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Crowdsourcing sites like Amazon Mechanical Turk, CrowdFlower, Upwork, TaskRabbit, among others, have given researchers access to a large participant pool that operates around the clock.

https://www.taskrabbit.com/
http://upwork.com
http://www.crowdflower.com/

http://www.datasciencecentral.com/group/resources/forum/topics/10-types-of-regressions-which-one-to-use

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/01/08/optical_illusion_the_bulging_checkboard_illusion.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/12/rival-scientists-kill-recent-discovery-about-invincible-animals/418755/

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/technology/personaltech/despite-the-promise-of-technology-the-mysteries-of-sleep-lie-unsolved.html?_r=0

http://dvroverflow.tumblr.com/post/21336908551/just-how-wealthy-is-don-draper-something-ive

Long-Range Radios Will Change the #IoT https://medium.com/@dconrad/how-new-long-range-radios-will-change-the-internet-of-things-ed8e6b5e367f "Devices…connected before [opening] box: no passwords…hubs[, recharging]"

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“Even better, these radios have the potential to enable IoT devices that Just Work. Devices that are connected before you even pull them out of the box: no passwords, no hubs, no SIM cards. Devices which never need recharging, because their batteries effectively last forever.”
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App promises…revenge on dangerous #drivers http://www.timesofisrael.com/app-promises-good-motorists-well-deserved-revenge-on-dangerous-drivers Great if pedestrian version could have license-plate recognition & GPS

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“In essence, he said, there were really two apps –- one for pedestrians and one for drivers. In pedestrian mode, the user needs to hold down the shutter button, which will produce a continuous series of photographs until the incident is over. The user chooses one of four offense categories (traffic violation, road bullying, accident, road hazard) and the images are uploaded onto Nirsham’s servers, where they are analyzed for authenticity (to prevent the possibility of an individual uploading a doctored image to “get back” at someone they don’t like, said Goldman). The images are then displayed on the Nirsham site, where other members of the community can analyze them and decide whether or not a traffic offense was committed.”
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