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Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative Is The Ultimate Big-Data Project
Fast Company - Sean Captain
Curing both rare diseases and common cancers doesn’t just require new research, but also linking all the data that researchers already have. Modern medicine is incredibly data-intensive, especially now
Powerful People Underperform When They Work Together
Harvard Business Review - Angus Hildreth and Cameron Anderson
All too commonly, we see groups of leaders fail to accomplish their goals — legislators who cannot agree on a bill, heads of state who cannot broker meaningful peace deals, or boards of directors who disastrous
If You Really Want to Change the World: A Guide to Creating, Building, and Sustaining Breakthrough Ventures
Harvard Business Review - Henry Kressel and Norman Winarsky
Description Publication Date: October 20, 2015 Silicon Valley's latest trend for creating new ventures is based on trial and error: test market needs with new product concepts and a minimum amount of expect
The science of organizational transformations
mckinsey.com
Downloadable Resources Article (PDF-2MB) When making large-scale organizational changes, the design of a transformation’s initiatives is not a matter …
Organic ‘computers’ made of DNA could process data inside our bodies
TNW - Marta Kwiatkowska
We invariably imagine electronic devices to be made from silicon chips, with which computers store and process information as binary digits (zeros and ones) represented by tiny electrical charges. But
Error Exposes 1.5 Million People's Private Medical Records on Amazon Web Services [UPDATED]
Gizmodo - Kate Knibbs
Police injury reports, drug tests, detailed doctor visit notes, social security numbers—all were inexplicably unveiled on a public subdomain of …
Life’s Work: An Interview with Andre Agassi
Harvard Business Review - Alison Beard
Andre Agassi started his tennis career “in diapers” and ended it at age 36, having won eight Grand Slam titles. Married (to fellow champion Steffi Graf) with two kids, he now oversees a foundation and
These Genetically Engineered Bacteria Send Out A Signal When Water Gets Polluted
fastcoexist.com
“We genetically engineer bacteria to be responsive to a variety of different contaminants,” says Emily Hicks, one of six entrepreneurs behind the …
Automation Won’t Replace People as Your Competitive Advantage
Harvard Business Review - Thomas H. Davenport and Julia Kirby
Geoff Colvin’s new book insists that humans are underrated. It’s a fun follow-up declaration to his earlier book, which taught us that talent is overrated. The two are not as incompatible as it might Colvin’s
Matter will be created from light within a year, claim scientists
rawstory.com - Ian Sample, The Guardian
In a neat demonstration of E=mc2, physicists believe they can create electrons and positrons from colliding photons Researchers have worked out how to …
In the movie “Ex Machina” (which is really great BTW) this code can briefly be seen:
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In the movie “Ex Machina” (which is really great BTW) this code can briefly be seen: #BlueBook code decryption import sys def sieve(n): x = [1] * n x[1] = 0 for i in range(2,n/2): j = 2 * i while
Monad Studio’s 3D-printed violin challenges your idea of music
slashgear.com - Lindsey Caldwell
It’s not a bird, and it’s not a plane. This strange and unique object is the newest 3D-printed instrument from Monad Studio by Eric Goldemberg and …
Google's street art collection doubles in size
Engadget - Jon Fingas
If you're the sort who's more excited by graffiti and murals than paintings hanging in a museum, today's your lucky day. The Google Art Project has doubled the size of its street art collection to a total
Ice Study by Henry Liu. Selected for #500pxEditorsChoice by Sean Bagshaw: htt...
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How Germs Might Shape the Future of Architecture
CityLab - Vicky Gan
Design-minded scientists are harnessing the power of bacteria to move toward healthier buildings. We know that buildings can make us sick. Take, for example, cases of lead poisoning, mold exposure, or
Hacking Human Cells to Use Solar Power“Our cells are not that different from a car engine: they depend on carbon-based fuels
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“Our cells are not that different from a car engine: they depend on carbon-based fuels for energy. But using carbon for energy is an inefficient process. This is what the biotech startup BiPlastiq seeks
Your Next Doctor's Visit Might Be Through An iPhone
Forbes - Dan Diamond
Are you ready to visit your doctor … by iPhone? American Well is banking on it. You may not recognize the name, but the company is a key player in telemedicine: American Well provides telehealth kiosks
Interstellar by Sepehr Ghassemi. Selected for #500pxEditorsChoice by Toby Har...
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Will autocorrect make you too predictable?
BBC Future - Evan Selinger
Computers can now identify what you will say before you know yourself, and as philosopher Evan Selinger argues, this could subtly shape your conversations without you realising. Do you know what you really
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We Know How You Feel
The New Yorker - Raffi Khatchadourian
Computers are learning to read emotion, and the business world can’t wait. Three years ago, archivists at A.T. & T. stumbled upon a rare fragment of computer history: a short film that Jim Henson produced
Quantum Physics Enables a New 'Telepathic' Photography Technique
VICE - Michael Byrne
Seeing without actually seeing is a real thing. We can't very well see with our eyes closed or otherwise covered, and that seems more or less fundamental. But what if it were possible to see without that
The complete guide to working out before work
Quartz - By Hannah Newman
Life inevitably gets in the way of your gym date. That’s why people who exercise in the morning are more likely to stick with it, Barbara Brehm, a professor of exercise and sport studies at Smith College
Why Location Is (Still) Everything
Inc Magazine
California Lifts Ban on Bitcoin
TIME - Jack Linshi
California lawmakers approved a bill Monday that lifted an outdated ban on the use of bitcoin and other alternative currencies, as more states seek to clarify and revise virtual currency laws. AB 129,
Hospitals Are Mining Patients' Credit Card Data to Predict Who Will Get Sick
businessweek.com - Shannon Pettypiece
Imagine getting a call from your doctor if you let your gym membership lapse, make a habit of buying candy bars at the checkout counter, or begin …