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Social recommendations for your android, iphone and/or blackberry apps. Cool! via makeuseof
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(…) The blimp is designed to be self-sustaining, thanks to its ability to harvest solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, which can then be combined in a fuel cell to generate the necessary electrical energy. It’s estimated that the blimp will be able to take flight around 2014. (…)
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Researchers at Korea University in Seoul have transmitted data at a rate of 10 megabits per second through a person's arm, between two electrodes placed on their skin 30 centimetres apart.
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via @xavier83
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Mark Roth studies suspended animation: the art of shutting down life processes and then starting them up again. It's wild stuff, but it's not science fiction via @mfavez
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According to Hopkins' article, Facebook not only drives a high amount of traffic, higher than Google News, but its users are far more loyal, as well.
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Troxler's fading or Troxler's effect is a phenomenon of visual perception. When one fixates a particular point, after about 20 seconds or so, a stimulus away from the fixation point, in peripheral vision, will fade away and disappear. The effect is enhanced if the stimulus is small, is of low contrast or equiluminant, or is blurred. The effect is enhanced the further the stimulus is away from the fixation point.
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Trend #1: Facebook is killing it!
Trend #2: Lifestreaming!
Trend #3: Checking In!
Trend #4: Visual Search!
Trend #5: Social games!
Trend #6: Augmented reality!
Trend #7: Google Wave & Google Buzz!
Trend #8: Sh!t you’re not ready for that !
Trend #9: L’ émergence d’un nouveau mode de consommation du web: La tablette multi-touch -
Recouverts d’une substance inflammable, des nanotubes de carbone produisent un puissant courant électrique lorsque l’on déclenche la combustion. Remarquablement efficace mais mal compris, ce procédé de conversion thermoélectrique pourrait déboucher sur des batteries de petites tailles conservant indéfiniment de l’énergie.
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Instead of killing off cancer cells with toxic drugs, scientists have discovered a molecular pathway that forces them to grow old and die.
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1. Teambox
2. Basecamp
3. Activecollab
4. DeskAway
5. Teamwork
6. 5pm
7. Wrike
8. Wridea
9. ZOHO Projects
10. onstage
11. Springloops
12. Rememberthemilk
13. Comindwork
14. Central Desktop
15. AJAXworkspace
via @jeanlucr
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According to research by the CIA, Bueno de Mesquita's model is more than 90% accurate. How is such accuracy possible? What Bueno de Mesquita is not doing is predicting random events such as lottery draws. Nor does he claim to be able to forecast the movement of stock markets, the outcome of general elections or the onset of financial crises – events where millions of people have a small influence, but none is able to move the market on their own.
Rather, he confines himself to "strategic situations" where relatively small numbers of people are haggling over a contentious decision. "I can predict events and decisions that involve negotiation or coercion, cooperation or bullying," he says. That includes domestic politics, foreign policy, conflicts, business decisions and social interactions. (…) -
Share music through the cloud. Via Aardvark
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By shutting off a single gene, researchers think humans could regenerate damaged tissue just as newts do
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Neurofeedback (NFB), also called neurotherapy, neurobiofeedback or EEG biofeedback is a type of biofeedback that uses realtime displays of electroencephalography to illustrate brain activity, often with a goal of controlling central nervous system activity. Sensors are placed on the scalp to measure activity, with measurements displayed using video displays or sound.
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via @bcurdy
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(…) The Stanford group has created a prototype lithium-sulfide cathode that forms the partner electrode to an earlier anode developed in 2007. The non-metallic form of lithium avoids a safety issue where the lithium metal can grow branchlike structures that penetrate the polymer layer which keeps the battery's two electrodes apart. Such incidents can lead to short circuits and possible explosions.(…)
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Pay first and discover where that leads to once you've checked out… Cheap, but I'm really not sure I'd dare…
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via @digitariel
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Via Daniil Goncharov
Pas encore écouté, un peu peur d’ailleurs, ça devait bafouiller ferme… Autant je me sentais relax avant que l’émission ne démarre, autant le live m’a stressé. Et quand je stresse, ce qui est malheureusement le cas la plupart du temps, je n’ai plus accès qu’à un dixième de mes facultés cognitives (mémoire, vocabulaire, …) Faut que je me mette au yoga…
Mais bon, malgré tout, c’était super cool à faire, je me suis régalé!
Je me suis juste livré à une petite revue de presse des sujets scientifiques lus ces 15 derniers jours et qui concernent la tech (le thème de mon podcast préféré)
Juste un regret: j’ai complètement oublié de parler de mon coup de coeur, un excellent blog de vulgarisation scientifique en français (si si!), http://lorelinerobbe.canalblog.com/
La prochaine fois, j’y pense, promis!
Un tout grand merci encore à @bcurdy et @syde de l’invitation.
La page du podcast NipTech #23 : http://www.niptechpodcast.com/?p=250
Le fil du podcast sur iTunes: itpc://feeds2.feedburner.com/niptechpodcast
Écouter l’émission: NipTech023.mp3
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via lesprojetsduweb
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There are indications that e-books and the reading devices, like Kindle and the Nook, are becoming more mainstream and as a result they are having an interesting impact on the way we interact with content, both online and in print.
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A fantastic presentation on the benefits of user-oriented usability design. Probably the best one I've ever seen!
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Benjamin Libet (April 12, 1916 – July 23, 2007) was a researcher in the physiology department of the University of California, San Francisco, and a pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness. In 2003, he was the first recipient of the Virtual Nobel Prize in Psychology from the University of Klagenfurt, "for his pioneering achievements in the experimental investigation of consciousness, initiation of action, and free will". In his acceptance speech, Libet summarized his life's research and highlighted his work on conscious volitional acts and the antedating of sensory awareness.
via @doctorkarl (triplej 20100311)

