February 2012
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Use Your Smartphone to Refill Your Prescriptions... →
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Most health solutions aren’t medical, they’re... →
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10 Questions That Create Success →
Real success comes from the quality of your relationships and the emotions that you experience each day. That’s where these 10 questions come in.
Ask them at the end of each day and I absolutely guarantee that you’ll become more successful. Here they are:
1. Have I made certain that those I love feel loved?
2. Have I done something today that improved the world?
3. Have I...
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Creative professionals work the longest hours but... →
Researchers for Mars Drinks UK asked 2001 male and female office workers across Britain about their average work day, including employees in marketing, finance, creative, HR, legal and IT sectors.
Throughout the day, creative workers receive 31 emails and send 28, both make and receive 24 phone calls and drink an average of three cups of tea or coffee.
Creative workers said they have been in...
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Luxury Hospitals Compete For Wealthy Patients... →
The New York Times reports that V.I.P. rooms at the New York-Presbyterian cost patients $1,000 to $1,500 a day, while a suite on the penthouse floor costs around $2,400.
via PSFK: http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/luxury-hospitals-rich-patients.html#ixzz1l3ff2FSu
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Watch(via The Rise of the e-Patient)
January 2012
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5 Ways That Android Is Trying To Break The Mobile... →
via Co.Design
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A Wristwatch That Tracks Your Heartbeats And... →
A 3D accelerometer [that] measures how active you are, [and] temperature and galvanic skin response sensors [that] provide new insight into how your performance is impacted by events in your day. These factors in relation to your heart rate give you the richest picture of your wellness.
via PSFK: http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/wristwatch-track-heartbeat.html#ixzz1l37015cc
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Watch(via First steps in data visualisation using d3.js, by Mike Dewar « Zero Intelligence Agents)
Kids Think Technology is Fundamentally Human →
These kids, the ‘digital natives,” are raised with modern technology deeply embedded into their lives, and form a natural understanding of its benefits. This deeply rooted acceptance gives kids a unique perspective on how technology can be further used to make our lives easier, and helps researchers predict future needs for innovation.
via The Next Web
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Watch(via Need A Kidney? Check Facebook [Headlines] @PSFK)
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Nike Builds Online Motivational Community Through... →
Nike is engaging its fans to build a motivational community via an engaging online and in-store campaign. The ‘Make It Count’ campaign urges the public to share personal pledges on Twitter via the hashtag #makeitcount.
via PSFK: http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/nike-make-it-count-twitter.html#ixzz1kh0KBsOd
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Stroke Victims Learn Steps To Recovery Using Wii... →
The program uses web cameras and the Wii balance board to customize rehabilitation exercises and monitor progress more closely than previously possible. The system works with the WeHab software, where the data is logged and analyzed. At home, the patient is able to perform balance therapy with real- time feedback from the physical therapist via video chat, helping keep patients engaged with...
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Center of Attention: How Facebook Users Allocate... →
Lars Backstrom, Eytan Bakshy, Jon Kleinberg, Thomas M. Lento, Itamar Rosenn. ICWSM 2011
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An individual’s personal network — their set of social contacts — is a basic object of study in sociology. Studies of personal networks have focused on their size (the number of contacts) and their composition (in terms of categories such as kin and co-workers). Here we propose a new ...
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Mercedes Lets Drivers Access Facebook, Yelp And... →
The social media network will be part of the ‘mbrace 2 telematics system,’ running on a high-resolution screen on the 2013 SL-Class Mercedes–among other models–for next year.
via PSFK: http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/mercedes-benz-facebook-car.html#ixzz1kPqCpZwB
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“[Social network sites] encourage disparate individuals to connect, communicate,...”
– Ellison, N., Lampe, C., & Steinfield, C. (2009). Social Network Sites and Society: Current Trends and Future Possibilities. Interactions Magazine (16)
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Isn’t It Cute: An Evolutionary Perspective of... →
Citation: Miesler, L., Leder, H., & Herrmann, A. (2011). Isn’t it cute: An evolutionary perspective of baby-schema effects in visual product designs. International Journal of Design, 5(3), 17-30.
Abstract: Through applying an evolutionary approach, we examined affective consumer responses to facial features in product designs. Previous studies have suggested that consumers might perceive the...
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Clue as to why alcohol is addicting: Scientists... →
The finding marks the first time that endorphin release in the nucleus accumbens and orbitofrontal cortex in response to alcohol consumption has been directly observed in humans.
via Science Daily
Top 10 Under-Hyped Web Apps, 2011 Edition →
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December 2011
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Sheryl Sandberg's message to women: Apply for high... →
“The economic trends are super clear. The technical roles are in demand. Even in what is currently a very difficult situation for our country in unemployment. There’s a huge shortage of engineers who can build products like Facebook. And women need to have their fair share of those seats,” Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said.
via CBSNews
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WatchAbraham Verghese: A doctor’s touch (via Video on TED.com)
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WatchJay Bradner: Open-source cancer research (via Video on TED.com)
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November 2011
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