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(http://www.memebox.com)
- posted by: Jeff Hilford
over 4 years ago
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The Singularity University, which our own Alvis Brigis got an early scoop on, was made official today. The venture has the support of Google, NASA and an All-Star team of the singularity cognoscenti. The announcement received widesprea...
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(http://www.reuters.com)
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over 4 years ago
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Google Inc has updated its online map of the world to add the more than two- thirds of the planet that lies underwater and provide a way to view changes to glaciers and other geography over time.
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(http://www.memebox.com)
- posted by: Alvis Brigis
over 4 years ago
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Not only did Google add an ocean to its Earth platform today, the company also enabled "Historical Imagery", a new feature that brings to life a crude version of what Yale computer scientist David Gelernter's 1992 prediction of the planet on a &ld...
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google, goog, googleearth, earth, simulation, globe, ocean, history, retroquant, retroactivequantification
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(http://blog.wired.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 4 years ago
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A drug that stimulates the body's tanning response — turning pasty skin caramel for up to two months — has been approved for human trials, but not for tanning.
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tanning, melanin, melanotan, suntan, clinicaltrial, clinuvel
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(http://blog.datamation.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
over 4 years ago
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Disgruntled laid-off IT experts may pose a growing risk to large computer systems, such as in this Fannie Mae example.
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(http://blogs.zdnet.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 4 years ago
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The screw-up is likely to raise questions about the risks of having a monoculture dependent on any one technology supplier.
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google, monoculture, error, malware, cloudcomputing, backup, security
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(http://www.readwriteweb.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 4 years ago
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This may sound like a joke, but it's not: researchers at Stony Brook University in New York have found that too much Facebook usage can leave you more prone to anxiety and depression...that is, if you're a teenage girl.
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(http://thestandard.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 4 years ago
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That's one-tenth the price of the $100 laptops created by Nicholas Negroponte of MIT through the One Laptop Per Child Project. The OLCP devices were seen as too expensive by the Indian government.
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(http://news.bbc.co.uk)
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over 4 years ago
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Scientists say they have discovered a missing link in the way cells protect themselves against cancer.
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(http://www.medicalnewstoday.com)
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over 4 years ago
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A small trial at a US hospital where patients with early stage MS had their own immune system stem cells transplanted back into their bodies appears to have reversed the neurological dysfunction of the early stages of the disease by causing their ...
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(http://www.sfgate.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 4 years ago
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A pilot project testing high-speed Internet access on portions of BART will expand systemwide, allowing people to surf the Web, send e-mail and videoconference when riding the rails or waiting in the stations.
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