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DARPA Robot Challenge: Disaster Recovery
Robots can go where humans can't in a disaster. See what the innovative machines in DARPA's next robotics challenge can do. Read More »
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Doctors Inc.: Medicine Goes Corporate As More Physicians Join Hospital Payrolls
In unprecedented numbers, America’s doctors — those most entrepreneurial and fiercely independent of professionals — are trading in their autonomy for regular work hours and a hospital paycheck. Read More »
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Health 3.0: A Vision to Unbreak Healthcare
Healthcare is broken. Few argue this point. Dr. Zubin Damania (aka “ZDoggMD”) is releasing an anthem to unbreak healthcare – it’s a parody of Eminem’s critically acclaimed Lose Yourself, with a call to build Health 3.0. ZDoggMD has become an Internet sensation with his musical parodies and characters such as Dr. House of Cards and Doc Vader approaching 100 million views on Facebook and YouTube. Many consider Lose Yourself to be one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time.
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Open Access Legislation In The US And Canada Looks To Prioritize Post-Publication Archiving, Not Publishers' Profits
[...] Providing further context on open access policy, Heather Morrison presents cases from the U.S. and Canada, where each are also grappling with how to provide wider access to publicly funded research. If passed, the U.S.’s FASTR Act would require ‘green’ archiving and a focus on interoperability of local repositories. Read More »
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Open Source Databases Keep Chipping Away At Oracle’s Empire
The three fastest growing databases of 2014 were all open source, according to a new report from DB-Engines, a site that tracks popularity in the rapidly changing database marketplace...
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What Does It Really Matter If Companies Are Tracking Us Online?
A scholar argues that the core issue is protecting consumers from corporations that are developing ever more sophisticated techniques for getting people to part with their money. Read More »
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Why Behavior Change Apps Fail To Change Behavior
The “but you are free” technique demonstrates how we are more likely to be persuaded when our ability to choose is reaffirmed. [...] Though the research did not directly look at how products and services might use the technique, the study provides several practical insights for how companies can influence customer behavior. Read More »
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