Archive for April, 2012

Article: Dataminr gains access to full Twitter Firehose, turns tweets into ‘actionable signals’

Sunday, April 15th, 2012

http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2012/04/09/dataminr-gains-access-to-full-twitter-firehose-turns-tweets-into-actionable-signals

An highly unscientific survey on the state of journalism by those who type for a living. – NYTimes.com

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/fill-in-the-blank-being-a-reporter-is-the-__________-job-in-the-world/#more-97121

Read the comments.

Computational Biology: Mouse project to find each gene’s role

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

http://ravi-computationalbiology.blogspot.com/2010/05/mouse-project-to-find-each-genes-role.html
KO every mouse gene for $1B

Humidifiers for Moisture, When You Can’t Control the Heat – NYTimes.com

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/garden/humidifiers-shopping-with-leon-ransmeier.html
Crane Drop is nice + Interesting product idea in quote.
QT:”
Unfortunately, most humidifiers fall short of those standards. “There’s a missing product on the market,” Mr. Ransmeier said. “Something people can actually place on their radiators, just to evaporate water: it’s passive, it’s the most energy-efficient option you could possibly have, and it’s what people used to do.”
Such an item (essentially a pan of water that attaches to the top of a radiator) can be difficult to find today, so Mr. Ransmeier went in search of modern options.

Tech before its time: Right track, but no iPod – 15 February 2012 – New Scientist

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328521.700-tech-before-its-time-right-track-but-no-ipod.html http://www.newscientist.com/special/missinglinks
Tech before its time: Six gadgets too good, too soon

Listen-up player, friendster, hypercard, newton….

Maillard Reaction | Chemical & Engineering News

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

http://cen.acs.org/articles/89/i47/Maillard-Reaction.html

3 favorite chemical reactions

Combustion | Chemical & Engineering News

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

http://cen.acs.org/articles/89/i47/Combustion.html

3 favorite chemical reactions

Diels-Alder Reaction | Chemical & Engineering News

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

http://cen.acs.org/articles/89/i47/Diels-Alder-Reaction.html
3 favorite chemical reactions

Yale Alumni Magazine: From the Editor | Managerial Yale

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2010_01/editor149.html
report cards for the admins

Long Live the Intermediate! » American Scientist

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/long-live-the-intermediate/1