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A new Kickstarter project has been launched by the DeltaMaker team to develop an elegant personal 3D printer.
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The origins of ‘big data’
Digital technology is changing both how words and ideas are created and proliferate, and how they are studied.
The fundamental building blocks of language and culture are words and phrases, much as genes and cells are to the biology of life. Words are how we express ideas. Tracing their origin, development, and spread is not just an academic pursuit but a window into a society’s intellectual evolution.
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Researchers analyzing New York Times archives to predict the future
Researchers are creating software that analyzes 22 years of New York Times archives, Wikipedia and about 90 other web resources to predict the future.
Microsoft and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers are creating software that analyzes 22 years of New York Times archives, Wikipedia and about 90 other web resources to predict future disease outbreaks, riots and deaths — and hopefully prevent them.
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Seniors in Sun City, Arizona
Sun City, Arizona
In 1960 in the U.S., the average life expectancy for all races and sexes was 69.7 years. In 2010, the average life expectancy increased to 78.7 years. In 1959, entrepreneur Del Webb built Sun City, Arizona. Sun City was the first active retirement community for the over-55. Webb predicted that retirees would flock to a community where they were given more than just a house with a rocking chair in which to sit and wait to die. (Pics)
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Micro Credits: A Tool for Self-Organizing the Complex World of Education
Futurist Thomas Frey: A recent TEDx talk about solving traffic jams started by asking the simple question, “Who is in charge of the daily bread supply for the city of London?”
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Top 10 Photos of the Week
…and in a blink of an eye, daddy was lying on the floor crying
Quote of the Day: “I don’t mind what Congress does, as long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses.” – Victor Hugo
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European Space Agnecy wants a 3D printed building on the moon
Moonbase
The European Space Agency wants to 3-D print a moon base. But one of the biggest challenges would be the expense (in terms of energy) to get supplies off of Earth. One way is to send as little as possible to the Moon. Couldn’t we just make a moon base out of rock? After all, the moon is already made of rocks. (Pics)
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7 important questions to ask when reading medical research
Ed Gracely, biostatistics professor, provides seven questions to ask while reading health studies.
One potential roadblock in producing good research is the problems with how researchers measure statistical significance. Laypeople can spot many others much easier.
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U.S. scientists make a breakthrough in tuberculosis
Tuberculosis most commonly affects the lungs, is transmitted via the air and caused by strains of mycobacteria.
Worldwide, more than 2 billion people are struck down with tuberculosis (TB). Scientists in the U.S. have made a medical breakthrough that could save hundreds of thousands of lives.
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Obamacare will cost the average American family $20,000 a year: IRS
The cheapest plan for family will cost $20,000 per year.
American families will be forced to buy conventional health insurance that primarily benefits the pharmaceutical industry under Obamacare. By 2016 the cheapest health insurance plan available will cost a typical American family $20,000 a year, according to the IRS.
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Coursera – best new startup of 2012
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Tech Crunch has picked Coursera as the 2012 Crunchies’ “Best Overall Startup” for 2012. Coursera was chosen because more than anything else our country is heading into a period where higher education and job training is not catching up with the pace of innovation. The creative part of “creative destruction” has not yet kicked in. Coursera has opened up access to proprietary content, over 200 courses from over 33 top international and domestic schools like Stanford and Princeton and is one of the bright points of light pointing towards value and job creation in the creative space.
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Chinese hackers target New York Times
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao
The New York Times has been under constant attack from Chinese Hackers for four months and they have gone public with the story. The Chinese hackers got wind that the Times was was preparing to reveal that Prime Minister Wen Jiabao’s family acquired $2.7 billion in assets.
