Archive for July, 2013

Dissent Over a Device to Help Find Melanoma – NYTimes.com

Sunday, July 21st, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/business/dissent-over-a-device-to-help-find-melanoma.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&seid=auto&_r=0&pagewanted=all

Nicholson Baker: Inside South Korea’s LCD Revolution : The New Yorker

Sunday, July 21st, 2013

History of the LCD: discovery of a “light-valve” circa 1900 in Europe, to initial commericalization by RCA in the US, to large-scale production in Asia

LCD History: discovery ~1900 in Europe, init. dev. by RCA, Korean production now http://bit.ly/1bALGVV 4th State of Matter via @scilib

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/07/08/130708fa_fact_baker

ANNALS OF TECHNOLOGY
A FOURTH STATE OF MATTER
Inside South Korea’s LCD revolution.
BY NICHOLSON BAKER
JULY 8, 2013

PwdHash

Saturday, July 20th, 2013

http://crypto.stanford.edu/PwdHash

Bibdesk software

Saturday, July 20th, 2013

http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net

If you download the citations from pubmed in .nbib or .bib format you can open them directly in bib desk (I think it will also work in Mendeley, EndNote and Papers). Also if you look into the file you’ll see that the key words are tagged in OT field.

Evernote adds shortcuts, related notes and Skitch support for iOS apps – TUAW

Saturday, July 20th, 2013

http://m.tuaw.com/2013/07/19/evernote-adds-shortcuts-related-notes-and-skitch-support-for-io/?post=1&icid=tuaw_home_latest_art

AppleInsider

Saturday, July 20th, 2013

http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/20/first_look_muku_labs_shuttr_brings_remote_camera_shutter_control_to_your_keychain.html

Genome at Home: Biohackers Build Their Own Labs | Wired Magazine | Wired.com

Saturday, July 20th, 2013

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/08/mf_diylab/

Op-Ed Contributor – To Stop Crime, Share Your Genes – NYTimes.com

Saturday, July 20th, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/opinion/15seringhaus.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston – Program in Biomathematics and Biostatistics Course Requirements

Saturday, July 20th, 2013

https://gsbs.uth.edu/current-students/academics/course-requirements/program-course-requirements/biomathematics-and-biostatistics also, for a general requirement:
https://gsbs.uth.edu/current-students/academics/course-requirements/area-course-requirements

Sign in to read: Civic hackers: Techies volunteer to rescue government – tech – 02 July 2013 – New Scientist

Saturday, July 20th, 2013

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21829232.000-civic-hackers-techies-volunteer-to-rescue-government.html