Archive for April, 2016

Ambient Energy Orb & Joule

Saturday, April 30th, 2016

http://www.ambientdevices.com/

QT:{{”
Ambient Devices is the leading provider of displays and systems that deliver instant, effortless access to information at a glance. Ambient’s energy products, including the Energy Orb and new Energy Joule
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Linux at 25: Why It Flourished While Others Fizzled – IEEE Spectrum

Saturday, April 30th, 2016

#Linux at 25: Why It Flourished While Others [eg Hurd,
BSD’s Net/2] Fizzled
http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/linux-at-25-why-it-flourished-while-others-fizzled Licensing, level of completion, leader
nice graphics of linux growth

A simple way to track your everyday exposure to chemicals | April 18, 2016 Issue – Vol. 94 Issue 16 | Chemical & Engineering News

Saturday, April 30th, 2016

Track…everyday exposure to #chemicals
http://CEN.acs.org/articles/94/i16/simple-way-track-everyday-exposure.html Cumulative totals for pesticides, allergens, fragrances &c via Si-wristbands

My God-Awful Year With the Apple Watch

Friday, April 29th, 2016

http://gizmodo.com/my-god-awful-year-with-the-apple-watch-1772724490?utm_content=buffer63061&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

AstraZeneca launches project to sequence 2 million genomes

Friday, April 29th, 2016

AstraZeneca…proj. to seq. 2M
http://www.nature.com/news/astrazeneca-launches-project-to-sequence-2-million-genomes-1.19797 Ironic @JCVenter Qt: Think carefully before you just dump your genome on the Internet

For complete irony, compare this qt w/ commentary on @JCVenter’s original personal
sequencehttp://www.WashingtonPost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090602362.htmlhttps://twitter.com/markgerstein/status/726064243695583232

QT:{{”
“Human Longevity’s databases are kept locked behind layers of security. “If I were advising a younger Craig Venter, I’d say, ‘Think carefully before you just dump your genome on the Internet’,” Venter says. “The levels of prediction are getting much more interesting.” “}}

Who’s downloading pirated papers? Everyone | Science | AAAS

Friday, April 29th, 2016

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/whos-downloading-pirated-papers-everyone

Basic science: Bedrock of progress | Science

Friday, April 29th, 2016

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6280/1405.1.full

OneTab extension for Google Chrome and Firefox – save up to 95% memory and reduce tab clutter

Friday, April 29th, 2016

http://www.one-tab.com/

Findings from the Gut–New Insights into the Human Microbiome – Scientific American

Friday, April 29th, 2016

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/findings-from-the-gut-new-insights-into-the-human-microbiome1/

Parkinson-associated risk variant in transcriptional enhancer of alpha-synuclein

Thursday, April 28th, 2016

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature17939.html