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realcleverscience: Self-Driving Cars Gaining Speed Two...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:22:26 -0600

Self-Driving Cars Gaining Speed

Two interesting reports I’d like to mention: Firstly, Nevada has legalized self-driving cars! (Hat-tip to wildcat2030)

nevver: Happy Presidents’ Day

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:21:48 -0600

nevver:

Happy Presidents’ Day

newprimitive: Philip Johnson, Howard Barnstone, Eugene Aubry...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:41:29 -0600

newprimitive:

Philip Johnson, Howard Barnstone, Eugene Aubry and Mark Rothko, Rothko Chapel, Houston, Texas, 1964-71. Via ArchDaily.

slide racks (Taken with Instagram at M. D. Anderson Cancer...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:11:31 -0600

slide racks (Taken with Instagram at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center)

"The MinIon is an array of nanopores – 512 to be precise – and circuitry housed in a USB stick. Why a..."

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:15:36 -0600

“The MinIon is an array of nanopores – 512 to be precise – and circuitry housed in a USB stick. Why a USB stick? “The form factor is determined by the requirements” – as there are no fluidics you don’t need a big machine. There are no fluidics. “Your fluidics is a Gilson”, said Brown. The prototype version has an ugly battery pack attached to it but it will eventually use USB power. The USB stick is disposable. “Why do you need an instrument?” he says.”

- Oxford Nanopore megaton announcement: “Why do you need a machine?” – exclusive interview for this blog!

"For complex socio-technical systems (web engineering and operations) there is a myth that deserves..."

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:27:00 -0600

“

For complex socio-technical systems (web engineering and operations) there is a myth that deserves to be busted, and that is the assumption that for outages and accidents, there is a single unifying event that triggers a chain of events that led to an outage.

This is actually a fallacy, because for complex systems:

there is no root cause.

”

- Each necessary, but only jointly sufficient

Illegal prime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:50:21 -0600

Illegal prime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

cab1729:

An illegal prime is a prime number that represents information that it is forbidden to possess or distribute. One of the first illegal primes was discovered in 2001. When interpreted in a particular way, it describes a computer program that bypasses the digital rights management scheme used on DVDs. Distribution of such a program in the United States is illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.^[1] An illegal prime is a kind of illegal number.

(and don’t even get me started on the binary representation of Pi)

tape in a lab (Taken with Instagram at M. D. Anderson Cancer...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:53:12 -0600

tape in a lab (Taken with Instagram at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center)

the fixit mobiles are always so handmade ;) (Taken with...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:17:04 -0600

the fixit mobiles are always so handmade ;) (Taken with instagram)

Ting - Mobile That Makes Sense

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:50:17 -0600

Ting - Mobile That Makes Sense:

wow, it’s amazing to read policies about mobile payment that are actually nice. If you go over, they just charge you the amount they should for what you used, if you go under they credit you the difference!

New standard for vitamin D testing to ensure accurate test results

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:11:05 -0600

New standard for vitamin D testing to ensure accurate test results

Strength in Weakness - Cancerwise

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:52:06 -0600

Strength in Weakness - Cancerwise

"That ship has sailed. They’ve made up their mind that this is a Class III, which is why most people..."

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:37:10 -0600

““That ship has sailed. They’ve made up their mind that this is a Class III, which is why most people are going to Europe with this technology, not the U.S.””

- College of American Pathologists - Regulators scanning the digital scanners

Keep in mind, this technology is completely fine for use now, and the FDA will regulate the whole workflow intact, killing any healthy vendor ecosystem…

I wish people realized we currently have the worst of both socialized and private healthcare.

I found a video game plant in real life. (Taken with instagram)

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:12:35 -0600

I found a video game plant in real life. (Taken with instagram)

'Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2012 Benchmarking Report'

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:45:34 -0600

'Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2012 Benchmarking Report':

thegreenurbanist:

Highlights:

“In nearly every city and state, bicyclists and pedestrians currently receive less than a fair share of transportation dollars. While 12 percent of trips in the U.S. are by bike or foot, bicycle and pedestrian projects receive less than 2 percent of federal transportation dollars.

States with the highest rates of bicycling and walking are also among those with the lowest rates of obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure.

In 2009, 40% of trips in the United States were shorter than 2 miles, yet 87% of these trips are by car. Twenty-seven percent of trips were shorter than 1 mile. Still, Americans use their cars for 62% of these trips.

While bicycling and walking fell 66% between 1960 and 2009, obesity levels increased 156%.

Seniors are the most vulnerable bicyclists and pedestrians. Adults over 65 make up 10% of walking trips, yet comprise 19% of pedestrian fatalities. This age group accounts for 6% of bicycling trips, yet 10% of bicyclist fatalities.

Bicycling and walking projects create 11-14 jobs per $1 million spent, compared to just 7 jobs created per $1 million spent on highway projects. Cost benefit analysis show that up to $11.80 in benefits can be gained for every $1 invested in bicycling and walking.

On average, the largest 51 U.S. cities show a 29% increase in bicycle facilities since the 2010 report. Cities report that 20,908 miles of bicycle facilities and 7,079 miles of pedestrian facilities are planned for the coming years (much of this contingent upon funding).”

“The data points to one conclusion: Investing in biking and walking projects creates jobs, leads to more people biking and walking, and improves safety and public health,” Alliance President Jeffrey Miller says.”

"Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan."

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:18:05 -0600

“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan.”

- Jonathan Coulton, definitively. (via merlin)

cosmonautjones: This just makes me happy.

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:18:06 -0600

cosmonautjones:

This just makes me happy.

"Flickr had one of the most creative takes on yesterday’s SOPA/PIPA protests. Rather than going fully..."

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:35:28 -0600

“Flickr had one of the most creative takes on yesterday’s SOPA/PIPA protests. Rather than going fully dark, the normally chirpy photo-sharing site took things to a place of creepy genius by encouraging people to participate in the darkness. Flickr invited users to blacken their own photos…and to blacken the photos of others. The Lord of the Flies-meets-1984 atmosphere of controlled chaos, while not as pragmatically powerful as a day of Facts Without Wikipedia, got to the core of what censorship’s really about: indignity, restriction, randomness.”

- Flickr’s User-Generated Blackout May Be the Most Meaningful SOPA Protest

Zack, Flickr’s Community Lead, is one of the most awesome individuals I know. And he totally did not sleep for 48 hours to make this happen, literally overnight.
(via joshuanguyen)

paperwork for the warehouse… (Taken with Instagram at M....

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:14:53 -0600

paperwork for the warehouse… (Taken with Instagram at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center)

"What Dodd really means is that the tech companies didn’t play by the established rules of the..."

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:03:15 -0600

“What Dodd really means is that the tech companies didn’t play by the established rules of the Washington game. Companies aren’t supposed to broadcast their complaints and turn the public into corporate pawns. They’re supposed to use lobbyists behind closed doors to turn legislators into corporate pawns. That’s how it’s always been done.”

- Wikipedia blackout: The site’s SOPA shutdown is a brilliant tactic that it should never use again. - Slate Magazine