Pacific Ocean – Insight Sciences

Don’t eat Fukushima fish

March 17, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Fish Near Fukushima Reportedly Contains High Cesium Level
AP, huffingtonpost.com

TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese utility that owns the tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant says it has detected a record 740,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in a fish caught close to the plant.

That’s 7,400 times the governme…

RT @HuffingtonPost: Record level of radioactive cesium reported in fish near Fukushima http://flip.it/hTNq1 http://flip.it/j2Yzi

TEPCO finds groundwater contaminated with radioactive cesium (english.kyodonews.jp)
Researchers find high cesium in some Pacific plankton (japantimes.co.jp)
Japanese scientists find fish around Fukushima Daiichi contaminated shortly after disaster (enformable.com)

Japan explores remote, virtual workforce after disasters

December 23, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy, Systems Science

After a Disaster, Japan Looks for Alternatives to the Office
bloomberg.com

Courtesy Sococo

Think your boss is stubborn about letting you work from home? Try going to Japan.

Telecommuting is simply not built into the business culture there. Just 12 percent of Internet-connected Japanese office workers woul…

RT @BloombergTech: After a disaster, Japan looks for alternatives to the office http://flip.it/oofqb http://flip.it/D1FfK

Chris Jordan’s Portraits of American Mass Consumption

November 5, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Chris Jordan’s Portraits of American Mass Consumption
Kaushik, amusingplanet.com

American photographer Chris Jordan using large-scale works depict the magnitude of our consumerism and its impact on our environment. Like Edward Burtynsky, Jordan uses large scale photographs to depict scenes of infrastructure a…

http://flpbd.it/3sGTD

Midway – A film by Chris Jordan (vinodkumartiwari.wordpress.com)
Our Earth, Air and Water Pollution Affects All Life…Midway, a film by Chris Jordan. (friendnature.wordpress.com)
Artist Chris Jordan on Beauty in the Plastic Crisis (bigthink.com)
Chris Jordan’s message from the gyre (friendnature.wordpress.com)
Midway, A Film By Chris Jordan (ikbignitethelight.wordpress.com)
Turning Statistics into Art (saccdslibrary.wordpress.com)
Chris Jordan’s message from the gyre (chrisriedy.me)
Attitude (followmefilms.wordpress.com)

Squid studies: How local knowledge lands new insights in scientific research

May 15, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Health Informatics

Interesting article on the ways that local knowledge can advance scientific inquiry…

Squid studies: Local knowledge lands new insights | Expeditions, Scientific American Blog Network.

Japanese researchers confirm squid can fly as fast as Usain Bolt (wired.co.uk)
Japanese researchers confirm existence of flying squid (japandailypress.com)
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a squid! (dawn.com)
Giant squid! To catch a monster, bring patience and plenty of cash (theverge.com)
Scientists Confirm Rumors About Mysterious ‘Flying’ Sea Creature (huffingtonpost.com)
A LEGO Catbus That Works, Inspired by the Film ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ (laughingsquid.com)
Giant squid captured on video in ocean depths (newsday.com)

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