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Craig Newmark, Peter Levin Join Lineup Of Top Innovators Slated To Address Federal Technology Leaders At Nextgov Prime
Nextgov Prime will convene 500+ senior federal technology leaders in Washington, D.C. on October 15th-16th to explore the future of technology and government. Read More »
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Creating Innovation in Government: 3 Lessons from Todd Park
Todd Park closed out the opening sessions of the Next Generation of Government Summit, reviewing his fascinating path to government...Todd started off by providing lessons for driving change within government. The theme of the presentation was that change in government is possible, it’s a rewarding experience, and a necessary step to solve the complex challenges government faces. Read More »
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Creative Corner: How Kenyans Helped Vermonters Connect With Sun Power
If there were any doubt about this being the era of inter-connectedness for social movements and businesses alike, think again. Read More »
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CredibleMeds® Announces Open-Source Drug Safety Resource
QTdrugs List and Clinical Decision Support System Identifies Patients at Risk for Sudden Death; Adverse Drug Event Causality Analysis (ADECA™) Technology Generates QTdrugs List to Save Lives Read More »
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Criminal Attacks On Hospitals Up 100 Percent
Criminal attacks on hospitals are on a huge upward trend, with a whopping 100 percent reported increase just from four years ago. That’s according to a new Ponemon Institute study released today.
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Crisis in academic publishing
In almost every country in the world, research is supported by public funds. When researchers publish their results in academic journals, they do so for free. The results are also reviewed by peers for free. And journals often require researchers to give up their rights to these articles. Then, major publishers or learned societies sell their journals at exorbitant prices to libraries... which are also financed by public funds! It's a vicious circle in which taxpayers pay for the production and access to researchers while publishers and societies make profits of 30-45% before taxes. It's outrageous! Read More »
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Crisis Maps: Harnessing The Power Of Big Data To Deliver Humanitarian Assistance
Crisis-mapping technology has emerged in the past five years as a tool to help humanitarian organizations deliver assistance to victims of civil conflicts and natural disasters. Crisis-mapping platforms display eyewitness reports submitted via e-mail, text message, and social media. Read More »
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CrisisNET Speedily Aggregates Social Data In Disaster Situations
Not-for-profit software company Ushahidi has launched CrisNET, an open-source platform that it claims will dramatically reduce the amount of time that it takes journalists, analysts and humanitarian organisations to get their hands on well-structured, crowdsourced data in the midst of conflict and disaster. Read More »
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Critics Say Sting On Open-Access Journals Misses Larger Point
Perhaps months from now, when the dust settles and academics really look back at it, they’ll find some hard lessons in the elaborate Science magazine exposé this week by the journalist John Bohannon. Read More »
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Crossing Boundaries By Tracing Buildings: Mapping Kathmandu From New York City"
Throughout the day you could hear the simple question - 'Is that a building?' -- followed by conversations about shadows, and people, and the construction of a city that seemed so far away from our own... Read More »
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Crowd-Funding Draws Donations For Sandy Relief
In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, some who lost their homes or businesses have turned to crowd-funding websites to elicit a faster and more direct response than they could expect from the government or traditional charities. Read More »
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Crowd-Sourced Maps May Help When Disasters Hit
A free online map of the world that is created by its users is helping developing nations become more resilient to disasters, the Open Source Convention in Portland, United States, heard last month (22-26 July). Read More »
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Crowd-Sourcing A Cure
TED fellow Salvatore Iaconesi is looking for a cure for his brain cancer, and he doesn't care who gives it to him. Read More »
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Crowd-Sourcing A Cure For Cancer Through The Internet
It is only natural that someone with a cancer diagnosis would turn to the web for help, even though the results are likely to terrify and reassure in equal measure. But on getting his diagnosis, Italian robotic engineer and open-source artist Salvatore Iaconesi took things one step further. Read More »
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Crowdfunding For Innovation And Sustainability
Kickstarter has just hit the UK, but there are now a host of crowdfunding startups that focus on business creation and innovation Read More »
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