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Wearable Computing: Why There's No Room For Watches Like Galaxy Gear
The technology and time are right for wearable computers -- at least the ones with eyeglasses as the user interface. But smartwatches? No way. Read More »
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WearDuino: Shows That Open Source Devices Are Key
New devices are democratizing health. We see it not only in the array or wearable fitnessgear that an estimated 21 percent of Americans own (and that some actually wear), but also in innovative uses for mobile phones (such as testing vision in regions that lack doctors or checking athletes for concussions) and now in low-cost devices that are often open source hardware and software. Recent examples of the latter include the eyeSelfie, which lets a non-professional take an image of his retina, and the WearDuino, a general-purpose personal device that is the focus of this article.
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Weather Data 'Has Helped African Farmers Boost Production'
Farming communities in Africa are benefitting from an exchange programme to improve access to, and understanding of, climate science, according to a report presented at a seminar. Read More »
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Web Inventor Berners-Lee Warns Forces Are 'Trying To Take Control'
Companies and governments “trying to take control of the internet” are undermining the founding principles of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned. Read More »
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Web-Based Data Tool Designed to Enhance Drug Safety
A new online open-access database has been developed by scientists to allow the clinical responses of more than 5 million patients to all FDA-approved drugs to be used to identify unexpected clinical harm, benefits and alternative treatment choices for individual patients, according to a study appearing July 8 in Nature Biotechnology. Developed by scientists in the Division of Biomedical Informatics and the Clinical and Translational Sciences Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, the database has the potential to help reduce negative side effects from prescription drugs and identify opportunities to reposition existing drugs for new uses, report the study's authors.
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Webinos Presented @EuroITV2013
On June the 24th I had the chance to present webinos at the EuroITV 2013 (http://www.euro-itv.org/) conference... Read More »
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Webinos Project Launches New Dev Portal And App Challenge
The EU-sponsored project Webinos (Secure Web Operating System Application Delivery Environment) recently broadened its spectrum by launching their developer portal, developer.webinos.org. To kickstart it, they also introduced a mobile app competition. Read More »
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Webinos provides open-source platform for gadget interconnectivity
More than 5,000 developers have already downloaded Webinos, a brand new open source operating system designed to allow various electronic devices to connect and talk to each other. While Apple, Google and Microsoft all have similar products already, this is a great open-source alternative and is a collaborative development from more than thirty different organizations, including the EU. Big corporations like Sony, BMW and Samsung are getting behind the new technology, as well, contributing an investment totaling about $14 million. Read More »
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Webinos Rewards Creative Cross-Screen Apps
Cool apps and cool prizes: the European research project webinos is holding a competition for cross-device applications. The best proposals will proceed to the finals in Athens. Read More »
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WebOS Resurrected On Android Devices
Hewlett Packard (HP) may have effectively walked away from its (Palm) webOS platform, but the open source OS is finding a new life on Android hardware. Read More »
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Website Makes Tracking Health Records Easier For Vets
Managing health care and keeping track of records can be complicated. The Department of Veterans Affairs has an online system for veterans that makes some of that easier. Read More »
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WEDI's Latest ICD-10 Survey: It's Not Getting Any Prettier
Don't look now but the thought-leading report on ICD-10 readiness determined a digression, at least among survey participants. Read More »
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WEDI, EHNAC Partner To Accelerate HIE Adoption Through Direct
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) and the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) have partnered with DirectTrust.org to boost health information exchange through the adoption of Direct secure messaging. [...] Read More »
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Weekly: OpenIR In Jakarta, Windows 8 App, & Uchaguzi
Happy Week! In this Community report, we’re featuring work from Jakarta, Italy and, of course, Kenya. The next two months will be full of Uchaguzi updates. Since the Ushahidi team is heavily involved in the project, we want to share our journey with you. Believe me, we are learning tons! Read More »
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Weekly: Typhoon Yolanda Relief, Hackathons And Software Releases
This week, we recognise the efforts of the team at Volontaires internationaux en soutien aux opérations virtuelles (VISOV), who are crowdsourcing images of destruction and aid deployment in the wake of the Typhoon Yolanda in Philippines. This deployment, much like all other efforts being ran out there, will go a long way in helping to alleviate the suffering of the Filipino people. Read More »
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