"You're all familiar with Moore's Law -- Moore's Wall is basically the dark side of the advance of technology. It's the headaches that it gives us, it's the problems."
"Through a demo, Cory Ondrejka will take you through the world of Second Life, explain the technology, economic, and community choices Linden Lab (the creators of Second Life) have made, and surface 5 important technologies that would make Second Life an
Qualitative social researcher based in India. MS is Sociology, now a consultant. Interesting post titles, looks like a lot of insights into the revolution underway as peasants become digerati in the developing world.
How efficient is a country's healthcare system? Comparing 191 countries using a statistical model that takes into account per capita costs and educational level of the population, the US comes in 72nd, below all of Europe including the former Soviet repub
"In 2003, the United States had fewer practicing physicians, practicing nurses, and acute care bed days per capita than the median country in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Nevertheless, U.S. health spending per capita w
Producing a lightweight projection display aimed at PDA's and cell phones using laser-based computer-generatede hologram technology. Great potential for use in healthcare IT.
IBM engraves silicon at 29.9 nanometer resolution. Moore's Law hold true, one more time around... expect chips with twice the density of current 65nm technology
One way to try to get a handle on what's happening in a scientific field is to study citations in research papers. n a visualization of a complex network with many links, however, it can be very difficult to recognize significant patterns amid the clutter
Modern cardiology has given up on curing heart disease. Its aggressive interventions-- coronary artery bypass graft, atherectomy, angioplasty, and stenting--do not reduce the frequency of new heart attacks or prolong survival except in small subsets of pa
A single protein in the brain influences arousal of despair, according to new study in mice. Brain biopsies revealed that mice trying hardest to escape shocks had highest levels of delta-FosB - which may also help humans avoid hopelessness & helplessness.
it may no longer be enough to measure just HDL levels without determining levels of paroxonase and platelet-activating acetylhydrolase; levels of these enzymes may determine whether HDL is proinflammatory or protective. Likewise, measuring Lp(a) and small
For "traditional" cardiologists, CAD is a blockage or blockages in the coronary arteries, and the treatment is stents. For "nontraditional" cardiologists, CAD is a more systemic, diffuse condition, and the treatment is systemic.
Centro di Ricerche in Bioclimatologia Medica, Biotecnologie e Medicine Naturali. Universita degli Studi di Milano. World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine. Nonconventional Medicines. Bioclimatology and Thermal Med
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Walking a neighborhood, study subjects wear a Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), which is a simple indicator of the emotional arousal in conjunction with their geographical location.