitor.com)
No, Banks Aren’t Holding The Shadow Inventory. They Never Were. (bayarearealestatetrends.com)
The Great Investor Purchase of Foreclosed Properties (news.firedoglake.com)
Interested In Buying A Foreclosed Home? Here’s What You Should Know – Real Estate News (sfluxe.com)
Man Buys All 650 Foreclosed Properties In One County For $4.8 Million In Back Taxes (consumerist.com)
Defective Foreclosures Rampant (blogs.lawyers.com)

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