Datasexual, the latest incarnation of metrosexual. Other related terms: narb (=narrative bits), data hygiene, QSer
http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/test-and-measurement/meet-the-datasexual
Meet the Datasexual
#NSA May Have Penetrated Internet Cable Links: The key to #Prism seems to be tapping phone company communications
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/technology/a-peephole-for-the-nsa.html
Steve #Jobs Left a Legacy on Personalized Medicine: $100K on his own #cancer genome as a progenitor to Foundation Med
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/519686/steve-jobs-left-a-legacy-on-personalized-medicine
MT @EricTopol @mc10inc The Body Electric: overview of challenges in epidermal electronics & #optogenetics http://nyr.kr/17UjD43
profile of John Rogers
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/11/25/131125fa_fact_tingley
A scientist takes computing power under the skin.
BY KIM TINGLEY
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
One day in 1997, while supervising a well in north Texas, a group of geologists made a small mistake that would help change the future of fracking.
Accidental Discovery That Revolutionized American Energy: Steinsberger & Mitchell, behind key bits of #fracking tech
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/11/breakthrough-the-accidental-discovery-that-revolutionized-american-energy/281193
Breakthrough: The Accidental Discovery That Revolutionized American Energy
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/11/breakthrough-the-accidental-discovery-that-revolutionized-american-energy/281193
Interesting discussion about the creation of smart rocks and smart pebbles, which allow the tracking of current. These contain a data logger embedded in either aluminum or plastic. The tricky bit is how one finds them after they have been dropped off. Some ways might be radio transmitters, metal detectors and so forth but all of these have downsides.
How to Build a Smarter #Rock? Put a data #logger into aluminum or plastic; then track via radio or metal detector
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6113/1412.summary
Half a Million DVDs in Your #DNA: Nice writeup of Goldman et al paper, highlighting 3X density incr. to >2 PB / g DNA
http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2013/01/half-million-dvds-your-dna
Very interesting discussion outside of science about the potential of storing large quantities of archival data on DNA. The statistic is that you can store a little more than 2 petabytes in a gram of DNA. This is actually cost effective relative to magnetic tape if one wants to do storage for >500 years. However one imagines that as the price of DNA sequencing and synthesis goes down this will become more favorable, perhaps being reasonable for archival storage in the ~50 year regimen. One of the issues with DNA storage, of course, is the lack of random access and the inability to rewrite over already stored media. But for long-term archival storage DNA is considerably more stable than the magnetic storage on tape or disk.
http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2013/01/half-million-dvds-your-dna http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v494/n7435/full/nature11875.html
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6123/1026
A Call to Cyber Arms: Highlights the effectiveness of #stuxnet & the potential of future cyberweapons
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6123/1026 #security
Interesting discussion of various bits of computer security in relation to the United States and China. There is mention that by far the most successful weapon developed thus far is the Stuxnet virus, which has not been publicly claimed by the United States or Israel but is suggested to have originated with them. There is also mention of a Snowden-like character from China who gave an interview to a US publication in relation to the extent of Chinese hacking.
The end of #anonymity: suggests ubiquitous #biometrics (eg in 5s) may improve online behavior
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22029400.700-the-end-of-anonymity-a-way-to-stop-online-abuse.html via @pro2rat #privacy
The Secret Web: Rather scary account of the Silk Road explaining its use of #bitcoin & #tor
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2156271,00.html via @smthwrld #privacy
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2156271,00.html